Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
Like a role reversal of The Sum Of Us, BEGINNERS (M) is just as sweet, charming and endearing.
After nearly half a century of marriage, Hal Fields (Christopher Plummer) finds himself a widower and decides to come out as a
It’s not rocket science to sense that THE ROCKET may well be the best Australian film of the year.
Set in the rarely seen tribal mountains of Laos, THE ROCKET is a gripping yarn of a young boy triumphing over …
It’s a mystery to me, the book commences, what’s the plot to be, what’s the vicarious experiences? Digging up the dirt on twenty established Australia crime writers is the brief of IF I TELL YOU….I’LL HAVE TO KILL YOU (Allen …
People don’t get arrested for murder; they get arrested for not planning it properly. The planning of the murder being investigated at the beginning of I AM PILGRIM is perfect. Text book perfect. And the enigmatic character brought in to …
The protagonist of Alissa Nutting’s already notorious novel, TAMPA, is a sexual predator whose libido is a deformed thing to be kept chained up in the attic of the mind…to only be fed in secret after dark.
The lady with …
THE STALKING OF JULIA GILLARD by Kerry-Anne Walsh published by Allen & Unwin just before Ms. Gillard’s fall from office is no less impactful now that we have a change of regime, indeed, its insights are perhaps even more relevant …
“I like Bling Lee/ I like Bling Lee/ This closet queen who liked to preen/Was oh so totally queer/
He would tickle the ivories on his Steinways/ Then tickle his boys who became his toys/And not wish his brother George …
What’s in a name? A rose by any other would smell as sweet. Call a spade a spade but you’ll still shovel shit if you pick a name that digs up contentious connotations.
In western culture, names such as Jesus, …
Celebrating a decade of détente, a veritable glasnost of cinema, The Russian Resurrection Film Festival kicks of July 24 at the Chauvel Cinema for a fortnight of fun, thrills, thought provocation, and soul searching.
Opening with LEGEND 17, an ice …
Thankfully, Richard Linklater’s third instalment in the “Before” trilogy is a triumph.
It’s hard to believe that it’s eighteen years since we were introduced to Jesse (Ethan Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy) at their first meeting on the train hurtling …