Bryony Lavery’s Frozen was a Melbourne Theatre Company production that was brought up to Sydney by STC Artistic Director Robyn Nevin.
This was a powerful drama featuring three intertwined characters. Helen Morse plays Nancy, a mother frozen in grief for
It’s pretty easy to work out what the filmmakers’ mission statement would have been for the new film ‘Something’s Gotta Give’. Make a damn good romantic comedy! I guess it helps when you’ve got two of the finest actors in
‘I Heart Huckabees’ had been on my list to see for a while, and I finally caught up with it today at the Dendy cinema at Newtown. I found it a vibrant and entertaining film and left the cinema on
The new film ‘Meet the Fockers’ had some good moments but it never rose to any great heights.
I found it too predictable and without any real charm.I guess everyone knows the scenario but for the record…..it’s time for Pam’s
Zach Braff’s popular arthouse film ‘Garden State’ gives its central character a meaty personal journey. Andrew Largeman is a B grade television actor working in Los Angeles when he receives a phone call from his Dad that his mother has
It was a pretty dismal wet Sydney summer’s day and the French film ‘Apre Vous’ was just the right kind of film to see. It put me in a much better frame of mind. It of-course helps when you have
It was time to catch some more theatre. I scanned the What’s On Guide and something leapt out at me. It was the Shorter and Sweeter season at the Studio theatre, Sydney Opera House.
For those not in the know,
‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles’ was one of John Hughes’s comedies that he made whilst in his prime. It was another film that was something of a revelation. It showed how much wonderful comedy could be made out of having two
It was that time of the year again for the Jewish Film Festival. I always try and catch a few films every year.
One of the films I chose was Chantal Akerman’s ‘Tomorrow We Move’. The scenario appealed to me.
Irwin Winkler’s film ‘De Lovely’, a film on the life and times of Cole Porter, had a strong impact on me. It was by no means a perfect film but I found it challenging.The setting is non-naturalistic. Cole Porter is