Biopics rarely succeed. Invariably, they are thinly veiled hagiographies designed to push an “official” and pared-back version of history, dulled by performances that are merely impersonations. Thankfully, Paper Giants suffers no such problems. Ostensibly, it’s the parallel true stories of journalist Ita Buttrose, fledgling publisher Kerry Packer and the pioneering “women’s” magazine Cleo that cameRead more
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Though this debut feature from New Zealand director/writer Miro Bilbrough is a self-confessed “love letter to Sydney” it comes with a European city in its title and something of a European sensibility. As an officially selected project at the 2009 CineMart, the financing market associated with the Rotterdam Film Festival, it attracted funding from FrenchRead more