Richard Cotter

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

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FIRST YEAR: A STAR IS TORN

The prologue to Kristina Ross’ Vogel Award wining debut novel, FIRST YEAR, perfectly prepares you for the journey of seventeen year old Maeve, the youngest student in the current intake at one of the most esteemed drama schools in Australia,

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CUT CHILLI @ THE OLD FITZ

Photo credit is Phil Erbacher.

Where I found entitlement” parapraxes local politician and adoptive father of a Sri Lankan orphan musing on an alleged ashram visit. It’s an enlightening malapropism, illuminating the self serving councilman’s principles and passive white

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CUT THE SKY: BREAKING THE HOPE DROUGHT

Photo credit: Prudence Upton

A white canvas, as big and thick as the universe backdrops the performance space, which is dominated by some sort of industrial contraption, a steampunk carbon emitting emblem of the befouling of the atmosphere era that

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IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON

Directed by Alex Gibney, IN RESTLESS DREAMS chronicles the career of Paul Simon from the early Sixties to the present day as he struggles with hearing loss and a concerning vocal condition while putting together his latest album, Seven Psalms.

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MIDNIGHT OIL: THE HARDEST LINE

Oh, oh, the power and the passion, sometimes you’ve got to take the hardest line……

Across their 45-year career, MIDNIGHT OIL helped shape modern Australia with anthems like The Power and the Passion, US Forces, Beds Are Burning, Blue Sky

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UN SILENCE: ZIPPED LIPS AND COERCIVE CONTROL

Silence, like a cancer, grows in UN SILENCE.

The film begins with 50-something Astrid Schaar driving in her car. She is cocooned in the vehicle, moving through traffic, a clear agitation accompanying her. The rear view mirror is prominent, a

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DOPPELGÄNGER. THE DOUBLE (Doppelgänger. Sobotór)

POLISH FILM FESTIVAL returns this June and July to Sydney with a curated selection of new Polish films.

Among them is the excellent Cold War thriller DOPPELGÄNGER. THE DOUBLE (Doppelgänger. Sobotór)

Rooted in actual events of Cold War Poland, DOPPELGÄNGER.

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