The high-octane ride that is Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One is again directed by Christopher McQuarrie. He wrote the screenplay with Erik Jendresen. It is the seventh movie in the franchise and is the longest yet at 2 hours 43 minutes. Spectacular stunts, car chases, a runaway train heading for destruction, humour and…
– The Critic – Only in cinemas from 3 October 2024 We have 10 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Ian Mckellen and Gemma Arterton star in THE CRITIC, alongside Mark Strong, Ben Barnes, Alfred Enoch, Romola Garai and Lesley Manville. Directed by Arnand Tucker…
Evocative, eviscerating, engaging – these are the hallmarks of a group therapy session in which participants are figuratively filleted. They are encouraged to open up about all their traumas, about their fears and frustrations, their anger and angst, their despair and derision. They beat up on themselves and lash out. They writhe and contort, they repel and…
Deadwater Fell doesn’t mess about, introducing us to a charming village full of adorable villagers right before polishing four of them off in a house fire. We haven’t met any super villains yet so soon in the piece, so where does our suspicious eye cast its ire first? To the only survivor of the fire…
He Who Drowned the World is the concluding volume in Australian fantasy author Shelley Parker-Chan’s epic Chinese-historical fantasy Radiant Emperor Duology. The first book of these, She Who Became The Sun, was a jaw-dropping debut which went on to make numerous award shortlists, including the Hugo Award,ugo Awar and won the 2022 British Fantasy Award….
Sensitive and affecting, Touch is a love story that spans the ages. The central characters meet at a Japanese restaurant in the UK. On principle, young Icelander Kristofer (Palmi Kormakur) gives up his place at the prestigious London School of Economics to work as a dishwasher at the busy eatery. He meets the restaurant owner’s…
If you’ve heard of the slow cinema movement, Kelly Reichardt could be considered its high priest. Her exacting, often dramatically beautiful films are the antithesis of, say, modern superhero movies. Often set on the American frontier, her work features long static shots and minimal dialogue. And Reichart’s new film, First Cow, follows much the same…
– Audrey – Only in cinemas from 7 November 2024 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Rialto Distribution. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Forgotten soap star and self-appointed Mother of the Year, Ronnie Lipsick (Jackie van Beek; The Office Australia) is trapped in a life of unfulfilled dreams and…
Champagne with hot acts in the hedonistic spirit of Montmartre is all the go at Piper’s Playhouse at Crown Melbourne after hours. Accompanied by an alluring soundtrack – part French, part English – sultry performers steam up the night in an intimate burlesque cabaret show. It is a good-natured walk on the wild side. Three…
Now reworked, with a new creative team, this play was the first performed by The Owl and Cat Theatre, when Gabrielle Savrone and Thomas Ian Doyle took over the venue from Jason Cavanagh at the start of last year. A woman, a playwright, has been married for eight years but has fallen deeply in love…
