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Endless Rooms (Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever) – music review

Melbourne’s Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever is a band that has the appearance of following an older music model. I believe…

Sea of Tranquility (Emily St John Mandel) – book review

Emily St John Mandel came to prominence with her fourth book, the pandemic post-apocalypse Station Eleven. That book gained a…

Petite Maman – movie review

Céline Sciamma (Portrait of a Lady on Fire) is back with a breathtakingly beautiful film about childhood, loss and memory.…

New music round-up (for w/e 6 May 2022)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 6 May 2022. Headful…

The Merry Wives of Windsor (New Theatre) – theatre review

If Shakespeare had the vision of Nostradamus, he may well have foreseen The Merry Wives of Windsor being set in…

La Traviata (Opera Australia) – opera review

Soprano Stacey Alleaume is almost ethereal in a scintillating performance as Violetta Valery in Giuseppe Verdi’s fraught, emotion-charged, love story…

The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson – movie review

Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife* is a story of hardship and resilience. This magnificently shot film follows a woman living…

Dr Strange in the Multiverse of Madness – movie review

Those with long memories might recall the consternation back in the early 2000s when storied horror director Sam Raimi -…

(watch my moves) (Kurt Vile) – music review

(watch my moves), the ninth studio album from Kurt Vile if you include his collaboration with Courtney Barnett on 2017’s…

Girl from the North Country (Comedy Theatre) – theatre review

Set during the Great Depression, Girl from the North Country is a brilliantly conceived and executed theatrical production, featuring the…