PODCAST: ABC 774 – March 22nd

On this week’s Friday Film Raf and I discuss the Academy Award-nominated War Witch (Rebelle) and the latest adaptation of Great Expectations directed by Mike Newell, plus we take talkback on ‘standout performances by child actors’ on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – March 22nd Episode (.MP3)

REVIEW: Great Expectations

Crossed fates, class conflict, broken families, vengeance, death and unrequited love. One hundred and fifty years on from its initial publication Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations has lost little of its drama and none of its bleakness. Presented in three parts, the recent BBC production of this canonical text is a visually striking and suitably sombre […]