Two very different films about child abuse are among the picks of this year’s Sydney Film Festival (7-18 June).
Benedict Andrews first feature film, UNA, is a taut tale of sexual obsession.
Based on David Harrower’s play Blackbird, the …
Despite being surrounded by the buzz of the Volunteer Green Room on this final day of the 2017 Sydney Writers Festival, I am a little contemplative. Saying goodbye to people I have only known for a week is harder than …
This week, in an organisation I work with, I participated in a study about volunteer retention. Today I had a practical lesson in how. Via the Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Survey taker Induction. How hard can it be? I might …
This May Palace Cinemas once again brings the best of American independent film to Australian screens with American Essentials.
Twenty films make their Australian premiere at the three-week festival, celebrating the latest indie treasures in narrative feature and documentary, …
Any new experience can be a bit scary and there were a lot of reassured volunteers today when Misty, Sydney Writer’s Festival Volunteer Manager looked across the rows of eager newbies and said. “You will probably be petrified when you …
Part of the French Film Festival, THE DANCER is exquisitely, lushly photographed with some sensational performances. A feast for the eyes, it is fascinating for those who love dance, even if the film is heavily fictionalised. Some of the film …
The Alliance Française French Film Festival will return to Palace Cinemas throughout March and April with a host of contemporary movies and documentaries exemplifying the very best of France’s vibrant film industry.
Brimming with highlights, the 2017 event will …
More laughs than you can poke a shtick at…more colours than you can put in a rainbow…more clowning than you will see at a circus…yes, it was all happening folks last night when Kosher Theatresports 2017, with the umbrella title …
Darling Harbour is always a colourful, multi-cultural melting pot on any given weekend. This was very much the case when we visited one lovely Sunday afternoon in early February.
Ben had plenty of opportunities to use his camera with two …
The Chinese community usually holds a huge parade down George Street but due to the construction of the light rail their substitute cultural expression is manifested in a display of lanterns depicting the Chinese signs of the Zodiac.
As it …