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City of Angels (VAC) – theatre review

A brilliant, if complex, script and a series of magnificent voices are the hallmarks of this wickedly funny celebration of…

II by FUZZ – music review

Until we heard it, FUZZ was a band we didn’t know that we needed. With their debut self-titled album, high…

Two films from the Jewish Film Festival 2015 – movie review

The 2015 Jewish Film Festival has kicked off. The festival cities and dates are: Sydney: 28th October to 18th November…

The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood – book review

In The Saturday Paper, author Charlotte Wood describes her latest novel, The Natural Way of Things, as a “sledgehammer”. “I like…

Mistress America – movie review

Take a base of screwball comedy, add a dash of French New Wave, stir in some 1970s Woody Allen sensibility…

Dead Centre / Sea Wall (Old Fitz) – theatre review

Dead Centre by Tom Holloway, and Sea Wall, by Simon Stephens, two monologues, are presented as a Co-Production from the…

Sleeping With Other People – movie review

Comedies about sex and coupling have long been big business in Hollywood because, let’s face it, sex sells and most…

The Dressmaker – movie review

Think anarchic black comedy, add small town period drama, throw in a dash of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of…

The Last Witch Hunter – movie review

Up until now I always thought that The Chronicles of Riddick was the nadir of Vin Diesel's film career. But…

Only the Dead – movie review

The film takes its title from a quote attributed to Plato: "Only the dead have seen the end of war."…