
the phantom of the open: a whole in one fun

A fairway of fun, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN is on par to be the best comedy you’ll see this year.
From grin and giggle to guffaw, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA scores more holes in one in humour and …
Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.


A fairway of fun, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPEN is on par to be the best comedy you’ll see this year.
From grin and giggle to guffaw, THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA scores more holes in one in humour and …


Carlsberg Scandinavian Film Festival made a majestic opening with the Australian Premiere of MARGRETE – QUEEN OF THE NORTH (Margrete den første), a lavish historical drama set in 1402 from acclaimed director Charlotte Sieling. It explores the legacy and …


A fairy tale for adults, Ottessa Moshfegh’s novel, LAPVONA is laced with cannibalism, cannabis, innocence and incest, elevating excremental to sacramental.
Beginning with a bout of banditry followed by all manner of bastardry, LAPVONA rails against royalty and religion, flaying …

The romance of train travel is quickly derailed inJuho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6 (Hytti nro 6) an unconventional love story that takes place as two strangers share a winter train journey through the Arctic Circle.
Set to the …

Flying well under the radar, ALI & AVA is a bona fide gem.
Age has not withered Ava. In her fifties and from an Irish-Catholic background, Bradford born and bred, Ava is a devoted mother, grandmother and teaching assistant …


Forthright, funny and with an indefinable flair, Charmian Clift’s writing plays second fiddle to nobody.
For those who’ve forgotten (impossible surely, once read, always remembered) and those yet to discover the charming Charmian, Newsouth has published SNEAKY LITTLE REVOLUTIONS, selected …


Photos by Clare Hawley
Speechless.
Little Eggs Collective’s production of MOON RABBIT RISING is a non verbal presentation of a myth re imagined for millennia.
Inspired by the legend of 后羿 (Hou Yi) and 嫦娥 (Chang’e), Directed by Nicole Pingon …


With a title reminiscent of an earlier Fleming short story, From A View To A Kill, Anthony Horowitz’s third and final James Bond continuation novel, WITH A MIND TO KILL picks up straight after The Man With The Golden Gun, …


With a title THE DIPLOMAT, you might think THE DIPLOMAT is a political thriller, some sort of far flung foreign intrigue fodder. Think again.
Chris Womersley’s novel, THE DIPLOMAT, a curiously exhilarating and unflinching portrait of low life and high …


A disguised advertisement for Dior? It seams sew.
In HAUTE COUTURE, Nathalie Baye plays Esther, the end of her career Head Seamstress at Dior Avenue Montaigne workshop. One day, she gets her handbag stolen in the metro by a 20 …
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