The song Rocket Man made famous by Elton John is based on a Ray Bradbury short story called The Rocket Man. While the song deals with the idea that traveling into space and back is similar to being a traveling salesman, Bradbury’s story deals with the complexity of forming a relationship with a person who […]
Author Archives: lisathatcher
July
09
Rocket Man – Paul Gilchrist, Subtlenuance and the enormity of our stories. (Theatre Review)
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July
09
Pacific Rim – Guillermo del Toro and tweenage passion. (Film Review)
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There is a wonderful scene in Team America where almost all of Paris (including the Louvre and all it contains) is blown to smithereens in the name of catching a bad guy. At the end of the scene the French, who are staring mouths agape at the ruins around them, are told not to worry, […]
July
07
Paradise: Love – Ulrich Seidl and the uglienss of unmet desire. (SFF Film Review)
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Paradise: Love is the first in the ‘Paradise Trilogy’ put together by Ulrich Seidl, released in late 2012 and early 2013. The next two films in the series are Paradise: Faith and Paradise: Love. I met a female Australian sex worker a couple of years back who was one of the speakers for The Scarlet […]
July
04
Before Midnight – Three writers and one of the best couples in cinema. (SFF Film Review)
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Almost impossibly against the odds, Before Midnight is as good, if not better than its predecessors. Linklater made the clever move of including Delpy and Hawke in on the collaboration for Before Sunset and this move has provided us with one of the most endearing couples in cinema history. Much has been said about July […]
July
03
Midnight’s Children – Deepa Mehta squashes generations into two hours. (SFF film review)
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Most of what matters in our life, takes place in our absence. (Salman Rushdie from Midnight’s Children) It’s difficult to put your finger on what is “wrong” with Midnight’s Children, because all the ingredients are there for the making of a very brilliant film, and I can see decades into my own future, still no […]
July
02
The Look of Love – Michael Winterbottom’s missed opportunities. (SFF Film Review)
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It must have been a terrible blow to misogynistic mythology to find that the greatest sexual revolution that transformed the world forever came not from men being “free” to do what comes “naturally”, but rather the assurance that a woman does not have to have a baby. It wasn’t until women were promised, unequivocally that […]
July
01
This is the End : Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg do Bromance, again. (Film Review)
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This Is The End is about to hit Australian shores and already it has doubled it’s budget in juicy financial returns for writers, directors and producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. The film is very much a “two-man show” with Rogen not only writing himself the nicest part of anyone, but also filling the film […]
June
30
Mister OTT – Matthew Ottignon and the homage to Ethiopian jazz love. (music review)
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Matthew Ottignon is a cool as cool gets Sydney based jazz musician, born in NZ and world traveled enough to soak up sound culture everywhere he goes so he can include as much as possible in his musical performances. I was lucky enough to attend the launch of Mister OTT’s first two singles at the […]
June
30
The Metropolitan Orchestra – Claire Edwardes Plays Rojas (music review)
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The Aim of The Metropolitan Orchestra is to bring premium quality orchestral performance to more audiences, thereby inspiring a love of classical music. It was launched in 2009 and since then has continually brought superb intimate performances to a wide range of Sydneysiders across the metropolitan area. If it is true that art is brought […]
June
30
Why I won’t be reviewing Terrence Malick
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I have just walked out of To The Wonder. My stomach just can’t take that much sugar. To be fair, I haven’t seen Badlands – but to date the only thing about Terrence Malick that impresses me is that he wrote Dirty Harry, and even then it was only the rough uncredited first draft. That […]
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