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‘Queen & Slim’: A heartbreaking tender romance steeped in tension and terror

Lindie NaudeMarch 13, 2020

It would be an understatement to say that Melina Matsouka’s directorial film debut was a success. In fact, it was breathtaking. With Matsoukas’s most notable pr...

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‘Dark Waters’ shines a heavy light on corporate corruption in this relentless biopic

Brayden ZuinMarch 7, 2020

Drained of playing superhero Bruce Banner, Mark Ruffalo faces a new incredible green monster, this time in the form of major chemical company DuPont who knowing...

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Cloudstreet: From Pages to Stage

Caroline SabaterMarch 7, 2020

If your high school was anything like mine, then you probably had Cloudstreet as required reading. But if you were like me, then you probably never read it yet ...

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600 Seconds: Something for Everyone

Eliza McPhailMarch 7, 2020

During the recent Fringe season, The Blue Room Theatre’s ‘Summer Nights’ presented 600 Seconds, a series of short theatrical productions by an array of artists....

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Heathers the Musical: How Very

Eliza McPhailMarch 4, 2020

September 1st, 1989. Seventeen-year-old outcast, Veronica Sawyer, discovers popularity when she is befriended by the powerful trio at the top of Westerburg High...

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“Hope is no good without action”: Conversations at Perth Festival’s (Un) Quiet Australians.

Talya HammondMarch 3, 2020

Between the horrific burning of the Australian bush land, the murder of mother Hannah Clarke and three kids by their father and spouse, and Christchur...

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‘The Invisible Man’ places the classic story into a refreshingly modern context

Daniel PattersonFebruary 24, 2020

Universal have attempted to reboot their Monsters universe many times. In 2017, they launched the newly minted ‘Dark Universe’ with Alex Kurtzman’s The Mummy. J...

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Improv D&D: a spontaneous and nerdy barrel of laughs

Lindie NaudeFebruary 21, 2020

When questioned, the average person’s knowledge of Dungeons and Dragons (also known as D&D) probably doesn’t stray too far from the Satanic Panic of the 198...

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The Oscars 2020 wrap-up

Daniel PattersonFebruary 13, 2020

Best Picture 1917 Ford v Ferrari The Irishman Jojo Rabbit Joker Little Women Marriage Story Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite - WINNER I was in...

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‘For Sama’: Tenderness during times of war

Talya HammondFebruary 13, 2020

NoFirst-hand accounts of war are not new to cinema, with films such as First They Killed My Father, Waltz with Bashir and 5 Broken Cameras being prime examples ...

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