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Fallen Leaves – movie review

The latest film from Finnish auteur Aki Kaurismaki is Fallen Leaves, a deceptively simple and quirky rom-com about two-star crossed…

Chimera (Orgōne) – music review

Established over a decade ago, Orgōne is a dynamic West Coast 8-piece soul band that draws from diverse influences such…

Meet Me at Dawn (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

Grief. How to deal with it. How to cope when you have lost a beloved one. That difficult subject has been…

The Coral Bones (EJ Swift) – book review

EJ Swift plunges into the climate-fiction sub-genre with the at turns terrifying and hopeful novel The Coral Bones. Told across…

The Wharf Revue: Pride in Prejudice (Union Theatre) – theatre review

The satirical virtuosity in this show is in both the writing and execution. A small, talented troupe of entertainers that has…

Rocky Horror Show (Athenaeum Theatre) – musical theatre review

Fifty years on, it remains just as wacky, bold, sexy, energetic and as much fun as when Tim Curry first…

New music round-up (for w/e 9 February 2024)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 9 February 2024. On…

Win tickets to The Great Escaper

- The Great Escaper - Only in cinemas from 7 March 2024 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to…

Force of Nature: The Dry 2 – movie review

Non-indigenous Australians have often had a rather fraught relationship with the landscape of this continent. On one hand, its “boundless…

Candide (Victorian Opera) – operetta review

Exactly what is the best of all possible worlds? You may well ask that question before, during and after watching the…