Alex First

Alex First is a Melbourne based journalist and communications specialist. He contributes to The Blurb on film and theatre.

By Alex First 3 months ago

The despicable nature of workplace harassment comes into sharp focus in The Assistant, a thinly-veiled

By Alex First 3 months ago

Navigating a romantic entanglement can be difficult enough. But when it comes to two –

By Alex First 3 months ago

Pain informed the work of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907 – 1954), who’s best known

By Alex First 3 months ago

The starting point for the truly horrible Butt Boy is a guy in a bad

By Alex First 3 months ago

A photographer who suffers from PTSD befriends a hardworking Sudanese man with a secret traumatic

By Alex First 3 months ago

In Midnight Family, the audience become front seat passengers riding along with the Ochoa family

By Alex First 4 months ago

On Chesil Beach introduces elements of theatre into a period drama about the relationship between

By Alex First 4 months ago

Vivarium is a descent into madness. It did my head in. Tom (Jesse Eisenberg) and

By Alex First 4 months ago

Youthful anarchy is at the heart of Beats. This largely black-and-white film is set in

By Alex First 4 months ago

Weird and wacky Australian film noir, Burning Kiss is a psychedelic whodunnit in reverse. We