M*A*S*H in Bosnia? The superb black comedy A Perfect Day centres around Mambru (Benicio del Toro) and B (Tim Robbins), a couple of aid workers in the Balkans during the conflict of the 90s. Working with an NGO known as Aid Across Borders, they deal with the horrors of the war and the vicious consequences…
Turning a cartoon into a live action comedy adventure seems to have done the trick a couple of years ago, so a sequel was always on the cards. As a matter of fact, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows received the green light the night the first film opened. The producers chose 32-year-old…
Passion and genius are tested in a superb, intelligent and captivating creation from American playwright David Auburn. First staged on and off Broadway in 2000, Proof went on to win the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, as well as numerous other accolades. Gwyneth Paltrow was nominated for a…
The edgy, psychedelic 60s-themed drama, Aquarius is returning for its second season on the Presto on-demand service from 17 June. The show will kick off with a special three-episode premiere ahead of its weekly schedule. Episodes one to three will stream express from the U.S. on Friday, 17 June. Following the initial three episode drop,…
I love a good psychological suspense novel, especially edge-of-the-seat stories. Bone By Bone by Sanjida Kay hooked me so deeply, I read it in one sitting. Here’s the blurb: Laura is making a fresh start. Newly divorced and relocated to Bristol, she is carving a new life for her and her nine-year-old daughter, Autumn. But things aren’t going…
For a long time local filmmaker Lawrence Johnston (Life) has been fascinated with neon, and he even managed to include images of neon lights into his documentaries Eternity and the whimsical Night. But now he has made a carefully researched feature length documentary exploring the heritage, design and history of neon and neon lighting. While…
What a delightful and engaging comedy, which moves along at pace and is entertaining throughout. Tommaso (Marco Giallini) is a respected heart surgeon, although his relationship with the “heart” is limited to the operating room because his hard-nosed manner is hardly endearing to patients, their families or his students. Nevertheless, he is a highly capable…
A disturbing drama about a smart but wayward 17-year-old boy, Is This The Real World is the independently made first feature from Melbourne-based writer and director Martin McKenna. Mark Blazey (Sean Keenan from Puberty Blues) is part of a chaotic family – a heavily tattooed older brother, Jimmy (Matt Colwell), who is always in trouble…
Much-buzzed-about band Whitney have released their debut album, Light Upon the Lake, on Secretly Canadian via Inertia. This follows on the heels of recent inescapable single “No Woman” and a notable trip to SXSW. Light Upon the Lake marks the culmination of a short, but incredibly intense, creative period for the band. Whitney was born…
A harrowing and dramatic story based upon fact, Belinda Giblin gives the performance of her life in what could well be the role of her life. Blonde Poison is an award winning, singled handed play about beauty, treachery and the high price of survival. Stella Goldschlag (Giblin) was living illegally in war-torn Berlin when she…
