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Drive-Away Dolls – movie review

You know how siblings can be. When one gets to do something, the other just has to do it too.…

Baghead – movie review

Sometimes we get two films released around the same time with the same basic concept (eg: Deep Impact and Armageddon…

Alliance Française French Film Festival 2024 – a preview

The Alliance Française French Film Festival feels like a cultural institution in Australia. But it might be somewhat surprising to…

Beauty and The Beast The Musical (Disney Theatrical Group) – theatre review

The Disney stage musical Beauty and the Beast The Musical (music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim…

The Zone of Interest – movie review

Birds chirp on a summer’s day. Families enjoy a picnic by a stream. A woman tends to beautiful flowers in…

The Rooster – movie review

Set in rural Victoria, The Rooster marks a highly imaginative and impactful feature film debut for writer and director Mark…

Bob Marley: One Love – movie review

Jamaican born singer/songwriter Bob Marley was one of the music legends of the 70s, with his fusion of reggae, blues…

The Dictionary of Lost Words (Arts Centre Melbourne) – theatre review

What is in a word? Everything … for the person around whom the sweeping tale The Dictionary of Lost Words…

The Freedom of Emma Herwegh (Dirk Kurbjuweit) – book review

In The Freedom of Emma Herwegh, author Dirk Kurbjuweit explores what for many readers will be a little-known period of…

Rent (Arts Centre Melbourne) – musical theatre review

A rich array of talent is on display, as love and loss take centre stage in Jonathan Larson’s passion filled…