Constellations Darlinghurst Theatre Company 13 August – 7 September You can grab your tickets here. Qantam mechanics and the theory of relativity are the already becoming tired symbols of “intelligence”. they are particularly thrilling in the wake of the weird idea we got that science could replace God – despite not being completely sure of […]
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August
26
Constellations – Nick Payne, chance and free will. (Theatre Review)
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August
25
The Essential Film reviews. Current reviews posted elsewhere.
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I’ve covered some of the current films showing over at The Essential, so I thought I’d give all my lovely readers a heads up. Palo Alto A film I greatly enjoyed, even if it seemed as though Sophia Copola played it a little too safe: “Events shaping us are as meaningless as those we […]
August
04
Essential Awesomeness
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I’m writing for the new(ish) Melbourne E-Zine and amazing pod casting outfit The Essential as of today, when my inaugural post, a review of Naomi Punk’s Television Man went up. The Essential is: Presenting an Australian perspective on contemporary and classic cinema and music from Australia and around the world, The Essentialis a collective of […]
June
19
An update on the ongoing question of why Australian Theatre criticism is valuable – even when I do it.
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This post is a contribution to a contemporary debate about Australian theater, inspired by this post and this post, both of which I found illuminating and inspiring. When I feel generous toward myself (or haven’t outlined a plot for 2-3 pieces in a row) I like to state that I am a “critic” rather than […]
June
17
Frank – Lenny Abrhamson drags outsider art inside. (Film Review)
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Frank is showing at the Sydney Film Festival. You can grab your tickets here. Lenny Abrahamson’s What Richard Did was a dark, unassuming film whose impact relied on a combination of not knowing what to expect despite knowing the plot, Jack Raynor’s fine performance that included vulnerability and a remarkably universal take on issues of […]
June
15
Premier of Fell available online
posted by lisathatcher
A stunning debut by Australian director Kasimir Burgess, Fell is an entrancing and enigmatic drama – a dreamlike, visually resplendent tale of nature, revenge and redemption. While on a camping trip, Thomas’ only daughter, Lara, is killed by a logging truck in a hit-and-run accident for which the driver, Luke, serves a prison sentence. Stricken with grief, […]
June
06
Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them – New Theatre and the cry of the Left. (Theatre Review)
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Why Torture is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them New Theatre, 3 June to 28 June 2014 You can grab tickets here. All the photos in this review are credited to Bob Seary. It is a helluva brave play that names Terri Schiavo as the perfect right-wing wife, but the barbs and the […]
May
20
Touch – a Sydney Film Festival trailer Preview
posted by lisathatcher
Touch will be screening at the Sydney Film Festival 2014. There are many good reasons to attend the 2014 Sydney Film Festival, but one of the best is the exciting list of Australian films that will be exhibited there. Touch is one of these films, making its World premiere at the festival. Check out the […]
May
19
The Sydney Film Festival 2014
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The Sydney Film Festival starts in just over two weeks time and the buzz has well and truly started – particularly seeing as the great man himself stars in one of the festival highlights – and I’m talking about Nick Cave here, not Robert Pattinson. So far the festival lineup is interesting with highlights such […]
May
14
His Mothers Voice – bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company and a cast of millions. (Theatre Review)
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His Mothers Voice bAKEHOUSE Theatre Company ATYP 30/4/14 through to 17/5/14 You can grab your tickets here. In Mao Zedong’s 1937 essay “On Contradiction” he further examines the theories of Marx and Lenin around dialectical materialism and the idea of the contradictions that, for Marx, provided the impetus for further human evolution but for Mao, […]
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