Biopics are, in many ways, as reviled as they are loved. Done well, with inventiveness and a willingness to showcase creatively some core period in that person’s life that speaks best to who they were throughout, biopics are an illumination, a artistic snapshot grants compelling insight to figures often Continue Reading
Raise your marmalade sandwiches high: Farewell Michael Bond, creator of Paddington #RIP
Back on one warm Friday morning in late 2014, I walked into a darkened cinema in Sydney, beyond eager (but also a little trepidatious) to watch Paddington, the big screen adaptation of Michael Bond’s much-loved bear. I needn’t have worried because the people who brought this film to life, Continue Reading