27 Nov 2025

Screentime: Death by Lightning, The Chair Company, The Lowdown

From Nine To Noon, 11:45 am on 27 November 2025
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Film and TV reviewer Tom Augustine joins Kathryn to talk about Death By Lightning (Netflix), a historical drama about the election, presidency and assassination of James A Garfield, starring Michael Shannon and Matthew Macfadyen.

The Chair Company (Neon) is a comedy thriller series about a man who investigates a far-reaching conspiracy after a workplace incident.

And The Lowdown stars Ethan Hawke as a "the man who knows too much" in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Tom Augustine is a Tamaki based filmmaker and critic. He writes for Rialto Channel's View Magazine and Metro Magazine. Tom is the co-programmer of the Capitol Cinema Film Club, which shows rare and underseen gems from throughout cinema history monthly.

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