The Second Mother – movie review

The Second Mother is a film about a set of social rules, which have been in place in Brazilian culture…

Demolition – movie review

Written by Bryan Sipe (who also penned the recent adaptation of Nicholas Sparks' The Choice), Demolition is a rather downbeat…

Jason Bourne – movie review

With re-boots, re-writes and re-imaginings de rigeur these days, it's not all that surprising that Robert Ludlum's famous super-spy gets…

A Very Modern Marriage (Owl & Cat) – theatre review

Comedy, melodrama and hijinks abound in the Australian premiere of A Very Modern Marriage, a play previously only performed at the…

Funny Girl (The Production Company) – theatre review

You would be hard pressed to find a more accomplished musical theatre performer on the big stage than Caroline O’Connor.…

Creed – DVD review

Like many of us, writer/director Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) grew up watching Rocky movies. He did so with his father.…

Case/Lang/Veirs (self-titled) – music review

To borrow a phrase from this record’s boldest rocker, in a world dominated by American Idol Voices, Disney divas and…

Lie with Me by Sabine Durrant – book review

I received Lie With Me by Sabine Durrant (Remember Me This Way) from The Reading Room, started reading and didn’t…

Love & Friendship – movie review

Whit Stillman (The Last Days of Disco) directs his own adaptation of an unfinished Jane Austen novella, titled Lady Susan,…

Hitchcock/Truffaut – movie review

In 1962 French filmmaker and auteur Francois Truffaut flew to Hollywood and sat down with legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, the…