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Television

Peter Strempel’s reviews of television productions.

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Conspiracy (2001)

8 February 2021 Peter Strempel 0

The recent emergence of furtive and overt neo-fascism in some Western nations gives this film new meaning and power.

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Ray Donovan (2013–2020)

28 December 2020 Peter Strempel 0

There’s a rare chemistry in the first few seasons of Ray Donovan that makes the series transcend its more mundane, soap opera storylines.

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979)

20 December 2020 Peter Strempel 0

If I were pushed to nominate the best television fiction ever made, it would likely be the BBC’s 1979 adaptation of John le Carré’s 1974 novel, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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Tinkering with conscience

13 February 2016 Peter Strempel 0

My reflections on John le Carré’s fictions.

Features

Jane Austen Festival

Jane Austen: not ‘great literature’

12 December 2021 0
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‘As if’ is not ‘what is’

13 January 2021 0
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Typography reveals more than just words

25 December 2020 0
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What does Nietzsche say to us today?

2 December 2020 0
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Switzer’s critique of ABC exposes Australian right as neo-fascists

5 March 2018 0

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