Category Archives: Australia

Fedora heads down under

Posted on 23 December 2016 by

The blog will be quiet for the next few weeks as I head off to see the family in Sydney for the New Year. As always, special thanks to my followers (apparently several hundred of you!) and all my great … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Sydney | 34 Comments

THE LAST TANGO OF DOLORES DELGADO (1992) by Marele Day

Posted on 10 June 2016 by

I really enjoyed this Australian private eye mystery from the 1990s, especially for its gender-bending sensibility, though it remains otherwise comparatively conservative in terms of  its genre boundaries. What it did do though was make me ponder on the kind … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Friday's Forgotten Book, Private Eye, Sydney | 34 Comments

Hitchcock in the 1940s – vote now!

Posted on 18 April 2016 by

With the success of The Lady Vanishes, Hitchcock got a contract with producer David O Selznick and headed to Hollywood to make the Oscar-winning Rebecca – and never looked back. This period saw the director blossom as he got to … Continue reading →

Posted in 'In praise of ...', Alfred Hitchcock, Amnesia, Anthony Berkeley, Australia, California, Cold War, Courtroom, Daphne Du Maurier, England, Espionage, Film Poll, Francis Beeding, London, Los Angeles, New York, Noir, Patrick Hamilton, Philip MacDonald, Screwball, Spy movies, The Netherlands, World War II | 59 Comments

Going walkabout

Posted on 30 December 2015 by

Fedora will be ‘going dark’ while I visit my family in Australia. Wishing you all a very happy new year and hope to see you again sometime soon.

Posted in Australia | 32 Comments

Top 25 Courtroom Movies

Posted on 8 September 2015 by

As I have blogged before, I love legal drama on the screen. Maybe it’s because I trained to be a lawyer (in the interests of full disclosure, my legal background informs the work I do in education in terms of … Continue reading →

Posted in 'Best of' lists, Australia, California, England, France, India, Scott Turow, Tuesday's Overlooked Film | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 71 Comments

FRANTIC by Katherine Howell

Posted on 27 March 2015 by

This was Howell’s first book and launched the Ella Marconi series, which has reached its 8th volume (so far). Set in Sydney, Australia – I place I have recently come to know and love – this is a tense thriller … Continue reading →

Posted in Australia, Friday's Forgotten Book, Sydney | 40 Comments

Going walkabout

Posted on 7 January 2015 by

Fedora will be ‘dark’ for the next month while I visit my family in Australia. Wishing you all a very happy new year and hope to see you again in February.

Posted in Australia | 28 Comments