Richard Cotter

Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.

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best foot forward: a funny feat accompli

Adam Hills is alive with the sound of humour, with jokes he has honed for a number of years.

Adam Hills biography, BEST FOOT FORWARD, pulls no legs, (well, maybe one or three), but happily puts humour at the heart …

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searching: following the digital footprint

Searching for an excellent B movie? Search no further than SEARCHING a social media sleuther that’s as contemporary as a Trump tweet

A missing person maybe murder mystery SEARCHING is about determined dad, David, and his search for his disappeared …

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beast: a beauty

Writer/director Michael Pearce feature film debut, BEAST is a beauty.

Leonine flamed mane actress, Jessie Buckley is incandescently captivating as Moll, Johnny Flynn as Pascal Renouf, the rough trade craftsman and poacher, bringing a modern take on the Lady Chaterly’s …

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musings: homage to pedro

A new short film Musings, about a frustrated academic who writes monologues for her much younger actress girlfriend, causing her latent jealousy to unravel, is an homage to Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, and a scathing satire of the Australian film …

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2028: a novel of comic genius

In the recent sell-out season of Agatha Christie’s The Unexpected Guest at the Genesian Theatre, one character responds to another, a candidate contesting a by election for the Liberals, with the line, “Are they still at it?”.

In light of …

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unwell: here’s health

A melody of maladies, a symphony of symptoms, a harmony of ailments, treatments, and cures, UNWELL is a diagnosis on disease past and present, complete with a prognosis for the health of humanity for the future.

Far from being a …

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hearts beat loud: an unexpected delight

“When life hands you conundrums, you turn them into art.”

It’s a sage comment from Frank Fisher, widowed father of a teenage daughter, whose dreams of happy ever aftering were curtailed by the cycling accident death of his wife.

An …

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the insult: court in the act of concilliation

Percussive repercussion, a veritable compulsive, contemporary Merchant of Venice, insult turns to assault and apology seems to be apostasy in the incendiary film sensation, THE INSULT.

In contemporary Beirut, an insult blown out of proportions finds Toni, a Lebanese Christian, …

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leave no trace : the indelible mark

LEAVE NO TRACE is the latest haunting film from director Debra Granik and co-writer Anne Rosellini, the duo behind the multi Oscar nominated Winter’s Bone, which launched the career of Jennifer Lawrence.

Adapted from Peter Rock’s novel My …

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