Richard Cotter

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

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broadway rescue: bondi cabaret

In need of a rescue this Saturday night?

Look no further than BROADWAY RESCUE at Bondi Pavilion.

BROADWAY RESCUE is a cheeky cabaret that will charm the togs off you.

It’s Broadway meets Bondi as actor Stein Stein, recently cast …

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iranian film festival: a passion for persian and more

I’ll give you two reasons to run to the Iranian Film Festival Australia (IFFA) this week.

One is the opening night film, the Australian premiere of Reza Mirkarimi’s astonishing Castle of Dreams (Winner, Best Feature Film, 2019 Shanghai International Film …

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slaughterhouse

A prancing pig, a choreographed cow and a cavorting cat inflating balloons and fashioning them into phallic representations punctuate the pentagon of monologues in SLAUGHTERHOUSE, a Rashomon styled narrative telling the tale of a retaliatory act of violence at an …

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pavarotti: king of the high c

Opie does Opera in PAVAROTTI, an operatic documentary on the golden tonsiled tyro.

At the time when the young Italian teacher, Luciano Pavarotti was making a name for himself as a singer, director Ron Howard was likewise building a career …

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judy: a star is torn

Dead at 47, Judy Garland had been in show business all her life, making her film debut at the age of seven as Frances Gumm in The Big Revue.

It was at Judy Garland’s home, quite some time ago, that …

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the eulogy: ten double passes to give away

Somewhat reminiscent of Shine, THE EULOGY unravels the truths and myths behind the life and career of one of Australia’s most brilliant, prolific and least understood concert pianists, Geoffrey Tozer.

As an 8-year-old child prodigy the world was his oyster, …

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the rise of jordan peterson: what’s in a pronoun

Harry Truman is reputed to have said “Political Correctness is a doctrine, recently fostered by a delusional, illogical minority and promoted by a sick mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a …

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quentin tarantino: the ego has landed

The quintessential Quentin Tarantino fanboy fait accompli in book form, the ubiquitously titled QUENTIN TARANTINO, is a slip cased celebration by Ian Nathan, one of Britain’s best known film writers.

From Reservoir Dogs to Once Upon A Time in Hollywood …

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