Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, formed in 1983, have been a staple of the alternative rock scene for decades, known for their intense and evocative music. Over the years, they’ve explored various sonic landscapes, from the raw energy of their early work to more introspective and atmospheric albums like The Boatman’s Call and Ghosteen….
It was such a delight to welcome back to the stage musical theatre royalty in Debra Byrne. It was the mid ‘80s when she appeared in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats and a decade later she followed that up with another star turn in the maestro’s Sunset Boulevard. So, it seems only fitting that she should reprise solo…
There are films that aren’t much of a story and still leave a certain impression. The same applies to Thoroughbreds where two teenage girls, each with a specific personality disorder, come up with a plan to kill someone. The two haven’t seen each other for a long time – an eternity in which much has…
British singer Amy Winehouse found success through her songs and won numerous Grammy Awards in her brief career. She was a talented musician who succumbed to her demons and vices, and suffered from depression, addiction and even mental illness. She died from alcohol poisoning in 2011 at the height of her success. She was just…
– Schitt’s Creek (Seasons 1 – 3) – Available now on DVD and Blu-ray We have 3 DVD copies of the film thanks to RLJ Entertainment. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE When filthy-rich video store magnate Johnny Rose (Eugene Levy, American Pie), his soap star wife Moira (Catherine O’Hara, Home Alone)…
A warm-hearted, comedic drama about overcoming challenges and dealing with adversity to become your best self, Shoelace Chaser readily resonates. Seventeen-year-old Thea (Leigh Lule) is in her last year at a public school and is a very fast runner. But two years ago, she gave up on a promising athletics future to attend to her…
A beautiful woman engages an older man in conversation … Sounds like the start of a joke, but it’s actually the beginning of the MTC’s production of Heisenberg. This story involves a couple of lonely people. One has been alone … seemingly forever; while the other has a deep-seated need for connection. The woman, Georgie…
Charming, quirky and humorous, Microbe and Gasoline is a delightful little film about a couple of adolescent outsiders determined to forge their own path. Microbe (Ange Dargent) is 14. A talented artist with his long hair, he is often mistaken for a girl, but he doesn’t fit in and he knows it. So, he’s a…
Set in Frankfurt 13 years after the end of World War II and the Holocaust, Labyrinth of Lies is a picture of Germany – and the Nazis in particular – being pulled kicking and screaming to accountability for what was allowed to happen. Johann Radmann (Alexander Fehling) has recently been appointed Public Prosecutor and, like…
Documentary is a wonderfully flexible form, but paradoxically it rarely strays from a defined formula. You know – some establishing shots, some archival footage, some talking head interviews. But directors Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw obviously don’t feel beholden to those conventions. Their new film, The Truffle Hunters, is about as radical a departure from…
