Margaret Pomeranz

Margaret Pomeranz
Margaret Pomeranz AM
Born 14 July 1944
Waverley, New South Wales
Residence Sydney, New South Wales
Nationality Australian
Education Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney; Macquarie University; National Institute of Dramatic Art
Occupation Film critic (At the Movies)
Employer Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Known for Film critic & television personality
Board member of Advertising Standards Board; Film Critics Circle of Australia; Watch on Censorship; Australian Writers' Foundation
Religion Presbyterian
Spouse Hans Pomeranz
Children 2
Website
www.abc.net.au/atthemovies

Margaret Pomeranz AM (born 14 July 1944) is an Australian film critic and television personality.

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Early life

Pomeranz (née Owen) was born in 1944 in Waverley, a suburb of Sydney, and was educated at the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney in Croydon, the then newly opened Macquarie University, and the Playwright's Studio at the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA).

Career

Together with David Stratton, she hosted the long-running SBS TV program, The Movie Show from 1986 until 2004. She now appears on the ABC version of the program, At the Movies. where she has stayed since the show started in 2005.

She also had an uncredited role in the 1994 film The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

In addition to being a critic, Pomeranz is also an anti-censorship campaigner. She was a prominent attendee and was briefly detained by police[1] at an attempted 2003 protest screening of the controversial film Ken Park, banned in Australia. She has been critical of the Australian Office of Film and Literature Classification, the Australian censorship body, on a number of occasions, and has actively spoken out against production companies refusing to give preview screenings for critics.

Pomeranz has often said that her favourite film is Robert Altman's Nashville.

She is prominently noted for her large earrings she wears on the show, apparently designed by her friend.

Pomeranz was made a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2005 Australia Day Honours.[2]

Cameos

Pomeranz has recently appeared as herself in several Australian comedy programs.

In 2009's Lawrence Leung's Choose Your Own Adventure she and David Stratton review Lawrence Leung's attempt to set a world record for solving the Rubik's Cube whilst sky diving, as they sit on the landing site in their trademark armchairs.

In a 2010 video promoting the new Triple J breakfast team of Tom Ballard and Alex Dyson, she joins the two men to "satisfy the female demographic".

Pomeranz also appeared as herself in:

  • a 2000 episode of Australian comedy show Pizza, a show known for celebrity cameos
  • Australian sketch comedy show Full Frontal in a 1995 episode
  • 1993 Australian comedy film Hercules Returns

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