Set in a New England colony in the early 1700s, before the time of the Salem witch trials, this is a slow burn drama about a family torn apart by witchcraft and demonic possession. A God-fearing puritanical family is expelled from their community for the sin of “prideful conceit” and forced to fend for themselves…
Greed and lust are at the heart of Nobel Prize winning playwright Eugene O’Neill’s primordial tragedy, Desire Under the Elms; which takes plot elements and themes from Greek tragedy and adapts them to a rural New England setting in 1850. In his mid 70s, Ephraim Cabot (Darren Mort) returns to his remote farm with his third…
Nicole Trope has been compared to Jodi Picoult, and it’s not an unfair comparison – both write about topical issues and from multiple perspectives, giving readers more to think – and talk – about. Here’s the blurb of her latest book, Blame: ‘I am here because they suspect me of something. I am here because…
– Down Under – Only in cinemas from 11 August 2016 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE DOWN UNDER is a black comedy set during the aftermath of the Cronulla riots in 2006, from filmmaker Abe Forsythe. The film tells the story of…
Now a much anticipated fixture on the festival calendar, the third Volvo Scandinavian Film Festival is now – or is just about to be – in full swing around Australia. The festival aims to present some of the most exciting and fresh movies from Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland. This year’s offerings include Finland’s…
A total of 1,517 people, more than two-thirds of those who boarded the world’s largest moving object, perished after the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40pm on 14 April 1912 and sank early the following morning. Hardly the material that immediately makes you think of musical theatre … and yet it is just the…
In 1979, fundamentalist rebels overthrew the Shah of Iran and, simultaneously, threw the everyday lives of many into total disarray. In the West, it was an event captured in incendiary news clips of fevered young revolutionaries, American hostages, mounting repression and political tensions that exist to this day. But the story that was rarely told,…
– Embrace – Only in cinemas from 4 August 2016 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to Transmission Films. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE One woman’s journey to inspire everyBODY: EMBRACE follows Body Image Activist Taryn Brumfitt crusade as she explores the global issue of body loathing, inspiring us to…
Created by Edgar Rice Burroughs over a century ago, the fictional hero Tarzan is one of the most popular fictional heroes in literature. As a child he was raised in the jungles of Africa by apes. He is intelligent, loyal, strong and courageous and fights against evil and colonial powers in deepest darkest Africa. There…
A quirky romantic comedy, Maggie’s Plan concerns a vibrant and practical thirty-something year old professional, totally comfortable in her own skin. Maggie Hardin (Greta Gerwig) is at a crossroads. She is charming and optimistic, with success in her career in education and wonderful friends, but something is missing. Her sensible nature has led her to…
