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Romeo and Juliet (QSE) – theatre review

It’s taken the Queensland Shakespeare Ensemble until its 20th birthday year to finally mount a full production of arguably Shakespeare’s…

CLOSED: Win tickets to Die in a Gunfight

- Die in a Gunfight - Only in cinemas from 16 September 2021 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks…

Candyman – movie review

If you combine Captain Hook with a swarm of bees you have an idea of the antagonists in the horror-thriller…

The Waiter (Ajay Chowdhury) – book review

In 2019, Ajay Chowdhury won the inaugural Harvill Secker/Bloody Scotland award aimed at discovering new crime writers from underrepresented communities.…

Beckett (Netflix) – movie review

The “wrong man” trope has a long cinematic history. It provided the basis for at least three Alfred Hitchcock classics…

Reminiscence – movie review

You don't have to look hard to see the shadows looming over Lisa Joy’s Reminiscence. The film is essentially a…

The Woman in the Purple Skirt (Natsuko Imamura) – book review

Natsuko Imamura’s novel The Woman in the Purple Skirt (translated from the Japanese by Lucy North), is a short, disquieting…

La Verónica (MIFF Play) – movie review

La Verónica centres on social media star and footballer’s wife Verónica (Mariana Di Girólamo). Her persistent efforts to procure a…

Free Guy – movie review

Try as I really wanted to like Free Guy, I simply couldn’t … because it is one very silly movie.…

The Ice Road – movie review

Liam Neeson’s new action thriller Ice Road is as a cross between reality series Ice Road Truckers and Henri-Georges Clouzot’s…