Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
But soft, what light through yonder projector booth breaks? Have we but not just had a cinematic retelling of the story of the star crossed lovers, Romeo and Juliet?
Did we not sign off on Baz’s dazzling take on the …
Is a pact a promise? And can a pact made in youth be binding in adulthood? This is the premise of A PACT (Zum Geburtstag).
Before the fall of the wall, a trio of tertiary students in East Germany, Georg, …
If the past is a foreign country, then a river runs through it, all the way to the sea of the present.
SOURCES OF LIFE (Quellen Des Lebens) begins four years after the end of WWII. It has taken this …
Chekhov was on to something when he conceived the ‘ Three Sisters’. Female sibling relationships are endlessly fascinating. Just think of Woody Allen’s ‘Interiors’ or ‘Hannah and Her Sisters’. One of the highlights of this year’s Audi Festival of German …
Wadja would, in western terms, be a tom boy. In Riyadh, where she resides, Saudi custom has her hovering on heresy.
She determines to acquire a bike so she can drag off her male contemporaries. Women on wheels is a …
NYMPHOMANIAC. Provocative word, proactive title. What else would one expect of Lars Von Trier?!
Von Trier has been trotting out provocative, audacious, infuriating, films for the past thirty years, and with few exceptions, the films have been at least …
Forget the lock outs and the last drinks policy plaguing Kings Cross pubs and focus on the comedy that’s on offer at the Kings Cross Hotel’s level 4 Bordello Theatre.
HEAVEN HELP US is a cheeky cherubic chutzpah of a …
With all the doom and gloom emanating from Geelong lately with the closures of Ford and Alcoa, it’s great to see one of that city’s success stories, Back to Back Theatre, showcase their award winning show GANESH VERSUS THE THIRD …
Another great night at the Paddington RSL for the Film Critics Circle of Australia (FCCA) annual awards, Tuesday March 11.
MC Rod Quinn presided over a very relaxed ceremony where a meat tray as a prize would not have been …
Two directors – who to praise, who to blame?
Three writers, likewise, who to praise, who to blame?
Three performers all credited with writing the show. It’s a three way split and the divergence is palpable.
Play opens with an …