“Are you thinking what I’m thinking?” “That if Franz Kafka was here his head would explode?” “Actually, yeah.” It’s difficult to discuss a film like John Dies At The End without having read the book, seeing as the book is a kind of mash-up parody of so many disparate influences, having its own cult following. […]
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September
12
John Dies at the End – Don Coscarelli takes on David Wong. (Sydney Underground Film Festival Review)
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September
11
Salinger – Shane Salerno reveals himself to be the great Holden-Caufield-Wannabe. (Film Review)
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Below is Will Smiths great monologue about The Catcher in the Rye from the film Six Degrees of Separation. Its one of my favourite cinema moments and well worth the watch if you have 5 minutes. I haven’t read “The Catcher” for years although I fairly regularly read Nine Stories. Because of this, I thought […]
September
11
The Man Booker Prize Short List
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Well, it’s that time of year again – when I get my speed reading glasses out and run through the six Booker nominated novels before the fifteenth of October when the winner is announced. The short list is, in no particular order: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo (Chatto & Windus) The Luminaries by […]
September
10
Any Womb Will Do – Gavin Roach and the baby thing. (Sydney Fringe F Theatre Review)
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In a follow-up performance to Gavin Roach’s Confessions of a Grindr Addict, the character of Felix is delightfully revived a few years on from when we saw him last. In Any Womb Will Do he’s older now, still a bit of an odd ball, but as loveable as ever. Roach is a talented writer, and […]
September
10
Who do You See? – Sarah Vickery and Gavin Roach and the mind’s wild ride. (Sydney FringeF Theatre review)
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The most terrifying ride I ever went on at any theme park around the world was the Alien ride at Disney world in Florida. The ride started as a “tour” of a mock-up of the spaceship used in the films. We are invited to have a quick trip into outer space, to experience the thrill […]
September
09
Sydney Fringe Interview with Chris Dunstan of The Defence.
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One of the highlights of my Fringe experience this year has been The Defence, a very interesting and well executed play examining gender relations within the rehearsal spaces of contemporary theatre. This expansive theme is couched within the narrations of one August Strindberg, a play write and novelist who has the peculiar reputation for writing […]
September
09
Lifeforce – Joanna Weinberg and the conceiving of conception. (Sydney Fringe Theatre Review)
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Joanna Weinberg is on a roll at the moment – at least that’s how it appears from the outside. The film Goddess, based on her stage play Sink Songs was a critical and commercial hit, despite its fairly low distribution. Her previous musicals, The Piano Diaries, which is still playing around the country and Every […]
September
07
The Defence – Chris Dunstan and August Strindberg in a battle of wits. (Sydney Fringe Theatre Review)
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She is the victim of a false belief…namely that woman – this stunted form of human being compared to man, the lord of creation, the creator of civilization – is equal to man or might become so. Embracing this absurd ambition leads to her downfall. Absurd because a stunted form, governed by the laws of […]
September
07
Magic Magic – The Psychological thrill ride of Sebastián Silva. (Sydney Underground Film Festival Review)
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Magic Magic is showing at the Sydney Underground Film Festival. You can grab tickets here. I think the idea to cast Michael Cera as the villain in a psychological thriller might be one of the most inspired casting choices I’ve ever seen. Cera has one of those odd ball persona that makes you laugh (sure) […]
September
05
Murder on the Nile – Nannette Frew, The Genesian Theatre and the genius of Agatha Christie. (Theatre review)
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If Agatha Christie were a man, she would be considered the kind of genius no female could ever aspire to. She is the best-selling novelist of all time, and her books have sold roughly four billion copies. After Shakespeare and The Bible, her books rank as the most published in history. She is the most […]
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