
Stephen A. Russell
Writer at Freelance
Arts and Film Editor at Time Out Sydney
Scotstralian. Melbourne by way of Glasgow. Award-winning film critic, arts journo and political dork. Aboriginal land, never ceded. He/him (all snorts my own).
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2 weeks ago |
sbs.com.au | Stephen A. Russell
Trigger warning: Sexual abuse, violence and suicide. It’s been so long between the dramatic final of show-runner Bruce Miller’s The Handmaid’s Tale season five and the imminent finale – 2.5 years! – that the US has managed to slide considerably closer to the dystopian vision of Margaret Atwood’s prophetic source novel.
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3 weeks ago |
sbs.com.au | Stephen A. Russell
American auteur Steven Soderbergh is a remarkable man. More often than not, he acts as his own cinematographer and editor (under the pseudonyms Peter Andrews and Mary Ann Bernard respectively) and is one of the few individuals to score an Oscar nomination for Best Director for two separate films in one year. He won it for drug trade drama Traffic in 2001, beating himself with the Julia Roberts-led legal activist biopic Erin Brockovich.
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1 month ago |
sbs.com.au | Stephen A. Russell
Dashing actor and emerging producer James Norton played Dido’s would-be suitor, Oliver Ashford, in Amma Asante’s ravishing 2013 period drama . He also depicted Laurie’s tutor, John Brooke, in Greta Gerwig’s update on Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, Little Women. But he doesn’t want to be pigeonholed. “The industry does like, once you’ve done one role, to put you back into that, because it’s, less risk,” Norton grins rakishly. “If someone’s tried and tested, then they might as well do it again.
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1 month ago |
timeout.com | Stephen A. Russell
Photograph: © Sabrina Lantos / Sony Pictures ClassicsReview4 out of 5 starsRichard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott team up for a sassy and heartsore gemFilmRecommendedMonday 17 March 2025FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppAdvertisingTime Out says‘Blue moon, you saw me standing alone’ runs the line from songwriting double-act Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart’s classic ballad.
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1 month ago |
timeout.com | Stephen A. Russell
Photograph: Courtesy of Sundance Institute | Ben Whishaw Ira Sachs’ ‘Peter Hujar's Day’ Review 4 out of 5 stars The artistic struggle is real for a mesmerising Ben Whishaw in Ira Sachs’ ode to friendship Film Recommended Monday 17 March 2025 Facebook Twitter Pinterest Email WhatsApp Advertising Time Out says The last time James Bond star Ben Whishaw worked with Love is Strange director Ira Sachs, his sweet-natured printer Martin was stuck in a hot mess tug-of-war with Franz Rogowski’s...
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