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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…

Golden Blood (Griffin) – theatre review

Australia: The Lucky Country. And through the eyes of a teenage, orphaned girl in Singapore, it represents her dream, her…

CLOSED: Win tickets to Juniper

- Juniper - Only in cinemas from 4 August 2022 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films.…

Thor: Love and Thunder – movie review

The ever-expanding Marvel Cinematic Universe (or the MCU to fans) spirals a little farther out with Taika Waititi’s second film…

Elektra (Jennifer Saint) – book review

The Greek myths continue to fascinate and challenge both writers and readers. The last few years in particular have seen…

The Amateurs (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre) – theatre review

One of the most bizarre plays I have seen, The Amateurs is a tragicomedy from 2015 American Pulitzer Prize finalist…