Big Screen highlights – Acute Misfortune, 2040 and creepy genre

Bertolt Brecht, Acute Misfortune, 2040, Curse of the Weeping Woman and Cold Sweat - a good list after a tentpole frenzy.
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We love a good ghost hand. This one comes from The Curse of the Weeping Woman.

The big screen fun at the moment is partly coming from Palace, which is running its German Film Festival from now until June 12 around Australia. The hive mind got buzzy about no less than two films about Bertolt Brecht. A contemporary drama called Mac The Knife – Brecht’s Threepenny Film cleverly follows the story of the cigar chomping hero of over-excited alienation after he became hugely successful in the dying days of the Weimar Republic. 

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David Tiley was the Editor of Screenhub from 2005 until he became Content Lead for Film in 2021 with a special interest in policy. He is a writer in screen media with a long career in educational programs, documentary, and government funding, with a side order in script editing. He values curiosity, humour and objectivity in support of Australian visions and the art of storytelling.