Taciturn American Lee Miller (Kate Winslet) is about to be interviewed in her London home. She questions why she should allow the interview to take place and then agrees on the condition that she can ask the interviewer some hard questions of her own. That (apparently) is Lee Miller to a tee – unapologetic, surly,…
Multi-award winning indigenous American author Louise Erdrich has set her new novel The Mighty Red in the heartlands of the Ojibwe people (Erdrich herself is a member of the Turtle Band, a tribe of the Ojibwe). Set on the banks of the Red River in North Dakota, country used for growing sugarbeet but also subject…
The harrowing WWII drama From Hilde, With Love is based on the true story of Hilde and Hans Coppi. He was a revolutionary and a communist in Germany when Hitler was in power, learning Morse code to liaise with the Russians. She was a conservative dental assistant who was with another man when he caught…
Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 18 October 2024. The 23-year-old, Maryland-raised songwriter Jordana (Jordana Nye) (photo above by Kacey Makal) arrived on the music scene with 2020’s Classical Notions of Happiness, an album of lo-fi pop and hushed folk songs recorded in her bedroom….
The 2024 Russell Hobbs British Film Festival returns to Australian cinemas this November with a star-studded line-up. The festival will screen at Palace Cinemas in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Canberra, Byron Bay and for the first time, Ballarat. The curated program features tender dramas, action packed thrillers, comedy, documentaries and retrospectives. And it features…
– Russell Hobbs British Film Festival – In Palace Cinemas nationally from 6 November – 8 December 2024 We have 5 double passes to a session at the Festival (excluding special events) Note: Tickets are digital. They are individually barcoded and invalid once redeemed. As with printed tickets they can be presented (printed or digitally)…
I’m in awe of what Academy Award winner (for his short Harvie Krumpet) Adam Elliot can do with adult stop-motion animation. His storytelling is quirky and accessible, as shown in his second feature (after Mary and Max), Memoir of a Snail. This is a heartfelt story drawn from personal experiences. It follows a loner named…
From high octane pop and rock to soulful melodies and operatic arias, this is a rampant, raucous, defiant, unabashed and provocative celebration of cabaret. These divas and deviants know how to party and ensure all of us are along for a particularly wild ride. They’ve been upending the art form for 20 years, doing things…
A political firestorm is brewing as the Far Right and LP the Far Left clash in the incendiary new work from writer Van Badham and director Gary Abrahams. There is no shortage of satire in this political thriller, which is bombastic and loud and revolutionary and proud of it. Between them, Badham and Abrahams set…
Ulna is the project of Adam Schubert, a notable figure in the DIY music scene. He also plays guitar in Bnny alongside his wife, Alexa Viscius. Personally, Schubert has moved from a rebellious youth to a sober, reflective artist, a transformation that shines through on Gazebo, his second record as Ulna. The album represents the…
