Search results for tag: Marc Fennell

Indonesia has a Lady Terminator? Turkey remade E.T? Marc Fennell spills the beans on the weird and wonderful world of cinema in his new book, Planet According to the Movies

Australia’s most listened-to film critic, Marc Fennell, tells the hidden stories behind the movies you know and love whilst also introducing you to a (bizarre) world of cinema you never knew existed. Did you know that there are messed up filmic versions of fairytales? Take for example the ancient Russian version of Beauty and the Beast which shows that all it takes to marry a prince is no... Read more

by | November 19, 2015

Marc Fennell has made a film about his book about film. Got it?

[youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DO14MX6ibGY&rel=0] SOMETHING WE PREPARED EARLIER: The Booktopia Book Guru asks Marc Fennell author of That Movie Book: Awesome, Weird and Wonderful Flicks for Every Weekend of Your Year Ten Terrifying Questions ———————- 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you b... Read more

by | November 13, 2011

Marc Fennell, author of That Movie Book, answers Ten Terrifying Questions

The Booktopia Book Guru asks Marc Fennell author of That Movie Book: Awesome, Weird and Wonderful Flicks for Every Weekend of Your Year Ten Terrifying Questions ———————- 1. To begin with why don’t you tell us a little bit about yourself – where were you born? Raised? Schooled? I’m a Sydney boy… try not to hold it against me. I grew up in the inner... Read more

by | October 26, 2011