Luca Guadagnino is a singular filmmaker. After three intimate dramas in I am Love (2009), A Bigger Splash (2015) and Call Me By Your Name (2017), he pivoted to the blood-soaked remake of Suspiria (2018). Now he’s back with Bones and All, a film that merges his gentle, lyrical style with another hefty dose of…
Vulnerability and how to make it as an actor. That is what The Mentor is all about. Amanda Redfern (Amanda Muggleton) is noted for one feature film, but of late parts have been few and far between for the ageing starlet. She spent time in Los Angeles, but has no desire to return. Now she spends her days…
The sense of touch is put under the microscope in the Victorian premiere of Suzie Miller’s searing drama Caress/Ache. Five actors play out a series of scenarios, all but one filling multiple roles. Mark (Sorab Kaikobad) is a skilled surgeon operating on an infant girl when things go horribly wrong. There is no way for him…
The career of Mel Gibson, a former A-lister, has faltered due to off-screen indiscretions. He now seems to appear in a number of B-grade movies. And it’s unlikely that his latest film, On the Line – a claustrophobic thriller mainly set in one location – will resurrect his stalled career. Gibson plays Elvis Cooney, an…
The great sleuth Sherlock Holmes is at it again. Is there no case he cannot solve? Can his adversary, Professor Moriarty, finally chalk up a win against Holmes and Watson? And will Sherlock let his affections for a client cloud his judgment for once? These and other issues make Sherlock Holmes and the Case of…
The story of Scrooge who was “helped” to discover the true meaning of Christmas by ghosts may be familiar to most, but Old Vic’s production is both delightful and surprising. Conceived and directed by Matthew Warchus, Jack Thorne has reimagined the Charles Dickens’ classic tale to mesmerising effect. As we are led to our seats at…
Hollywood has a lot to answer for, and Maria Schrader’s She Said delves into one of its most high-profile scandals. The behaviour of Harvey Weinstein, the high-profile founder of Miramax, is now well-documented. But it wasn’t always so. Someone had to uncover the truth. The story was blown open by a New York Times investigation…
It is a play unlike any other. In fact, it is a 50-minute interrogation. There is tension in the air and we – the audience – are flies on the wall … listening in and watching intently. Murder is afoot and a woman known to police, Dolly (Kellie Tori), is being grilled by Detective Rowlinson…
The popular Agatha Christie play The Mousetrap has been a constant tourist drawcard in London since it was first performed in 1952, meaning that perhaps the whodunit’s biggest mystery is how the show is not outdated. Australian audiences can determine this for themselves in the latest on-tour production of the West End version of the…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe returns to one of its most successful characters with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. With director Ryan Coogler (Creed) back in charge, the signs were good for this sequel. But the film never really comes together, despite a lengthy runtime and some excellent performances. As the film opens, King T’Challa is dead….
