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Shawry (Chapel Off Chapel) – theatre review

For the VFL/AFL club that has finished runner up more than any other, the continued pain of losing Grand Finals…

The Villa – movie review

This star-studded French comedy, which was a hit at the recent Alliance Francaise French Film Festival, is largely set within…

Lightscape (Royal Botanic Gardens) – theatre review

The expression “many hands make light work” immediately springs to mind when describing the specially created “night trail” through the…

The Phantom of the Open – movie review

I tend to agree with Mark Twain when he (supposedly) described golf as “a good walk ruined”. While the quote…

9 to 5: The Musical (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

9 to 5: The Musical is energetic, sassy and colourful. What isn’t lost in this bright and breezy production though is…

Looking for Alibrandi (Malthouse Theatre) – theatre review

Freedom and identity are in play in Looking for Alibrandi. It is the 1990s and 17-year-old Josie Alibrandi (Chanella Macri), of…

The Cove (Alice Clark-Platts) – book review

Alice Clark-Platts’ debut novel was The Flower Girls, an unsettling look at children who kill other children. Her most recent…

Secrets (The Butterfly Club) – theatre review

Just how good are you at keeping secrets? If you hear something juicy, do you immediately rush off to tell your…

Sundown – movie review

Mexican writer-director Michel Franco’s slow-moving existential drama Sundown stars Tim Roth and Charlotte Gainsbourg. Roth plays Neil Bennett, who is…

Compartment No. 6 – movie review

In Juho Kuosmanen’s Compartment No. 6, the journey counts, not the destination. The film opens in Moscow in 1996. Laura…