Articles Tagged politics

PODCAST: ABC 774 – July 20th

It’s a Batman special on this week’s Friday film segment as Raf and I explore Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, the film’s debt to Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns and its contemporary political resonances, on Drive with Rafael Epstein on 774 ABC Melbourne. ABC 774 – July 20th Episode (.MP3)  

PODCAST: Plato’s Cave – November 15th

In this episode of Plato’s Cave the team review Moneyball, Shut Up Little Man! An Audio Misadventure (DVD) and This Is Not a Film, plus we discuss the intersection of cinema and politics. With Josh Nelson, Tara Judah and Thomas Caldwell. Plato’s Cave – November 15th Episode (.MP3)

REVIEW: Death of a President

The latest in a string of ‘political’ films released in Australia over the past month (see Home of the Brave), Death of a President is unquestionably the most provocative so far. Set in Chicago in October 2007, amongst a growing chorus of dissent and protest, President Bush, is gunned down following a meeting with business […]

REVIEW: 300

Like Sin City, the previous adaptation of a Frank Miller graphic novel, 300 clearly draws on the visual properties of the comic book: the sudden shifts in perspective, the highly composed framing, the overtly masculine point of view. And just like Miller & Varley’s impressive work, Zack (Dawn of the Dead) Snyder’s filmic adaptation is […]

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