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No Hard Feelings – movie review

From the trailer, you’d think No Hard Feelings was another Judd Apatow-movie clone full of raunchy comedy. But director Gene…

Joy’All (Jenny Lewis) – music review

There’s a determined, purposeful up-tempo feel on Jenny Lewis’ fifth solo project, the aptly titled Joy’All. It’s as if the…

Hungry Ghosts (Kevin Jared Hosein) – book review

Caribbean novelist Kevin Jared Hosein’s third novel Hungry Ghosts is set in Trinidad “sometime in the 1940s”. It follows a…

You Hurt My Feelings – movie review

Nicole Holofcener’s comedic drama You Hurt My Feelings asks whether it’s okay to lie if you’re trying to protect a…

Cabaret Night Fever (The Butterfly Club) – theatre review

An eclectic comedian and singer with a working-class style and a potty mouth, MJ Wilson sets us up for a…

New music round-up (for w/e 16 June 2023)

Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 16 June 2023. The…

Lightscape (Royal Botanic Gardens) – exhibition review

Following its success last winter, a new, gorgeous exhibition of colour and creativity returns to the Royal Botanic Gardens this…

Jurassic Creatures (opposite Southland Shopping Centre) – theatre and exhibition review

The Jurassic Park/Jurassic World movie franchise has grossed more than $6 billion globally. Let’s face it, dinosaurs are big business and…

Exiles (fortyfivedownstairs) – theatre review

Set in Dubin in 1912, Richard Rowan (Doug Lyons) is a highly intelligent writer plagued by self-doubt. Richard married the woman…

Identity (The Australian Ballet) – ballet and dance review

Two new and very different works, each lasting just under an hour, constitute the opening of the 2023 ballet season…