This clever, thoroughly entertaining French comedy is the latest from co-writer and director Carine Tardieu (The Dandelions). The breakout hit of the 2017 Cannes International Film Festival, Just to be Sure premiered in the Directors’ Fortnight and received multiple standing ovations. The charming rom-com is a tale of parenthood, love and family – both lost and found….
– Young Ones – On DVD, Blu-ray and digital from 9 December 2015 We have 2 DVD prize packs^ thanks to Icon Film Distribution. *(Valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE A stunning sci-fi tale of revenge and violence set in a post-apocalyptic, drought-ravaged future. After fighting off raiders to protect what little…
– The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It – Only in cinemas from 3 June 2021 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Universal Pictures Australia. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE “The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It” reveals a chilling story of terror, murder and unknown evil…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 23 July 2021. The Old Fabled River represents a meeting of minds and cultures well-suited to Alasdair Roberts’ syncretic fervor. Responding to the invitation of Norwegian fiddler Hans Kjorstad, he found a group of musicians well-versed in folk, jazz…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 14 August 2020. Siberian Tiger – the South Australian duo of Bree Tranter (The Middle East) and Chris Panousakis (Timberwolf) – have released their debut EP, First Dance. What started as a cathartic ritual soon began to take shape…
Three disaffected young men are at the centre of punk rock band Green Day’s rock opera American Idiot. The story is expanded from its album of the same name, (released in 2004) and also features music from its 2009 album 21st Century Breakdown. The band – formed in 1986 by lead vocalist and guitarist Billie Joe Armstrong and…
The Overcoat is a new Australian work – a musical – by Constantine, Michael and Rosemarie Costi – based on the eponymous Nikolai Gogol short story from 1842. The literal translation used is by Alena Lodkina. Gogol seems to be the parent to a writer like Kafka and his more familiar concerns. In this version…
This is the third and climactic chapter in the recent trilogy about apes versus humans. There was Rise of the Planet of the Apes in 2011, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes in 2014 and now War for the Planet of the Apes. But Planet of the Apes goes back to 1968, when Charlton Heston was…
It is 1991 and materialism lives. There’s tension in the house when four people spend time together in a chalet on Mount Buller, which the wealthy and bombastic owner – a psychologist and author – has just won as part of a bitter divorce settlement. He has had a Jacuzzi newly installed smack bang in…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 5 May 2023. Over three decades ago, Peter One was a STAR – a country music star – in West Africa. With his singing partner Jess Sah Bi, Peter played in sold-out arenas. In 1985, Our Garden Needs Its…
