Sandra Thom-Jones

4 weeks ago | journals.sagepub.com | Sandra Thom-Jones |Chloe Gordon |Simone Mizzi

BackgroundInclusion in education is a human right, a legal entitlement and a core component of educational policy and agenda (Australian & Government, 1992, 2005; UNESCO, 1994; UN General Assembly, 2015). In Australia, inclusion means that a young person with a disability can participate in education on the same basis as a student without a disability through the provision of reasonable adjustments.

Sep 10, 2024 | inreview.com.au | PHIL BROWN |Helen Barlow |Penelope Debelle |Sandra Thom-Jones

When 80-year-old Australian film director Peter Weir was awarded the Golden Lion for career achievement at the Venice Film Festival recently it was perhaps no coincidence that Sigourney Weaver, 74, also received an honorary Golden Lion in the same year. Weaver says that before she appeared in Weir’s 1982 film The Year of Living Dangerously, she was thinking of concentrating on stage acting, but making the film changed her mind.

Sep 5, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Penelope Debelle |Sandra Thom-Jones |PHIL BROWN

The original Beetlejuice, now 36 years old and easy to stream, is a good mood-setter for this legacy sequel which plays on the fact a generation has passed, at least among the living. In 1988 Tim Burton’s cinematic anarchy was on display during the dinner party scene when the pretentious guests are seized by fun-loving demons who make them sing and dance to Harry Belafonte’s Banana Boat (Day-O).

Sep 3, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Sandra Thom-Jones |PHIL BROWN

Ready to catch the latest screen hits for September? This month brings a fresh batch of content, including some older documentaries now streaming thanks to DocPlay and the new National Film and Sound Archive Player. The first of these, Hearts of Darkness, is a timely watch as we await Francis Ford Coppola’s upcoming passion project Megalopolis (and as Coppola continues to make headlines for kissing extras on the film’s set).

Sep 2, 2024 | inreview.com.au | Suzie Keen |Penelope Debelle |Sandra Thom-Jones |PHIL BROWN

How exciting! A new AI device to try out at home. Marketing executive Curtis (a genial John Cho) has little choice but to smile and be the guinea pig as his boss closes in on a lucrative new account. At the pitch meeting, the device appeared to malfunction so they decide to give it a proper trial in its natural setting – that is, at home.