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Dreambuilders – movie review

Blended families can be problematic. So it is when Minna (the voice of Robyn Dempsey) becomes sister to Jenny (Emma…

Promising Young Woman – movie review

Tragedies and reckonings during 2020 brought the issue of sexualised violence prominently into the headlines. So Emerald Fennell’s powerful contemplation…

Summerland – movie review

A well-meaning but slight portrait of war-time suffering, Summerland felt manufactured to me. Despite its subject matter, I thought it…

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Netflix) – movie review

Art and capitalism can be uneasy bedfellows. In our society each depends on the other to some extent. The exploitation…

Ummon (SLIFT) – music review

French psychedelic trio SLIFT started things off back in 2017 when they released their debut EP, Space Is The Key,…

Pieces of a Woman – movie review

A deeply traumatic beginning gives way to emotionally wrought second and third acts in Kornél Mundruczó’s drama Pieces of a…

Our top films of 2020 – movie review

Well, that was a year! With everything that went on in 2020, movies proved both a comfort and a hope…

The Dry – movie review

When Australian filmmaker Robert Connolly directs a feature film, audiences pay attention. His latest is The Dry, and this thriller…

Monster Hunter – movie review

The ancient and modern worlds collide in the special effects action blockbuster Monster Hunter. Based on a video game series…

CLOSED: Win tickets to a performance of Come from Away in Melbourne

- Come from Away - Only at the Comedy Theatre, Melbourne We have 3 double passes thanks for the performance…