Tag: Melbourne

St Kilda Blues

by Derelict Space Sheep on January 3, 2020 in 42 Word Reviews

St Kilda Blues

by Geoffrey McGeachin (Penguin, 2014); audiobook read by David Tredinnick (Playaway, 2014)

Though the investigation itself is commonplace, McGeachin immerses his protagonist in the details of history, presenting a time capsule of Australian—in particular, Melburnian—culture in the late 1960s. Stolid ex-WWII bomber pilot Charlie Berlin shows mettle worthy of the character study.

Macbeth (2006)

by Derelict Space Sheep on March 30, 2016 in 42 Word Reviews

Macbeth

dir. Geoffrey Wright (2006)

Well cast and drawing on the gangster film genre’s rich tradition of murder and betrayal, this dark and stylish Australian production — transplanting Shakespeare onto the Melbourne underworld — makes for a disturbingly good introduction to the plot and dialogue of the Scottish Play.