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The Teacher Who Promised the Sea – movie review

Patricia Font’s Spanish/Catalan-language film The Teacher Who Promised the Sea is based on fact, and shines a light on the…

Pizza Man (Slay Theatre) – theatre review

Julie Rodgers (Elyse Batson) is having a very bad day. The 28-year-old has just been sacked from her secretarial job…

Older Than I Ever Intended To Be (The MC Showroom) – cabaret review

Since the age of 11, when he was taken to see the dark musical Chicago at the Sydney Opera House,…

Romeo & Julie (Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre) – theatre review

Star crossed lovers all right, but this isn’t the Montagues and the Capulets. In fact, far from it … and…

Smoke (Michael Brissenden) – book review

Former Australian journalist Michael Brissenden’s third novel Smoke (after The List and Dead Letters) was inspired by the devastating bushfires…

Win tickets to Sleeping Dogs

- Sleeping Dogs - Only in cinemas from 1 August 2024 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Rialto…

Mr Blake at Your Service – movie review

Delightful feel-good entertainment, Mr Blake at Your Service is a fun-filled romantic romp. Andrew Blake (John Malkovich) is a successful…

Sting – movie review

Anyone afraid of snakes and creepy crawlies should probably look away now. In the vein of Arachnophobia and Eight Legged…

Longlegs – movie review

An unrecognisable Nicolas Cage features in the decidedly creepy crime-horror-thriller Longlegs. A figure sits in a car looking at a…

Elegies – A Song Cycle (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

Love, loss and laughter are potent and enduring in composer William Finn’s (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee) Elegies.…