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Queensland Theatre 2021 season – theatre preview

It seems fitting that, whether coincidentally or otherwise, the day after Queensland Theatre welcomed audiences back to previews of Kieran…

Leave the World Behind (Rumaan Alam) – book review

Rumaan Alam’s latest book Leave the World Behind starts in an idyllic manner – a family on holiday on Long…

Brazen Hussies – movie review

First-time documentary director Catherine Dwyer starts her career off impressively with Brazen Hussies. This highly entertaining film charts the course…

New music round-up

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 6 November 2020. Ólafur…

Mouthpiece (QT) – theatre review

Mouthpiece … it is the name of an artwork by Declan Swan (Jayden Popik in an impressive Queensland Theatre debut),…

Radioactive – movie review

Marie Curie is one of those people. Most of us have a vague idea about her, but her real genius…

Total Freedom (Kathleen Edwards) – music review

Kathleen Edwards, Canadian singer/songwriter, returns after 8 years of relative silence with another fine album of exemplary folk/pop songcraft. Edwards…

British Film Festival 2020 – movie feature

Presented by Palace, the British Film Festival will screen from 10 November in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra and Byron…

Song of the Crocodile (Nardi Simpson) – book review

Nardi Simpson’s scorching debut novel Song of the Crocodile opens with the irony of a sign naming the small Australian…

Emily in Paris – streaming review

As fluffy as the soufflé at Le Récamier and a glitzy as the nightly light display at the Eiffel Tower,…