the last word
Enjoying deserved success at the box office at the moment with LE WEEKEND , the screenwriter Hanif Kureishi also has a splendid new novel out called THE LAST WORD published by Faber & Faber.
Mamoon Azam is an amazing writer …
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hannah arendt
Although it is not ideal it seems appropriate that, as I review a film whose subject and production polarised readers and viewers respectively, I am prompted to use two conflicting perspectives.
The subject whose name is also the film’s title …
tracks
The marvelous Mia Wasikowska is carving out quite a remarkable career overseas but back on home turf that career seems to magnify. Distinguishing herself as a director for her segment in TIM WINTON’S THE TURNING, just released on DVD through …
willoughby symphony celebrates verdi
On a dismal, soggy, grey and wet afternoon we in the sold out audience were treated to a glorious concert by the Willoughby Symphony celebrating Verdi.
Act 1 had excerpts mostly from ‘Rigoletto’ and Act 2 concentrated on ‘La Traviata’ …
the turning
Fresh from her Oscar tipped turn in the current box office smash, BLUE JASMINE, Cate Blanchett also shines in THE TURNING, the audacious and ambitious rendering to the screen of Tim Winton’s story cycle of the same name.
The seventeen …
Short and Sweet Franchise: Past Years, Theatre
short and sweet week 8
I caught up with the final week of heats of the main Short and Sweet theatre program.
As always, the playwrights explored an impressive, diverse range of subjects in interesting ways. The success of their explorations came down to how …
miss fisher’s murder mysteries costume exhibition at parramatta
From a very early age, Marion Boyce discovered her love of clothes and fabrics. She says, “I used to drive my mother nuts, and at about age eleven I’d say, I want a full length denim coat, and she’d come …
wrestling queens
Frothy, silly, and sentimental, WRESTLING QUEENS pits a bunch of checkout chicks against a mob of murderous Mexicans in the World Wide Wrestling arena.
Grappling to win back the affection of her son whom she has had to foster out …
fonteyn and nureyev: the perfect partnership
The Friends of the Australian Ballet were privileged to attend a screening of the rare, fascinating documentary FONTEYN AND NUREYEV: THE PERFECT PARTNERSHIP at the luxurious Art Deco Cremorne Orpheum .
We were welcomed by Greg Khoury and settled back …