There’s a good chance that people who have never set foot on a skateboard will have heard of American champion Tony Hawk. Few outside the skating world, however, would be aware of Tas and Ben Pappas two Australian skateboard champion brothers who, throughout a tumultuous career, regularly defeated Hawk with Tas becoming world number one in the mid 1990’s. The
Read moreThe documentary The Last Impresario, which was written and directed by Miranda Otto’s sister Gracie, – chronicles the career of theatre and film producer Michael White. If that name isn’t familiar to you, don’t worry as this film trades on the idea that White is the most famous person we’ve never heard of. Consequently, the film takes great pleasure in
Read moreGore Vidal, who died in 2012, was an acclaimed and highly provocative playwright, novelist, essayist occasional political candidate and famed social and political commentator. The documentary Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia traces Vidal’s life from privileged boyhood as a US Senator’s son, to his emergence as a prominent student intellectual, his military service during the Second World War,
Read moreNick’s rating: Three and a half stars. Classification: M. Director(s): Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Release date: 21st Nov 2013 Running time: 83 mins. Animal acts in circuses and marine fun parks in which trainers cavort with wild creatures, derive a lot of their entertainment from the threat these powerful and unpredictable animals pose to humans. The fascinating and at times disturbing documentary,
Read moreWrite Now – TONIGHT – my interview with filmmaker Heather Kirkpatrick talking about her feature length documentary, Mary Meets Mohommad and later my interview with Dr Cate Howell about her new book: Intuition. Please join me, Gaytana
Read moreThe Shin Bet is the Israeli internal security service which, since its inception in 1948 has been primarily responsible for counter-terrorism and covert operations within Israel and Palestine. The documentary, The Gatekeepers, features the men who led the agency for various periods during the last 30 years and represents the first time Shin Bet leaders have spoken publicly about their
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