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New music round-up (for w/e 12 April 2024)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 12 April 2024. I’M…

Marvel Universe Live! (touring) – arena theatre review

Loki – Thor’s adopted brother and nemesis – has his sights set on becoming the supreme leader of Asgard and…

Perfect Days – movie review

Wim Wenders’ (Paris, Texas) new film Perfect Days is a gently paced minimalist drama from the revered German filmmaker. Set…

Late Night With the Devil – movie review

Every year when I get my hands on the Melbourne International Film Festival program and start selecting my films, the…

La Chimera – movie review

In the context of Alice Rohrwacher’s film La Chimera, the Chimera of the title is something people search for but…

Origin – movie review

Writer and director Ava DuVernay has chosen an artistic interpretation of the work of Isabel Wilkerson in Origin. The film…

I Have No Enemies (Theatre Works) – theatre review

Four actors … who break the fourth wall, track down a Melbourne man from a seven-minute rant obtained by a…

Tigers Blood (Waxahatchee) – music review

Tigers Blood is the latest album from the talented singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield, known by her stage name Waxahatchee. Having begun…

Civil War – movie review

Writer and director Alex Garland (Ex Machina) is a master filmmaker who steps it up a notch with the blockbuster…

Lucky Stiff (Chapel Off Chapel) – musical theatre review

A corpse dressed to the nines being carted around the French Riviera in a wheelchair. What could possibly go wrong? Plenty…