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Taika Waititi and Rhys Darby in Our Flag Means Death

Our Flag Means Death, season 2, give it up for the women

Leave a Comment / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / October 30, 2023 / Anapela Polataivao, Bert and Bertie, Con O'Neill, Kristian Nairn, Leslie Jones, LGBTQ+, Madeleine Sami, Minnie Driver, Nat Faxon, Our Flag Means Death, Rachel House, Rhys Darby, Ruibo Qian, Samson Kayo, Taika Waititi, Vico Ortiz

Our Flag Means Death, season 2, added some more women characters to the pirate mix. Enough that I felt it was worth talking about the series this season. There were no women directors (although season 1 had two episodes directed by Bert & Bertie). The lead roles were men. But it’s a good series – funny, original and like nothing …

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Deadloch: a goofball feminist murder tale

6 Comments / Streaming, TV series / By Virginia DeBolt / July 10, 2023 / Alicia Gardiner, Beck Cole, Deadloch, foreign tv series, Gracie Otto, Kate Box, Kris McQuade, LGBTQ+, Madeleine Sami, Nick Simpson-Deeks, Nina Oyamaa, Pamela Rabe, Tom Ballard, Women Directors

Deadloch stars Kate Box and Madeleine Sami in a wildly ridiculous comedy about a couple of cops in Tasmania with a serial killer on their hands. The two stars are absolute comedy genius together, but manage to have a few serious moments in which to solve the crimes.

Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami in The Breaker Upperers

Review: The Breaker Upperers

1 Comment / Movies, Streaming / By Virginia DeBolt / February 21, 2019 / Ana Scotney, Celia Pacquola, Cohen Holloway, foreign films, Jackie van Beek, James Rolleston, Madeleine Sami, The Breaker Upperers, trailers, Women Directors

A comedy from New Zealand, The Breaker Upperers brings us new voices and faces with some original ideas that will make you laugh.