Our selection of the best new music across a range of genres from the week ending 2 June 2023. Pianists Rebeca Omordia and Martin Jones present Maconchy, Lutyens & Wallen: Works for Piano & Orchestra, a world premiere recording of works for piano and orchestra by three major composers. Joining with the BBC Concert Orchestra…
Mesmerising graphics and non-stop, often helter-skelter, action mark the thrilling new Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, which has no shortage of dark edges. The animated adventure takes off after the events of the Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). It centres around 15-year-old Miles Morales (voiced by Shameik Moore). Miles’ parents – police officer Jefferson Davis (Brian…
It’s all good, clean, innocent, engaging, adventurous and flirtatious fun, until it isn’t. It is 1939 and I speak of a pair of first year boarding school students at Cambridge in England. These young ladies get to know lads from the university who make it a habit to climb edifices across town at night. Rosalind (Meg Taranto)…
What is truth and what is fantasy? The lines are blurred in the dramatic play Moth, which speaks to teen angst and mental health. Superbly executed with a minimalist darkened set and striking lighting and sound, the actors impress in their realisation of playwright Declan Greene’s work. Fifteen-year-old Sebastian (Adam Noviello) isn’t exactly the most popular…
In the realm of surf rock, few bands capture the spirit of the genre as brilliantly as The Bomboras. With their energetic performances and undeniable talent, the band consistently delivered a unique and captivating sound that soared in the early ’90s. However, it all came to an exhilarating end after their 1994 record, “Head Shrinkin’…
– Cats in the Museum – Only in cinemas from 22 June 2023 We have 10 family (4 people) in-season passes thanks to Rialto Distribution. *(Tickets valid in Australia only)* Watch the trailer HERE A young cat named Vincent, in the company of Maurice the mouse, escapes from the flood in an old harpsichord, which…
There have been a few recent screen adaptations of the classic tale of Pinocchio, the marionette who wanted to be a real boy. TJ Klune takes this tale and flips it in his latest book In the Lives of Puppets, while retaining everything that makes the story universal. And he does so in a way…
The Blue Caftan is a sensitive and engaging queer themed story. It won the FIPRESCI Prize at Cannes in 2022 and was Morocco’s official entry for the Oscars. The film centres around a middle-aged married couple named Mina (Lubna Azabal) and Halim (Saleh Bakri) who are childless. Mina and Halim run a small sewing shop…
I’ll never understand why Australia’s greatest and most talented singer, John Farnham, never really took off in a big way in the US and the UK . He of course filled in as the front man for Little River Band – who did “make it” abroad – after they dumped Glenn Shorrock. This reverential documentary…
Racism, disadvantage, “the mob” and money collide in the incendiary new work from Declan Furber Gillick, five years in the making. Commissioned through MTC’s NEXT STAGE Writers’ Program, the cumulative impact of the 100 minutes is devastating. Indigenous man Jacky (Guy Simon) is on the road to “making it”, or so it seems. He is renting a…
