Richard Cotter

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

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the exorcist: believer

THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER is in dire need of extreme unction. But then again, it doesn’t have a soul to save.

This excruciatingly disappointing sequel to the 1973 masterpiece, THE EXORCIST: BELIEVER begins well, with dedicated homage of an opening shot

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shayda: a profile in courage

Australian cinema is sometimes chocolate, sometimes fudge.

SHAYDA is chocolate. A bittersweet tale of a brave Iranian mother, Shayda, who finds refuge in an Australian women’s shelter with her six-year-old daughter.

The film opens ominously with the six year old

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book of life: not fade away

Deborah Conway in her own write:

My profession is obsessed with youth. Rock n roll is primal, it’s sexual, it’s not just romance or courtship, it’s procreation; it’s lewd, crude, hot, horny, irresponsible, irrepressible, dirty, occasionally depraved and, crucially,

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whale: harpooning fat shamers

There’s not such a fine line between body shape and body shame, as Courtney McManus tells us in her one woman show, WHALE.

She shows no shame at the start of the performance, appearing in her underwear as she attempts

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the secret hours: kiss your weekend goodbye

If you read a better espionage thriller than THE SECRET HOURS published this year, please don’t keep it a secret.

Billed as a stand alone novel, readers will be pleased to discover there are links and echoes to the Slow

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a haunting in venice : a disappointment

Despite its all star cast and multi million dollar budget, I had little enjoyment in the latest Agatha Christie based film, A HAUNTING IN VENICE. Indeed, I had much more enjoyment attending the current production of Agatha Christie’s THE HOLLOW

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the last devil to die: devilishly delicious

The fourth in the series of the Thursday Murder Club books, THE LAST DEVIL TO DIE, is to die for. And there are plenty who do.

Compassionate and brilliantly exciting, not to mention laugh out loud funny, THE LAST DEVIL

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biosphere: lacks oxygen

Until we can laugh underwater, we have to put up with a lot of comedy that is wet behind the ears.  BIOSPHERE isn’t just wet behind the ears, it’s green around the gills.

BIOSPHERE is an end of the world

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everybody loves jeanne: you too

Laughter is something we can all indulge in. It is not a gift reserved for the favoured few. But unless our laughter is to be mere empty hilarity, without aim or purpose, we must learn how to use it effectively.

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