Remember Tom Cruise coping with the ups and downs of life with his brothers’ (Dustin Hoffman) disability in ‘Rain Man’. In Elissa Down’s feature, ‘The Black Balloon’, Rhys Wakefield has the Cruise type role with Luke Ford playing the Hoffman
The film ‘Hey Hey Its Esther Blueburger’ is another Australian film that focuses on adolescence and the search for identity. The film charts the twists and turns in the journey of Daniella Catanzariti who plays Esther, a quirky, insecure thirteen
It has been a long time since I’ve been as swept away by a film as I was by ‘The Painted Veil’, starring our own Naomi Watts. The film, directed by John Curran, is an adaptation of the novel by
Last year Kate Mulvany’s play ‘The Seed’ was part of Belvoir’s experimental B Sharp program. This year it made it to the main stage as part of Company B’s main subscription program.
Based on Kate’s own life, ‘The Seed’ is
The Ensemble Theatre is in a festive mood this year as it celebrates its 50th year. I went to see Justin Fleming’s ‘Burnt Piano’ and this was very much an in the Ensemble family production, celebrating the talent that has
The inner city Genesian Theatre Company took on the daunting task of putting on one of Shakespeare’s classic tragedies with ‘Antony and Cleopatra’.
The bravest spirits in the Company were director Joyce Birch and dramaturg Sandra Bass who cut the
In Cate Blanchett’s production of Joan Didion’s ‘The Year of Magical Thinking’ Robyn Nevin plays the famous American writer who over a brief time loses both her husband and soul-mate of 40 years, John Dunne, and her only daughter, Quintana.
The aptly titled ‘Gotta Dance’ was my favourite film from the selection of films that I saw at this year’s (2008) French Film Festival.
The film was very vibrant
to be continued…..
Anderson’ s film ‘There will be Blood’ is one of those films that knocks one for six.
In his Oscar winning role Daniel Day Lewis plays one of America’s original oil pioneers, and to put it bluntly, it is a
For those craving a lush, richly romantic movie, the new American film ‘P.S I Love You’ fits the bill. ‘P.S I Love You’ has been directed by Richard LaGravenese from a script jointly written by the director and Steven Rogers,