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The People Upstairs – movie review

Director Cesc Gay adapts his own play in The People Upstairs, a dry comedy whose dialogue-heavy approach sublimely reveals shifting…

Long Story Short – movie review

Comedy movies are hard work. Time travel movies are even harder. So combining the two is a big ask. But…

Another Round – movie review

Danish drinking culture is put under the microscope in Another Round, the new feature from director Thomas Vinterberg, an adherent…

Synchronic – movie review

Time and tide wait for no man, they say. In the sci-fi drama Synchronic, a chemist invents a time travel…

I Told You So (Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio) – music review

Great music always finds a way to captivate its audience and find new listeners. That is the way I feel…

Single Ladies (Red Stitch Theatre) – theatre review

As I see it, Single Ladies is a variant of a shaggy dog story ... in more ways than one. This…

The Laramie Project (Ad Astra) – theatre review

Those who know the story behind The Laramie Project won't be surprised by the clearly western-themed staging that sees Ad…

BUMP (Stan) – streaming review

What would Aussie TV be without the luminous Claudia Karvan? We’ve seen her grow up on-screen to become one of…

Olga (Bernard Schlink) – book review

“History is not the past as it really was. It’s the shape we give it.” This observation by a Norwegian…

Wrong Turn – movie review

Wrong Turn amps up the consequences of taking, well, a wrong turn. The horror thriller keeps on coming at you…