In 1970, Karel Kachyna made a Czech film titled The Ear, and in 1974 Francis Ford Coppola made an American film titled The Conversation. Due to the highly restrictive Soviet rule in Czechoslovakia, The Ear was banned before it saw the light of day (frankly it’s a miracle it was ever made) and did […]
April
04
The Lego Movie – Made by those who love Lego for those who love Lego. (Film review)
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If you’re reading all the reviews of The Lego Movie, and they become oddly analogous, strangely lacking insight given the overwhelmingly positive scores, you would be forgiven for thinking the cinematic off-season has driven super-hero/super-natural weary critics into a frenzy of appreciation for anything that isn’t going to ask them to analyse a relationship between […]
April
03
Requiem for a Dream – Aronofsky refuses categorical analysis by offering everything. (Film review)
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If π was a little maddening, then Requiem for a Dream is a total mind F*&K when it comes to the overhanded frustrating emphasis Aronofsky will place on his not so subtle message. At its surface, the message of Requiem for a Dream is don’t do drugs, and there is absolutely no chance in the world […]
March
30
Stitching – Little Spoon Theatre Company shine a light on our inner darkness. (Theatre review)
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Stitching Little Spoon Theatre Company at the Tap Gallery 26 March – 12 April. You can buy your tickets here. In some ways the provocations in Stitching come as a relief from the intensity of the play. Stitching is (in)famous for it’s in-your-face sex scenes, its brutal use of culturally significant horrors, and its dark […]
March
29
A Moment on The Lips – Mad March Hare reveal how well fish do without bicycles. (Theatre review)
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A Moment on the Lips Mad March Hare Theatre Company March 27 to April 12 – grab your tickets here. Photo credits to Katy Green Loughrey It’s the bromide feminism anticipates. A young man goes to see Caryl Churchill’s Top Girls, is filled with the fear of the great vagina that very brilliant play evokes, […]
March
26
Pi – Darren Aronofsky begins his journey through genius. (Film review)
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Pi or π, Darren Aronofsky’s first feature film that was good enough to launch him as a bit of an indie darling back in his early days, is one of those films one loves or one hates, primarily because they are made to show off intelligence that may or may not be present, but wants to […]
March
25
Lisa Chat’s with Mark Westbrook director of Stitching – Pt 1 (theatre article)
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Stitching by Anthony Neilson Little Spoon Theatre Company Tap gallery 26 March through to 12 April You can buy your tickets here. I have neither seen nor read Anthony Neilson’s confronting 2002 play Stitching, so I am greatly looking forward to the Little Spoon presentation running at the Tap Gallery from March 26 through to […]
March
25
To Kill a Mockingbird – New Theatre speaks the words Australia needs to hear. (Theatre review)
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To Kill A Mockingbird New Theatre you can buy your tickets here. 18 march – 19 April In the announcement to bring To Kill A Mockingbird to the New Theatre as part of the 2014 program launch, Louise Fisher told the audience the New Theatre felt that given Australia’s current political climate, we needed a […]
March
23
High Windows Low Doorways – Subtlenuance accents the spiritual. (Theatre review)
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High Windows Low Doorways Subtlenuance at the Tap Gallery March 19 – 30. You can buy your tickets here. I’ve heard Spirituality is the practical application of peace in your every day life, and its my best current definition. In the forward to High Windows Low Doorways Daniela Georgi and Paul Gilchrist claim the impulse […]
March
21
Motherhood Out Loud – Insomniac Theatre says the unsayable as we laugh. (Theatre review)
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Motherhood Out Loud Insomniac Theatre (buy tickets here) March 19 – April 6 2014 It seems at its surface, that we talk about parenting constantly, but like our perpetual discussion of sex, it is not so much quantity but quality that defines the value of the public discourse; Sometimes the endless conversation is there to […]
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