![]() ![]() ![]() Using the familiar framing device of the outback landscape, she tackled common themes of alienation and belonging with uncommon imagination. Russia-born Lodkina proved she could breathe new life into our cinema's vernacular back in 2017 with her debut, Strange Colours, about a young woman's homecoming to the opal mining town of Lightning Ridge in northern New South Wales. Loading.Īnd yet, the film has a distinctive quality too, derived from its contemporary Australian setting and characters. It's a testament not just to its excellence but to its universal themes. It's travelled the world since, showing at Marrakech International Film Festival and most recently the New Directors/New Films festival in New York, where it garnered glowing reviews. The second feature from the Melbourne-based writer-director arrives in limited release on Australian screens 10 months after its world premiere at the prestigious Locarno Film Festival and its local debut at last year's Melbourne International Film Festival (which co-financed it through its Premiere Fund for new Australian features). ![]() Alena Lodkina's dreamlike film, about a pivotal friendship between two young Melbourne women, has a poetic and sometimes surreal narrative style that conveys a vividly emotional take on the world it reveals profound truths about the characters, even if the precise detail of their story remains slightly – and deliciously – cryptic. ![]()
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![]() ![]() Could this be because the plan is to now end the "classic Bond" timeline? Might IFP now go back and do more Young Bond novels (as has been rumored) and/or leap ahead and continue on with the new Carte Blanche timeline? Might Ian Fleming's James Bond never see 1970? We were all surprised when, after the much-hyped reboot of Carte Blanche, IFP announced that this new novel would be set back in 1969. But maybe there's something much, much larger in the works here. Of course, Bond could always "die" as he did in From Russia With Love and You Only Live Twice. Has IFP given William Boyd permission of kill off James Bond!? But would they really set up betting on something in which the outcome is 100% assured? Did they do this for other Bond books or films? Might Ladbrokes have some deep insider information on the new Bond novel? ![]() Bookmakers take bets on just about anything that can be bet on (or so I'm told). I'm told that bookmakers Ladbrokes in the UK are taking bets on whether James Bond lives or dies in the new 007 novel by William Boyd due out Sept. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, Lake, who is closeted, is hooked by the unwitting Brethren in their scam. Meanwhile, Teddy Maynard, the ruthless and soon-to-retire director of the CIA, is orchestrating a scheme to tip the United States presidential election in the favor of Aaron Lake, a hawkish congressman supported by arms manufacturers. This takes over from Carson's normal legal business, which had been making very little money for him. Carson takes one-third and employs private detectives to investigate the victims of the scam. With the help of their lawyer, Trevor Carson, they transfer their ill-gotten money to a secret Bahamian bank account. None of them are gay, but they write convincingly as two young vulnerable gay men, developing friendships and then asking for financial help. ![]() The trio embark on a scam to deceive and exploit wealthy closeted gay men. The "Brethren" are three former judges who are incarcerated at Trumble, a fictional federal minimum security prison located in northern Florida. The Brethren is a legal thriller novel by American author John Grisham, published in 2000. ![]() 416 (hardback edition), 440 (paperback edition) ![]() |