– Scandinavian Film Festival – In Palace Cinemas nationally from 12 July to 10 August 2022 We have 5 double passes to a session at the Festival (excluding special events) Note: tickets are digital *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Palace invites you to warm your mid-winter with the Carlsberg Scandinavian Film…
My approach to reviewing is to enter a theatre, cinema or gallery knowing nothing about what I am about to see and hear. That means not reading a synopsis or any commentary about the work because I believe it needs to inform me or “speak to me” on its own merits. Ninety-nine times out of…
So, when Ladies Day, by Alana Valentine, concluded the other evening, at the Griffin, my guest and I discussed: “What was the play about?” Says the Director, Darren Yap: Ladies Day is an important, honest and confronting play. It’s not only an intelligent piece about people living on the margins who don’t often get a…
Fifty years ago, The Exorcist rewrote the rule book. It was the first horror film nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. The loosely connected The Exorcist: Believer starts in colourful style in Haiti. Pregnant Sorenne Fielding (Tracey Graves) and her photographer husband Victor (Leslie Odom Jr.) are on holiday. Then, all hell breaks loose….
Anthony Scott Burns’ Come True is a singular vision that pays strong homage to 1980s fantasy horror films. Gorgeous neon-tinted lighting is complimented by a haunting synthesized score that imbues a floating-like atmosphere for its characters, and seduces predominately with a chilling atmosphere. The film follows teenage runaway Sarah (Julia Sarah Stone), who sleeps…
Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer’s debut novel The End and Everything Before It is a swirling, interconnected tale about a place and the community that formed around that place. But it is much more than this. The deeper meanings and connections between characters only come clear slowly and are both enlightening and quietly devastating. The first…
If only I had more time to live my life? Perhaps the catch cry of many as the years go by and as regrets build. But what if that were, indeed, possible? In this provocative psychological science fiction thriller, director Tarsem Singh explores the consequences of living on for an eternity. Billionaire industrialist Damian Hale…
The Bodyguard plays a significant role in the lives of many a thirty- and forty-something woman. For many of us, it was the first blockbuster movie we saw as teenagers, and it certainly features heavily in the soundtrack of our lives. I don’t know how many times I sang those Whitney Houston tunes at the…
Social media is a language. Those you speak it will appreciate the authenticity of the early scenes of Lewis Treston’s IRL, which sees 17-year-old Alexei (Will Bartolo), back and forthing in messenger conversation with his closeted internet crush Thaddeus (Byron Lankester Howells), complete with the awkwardness and overthinking insecurity the manifests itself in any such…
– Russian Resurrection Film Festival – Only in cinemas in November 2018 We have 5 double in-season passes. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Happy Birthday to the Russian Resurrection Film Festival! This year, one of Australia and New Zealand’s favourite film festivals is back and better than ever! For your chance to win, enter your…
