La Boite holds a unique place in the hearts and minds of artists and audiences in Brisbane. For the past nine decades La Boite has represented the adventurous and alternative. There has always been a strong focus on the development of new work and artists, and next year is no different. Todd MacDonald, CEO &…
– The Program – Only in cinemas from 26 November 2015 We have 5 double in-season passes thanks to StudioCanal. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE Based on David Walsh’s book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong When Lance Armstrong fought back from life-threatening cancer to win the 1999…
A brilliant, if complex, script and a series of magnificent voices are the hallmarks of this wickedly funny celebration of 1940s film noir and dark detective fiction, which is two musicals in one. City of Angels focuses upon an ambitious Hollywood screenwriter, Stine (Anton Berezin), who struggles with a demanding studio boss (Troy Sussman) as…
Until we heard it, FUZZ was a band we didn’t know that we needed. With their debut self-titled album, high school friends Ty Segall (drums, vocals), Charles Mootheart (guitar), and Roland Cosio (bass) poured hot and heavy with their worship of the Big Muff Pi and other fuzz/distortion devices, their homework of bands such as…
The 2015 Jewish Film Festival has kicked off. The festival cities and dates are: Sydney: 28th October to 18th November Melbourne: 4th November to 29th November Brisbane: 21st, 22nd and 29th November Perth: 31st October, 1st and 8th November Auckland: 14th, 15th and 22nd November Here are reviews of Felix and Meira and Censored Voices,…
In The Saturday Paper, author Charlotte Wood describes her latest novel, The Natural Way of Things, as a “sledgehammer”. “I like things that are subtle and elegant, but I’ve written a sledgehammer.” (The Saturday Paper, October 24, 2015) I can’t think of a better way to describe this novel. Reading Wood’s book was a visceral experience, creating tension…
Take a base of screwball comedy, add a dash of French New Wave, stir in some 1970s Woody Allen sensibility and top with a dollop of Clueless – now if you can wrap your head around all that, you’ve got a pretty good idea of what to expect from Mistress America. This is director Noah…
Dead Centre by Tom Holloway, and Sea Wall, by Simon Stephens, two monologues, are presented as a Co-Production from the Red Stitch Actors Theatre, Melbourne, and Red Line Productions, at the Old Fitz Theatre. Sea Wall was written by contemporary British playwright, Simon Stephens (On the Shore of the Wide World), in 2008. A monologue…
Comedies about sex and coupling have long been big business in Hollywood because, let’s face it, sex sells and most envisage finding a Mr or Ms Right with a happily ever after ending – be that realistic or NOT! So give it up for yet another rom-com on the subject. When we are first introduced…
Think anarchic black comedy, add small town period drama, throw in a dash of The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and stir liberally and you have the ingredients of an Aussie tall tale. Based on the best-selling novel by Rosalie Ham, The Dressmaker is a bittersweet Australian yarn. It is 1951. Tilly Dunnage…
