Good Works The Darlinghurst Theatre Company, Eternity Theatre 31 October – 29 November – You can grab your tickets here Images Helen White “There’s no such thing as character, only behaviour” Existentialism and religion have always been the kinds of enemies that occasionally like to sleep with each other. While 60’s existentialism, as exemplified by […]
November
11
Good Works – Ian Sinclair engages a deep connection with Nick Enright. (Theatre Review)
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November
08
Films released in Sydney this week ending 14 November
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He Named me Malala Will try to review. I’m not sure about this one. While it is subject matter that appeals to me, my internal radar is going off the spectrum with warnings over the trailer. Super important subject, so I’d like to check it out, and I did like An Inconvenient Truth. Could be […]
November
05
Freeheld – Romantic naturalism forges into new territory. (Film review)
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In this interview, Freeheld director Peter Sollett states his point that Freehelds purpose is romantic naturalism, that is to present love in a way that appeals to the broader conversation about what love is and what it looks like. This is usually a formulaic, identifiable love story that has traditionally been reserved for the heteronormative […]
November
04
A Girl with the Sun in her Eyes – Shards of the masculine pieced together. (Theatre Review)
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A Girl with the Sun in her Eyes Old Fitz Theatre 27 October to 14 November. You can grab your tickets here. Images Vanessa Wright A Girl with the Sun in her Eyes is contemporary theatre that plays out, if not examines, the failures of traditional masculinity in a contemporary context. It’s narrative centres on […]
November
04
The Dressmaker – Jocelyn Moorehouse makes an almost perfect film. (Film review)
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If it is true that there is a crises in film criticism over the way females and female-centric films are judged, and it is, then it is also true that this can be used against male-centric critics when properly assessing those films that are ticket purchase worthy. The Dressmaker is a classic example of this poorly […]
November
02
Mistress America – Greta Gerwig shining layer upon layer. (Film Review)
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The plotted subtext of Mistress America – that everyone is copying/stealing from everyone else all the time – is a very now response to the overbearing litigious implications of making art that include spilling into the reality of making anything in contemporary society. Greta Gerwig plays Brooke, the quintessential It Girl (played by the quintessential It Girl) in […]
November
01
Films relseased in Sydney this week ending 7 November.
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Tanna Will be reviewing How often do we get a chance to see something like thsi? I won’t be missing this amazing cinema expereince. Freeheld Will be reviewing. Lets hope its better than the trailer, but still, what a fabulous subject! Now Add Honey Won’t be reviewing. I don’t like to […]
October
27
The Gift – Joel Edgerton sells out his female protagonist in the worst possible way. (Film Review)
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The Gift is a puzzle in itself, in that Joel Edgerton (writer, director and playing Gordo the weirdo) has immersed himself in the tropes of the thriller constantly examining and subverting them with the painfully obvious exception of his female lead, the perpetually little black dress-wrapped Robyn. Actress Rebecca Hall does a typically brilliant job, […]
October
26
Dead Centre/ Sea Wall – Emotional engagement at The Old Fitz. (Theatre Review)
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Dead Centre/Sea Wall Red Stich Actors Theatre and Red Line Productions You can grab your tickets here Image credits Jodie Hutchinson First things first – it was wonderful to see such a rich, successful female performance at The Old Fitz. It’s great to see such a thing anywhere, but Red Line Productions were in dire […]
October
26
All My Sons – SUDS takes a fresh look at Arthur Miller. (Theatre Review)
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All My Sons Sydney University Dramatic Socitey Find out more about SUDS and All My Son’s here. Arthur Miller was right to question the moral obligations of the individual under capitalist rule. When the law belongs to those who can afford the best defense it behoves the individual and those around him to decide where […]
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