Art and Film

Stay woke: Netflix series ‘Dear White People’ on our simmering racial conundrum

Luisa MitchellMay 15, 2018

Netflix series Dear White People was always going to be an eye-catcher—especially with that outstanding title. I was immediately intrigued and open to watching ...

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Jacques Barrett on tour: “Dick jokes are universal.”

Daryna ZadvirnaMay 14, 2018

Queensland comedian Jacques Barrett returns to this year’s Perth Comedy Festival stage with his new show: Lowest Common Dominator—one hour of animated, tongue-i...

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‘On Body and Soul’: On love, death and transcendent beings

Luisa MitchellMay 14, 2018

Winner of the Golden Bear for Best Film at the 67th Berlin International Film Festival and nominated for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, ...

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‘Tully’: A brutally honest take on motherhood

Shalinn YeapMay 9, 2018

Life can be a bitch. Especially when you're a mother of three children, a wife of a barely attentive husband, and are constantly at the beck and call of a needy...

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Tim Winton’s ‘Breath’ on the big screen will leave you breathless

Kellie BalaamMay 8, 2018

“It’s funny, you never really think much about breathing. Until it’s all you ever think about.” These are Tim Winton’s words from his 2008 novel, Breath. An ...

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‘Abracadabra’ weaves more than just magic: Using film to explore mental illness

Jess MarshallApril 29, 2018

Abracadabra: a colourful and breathless rollercoaster ride. Directed by Pablo Berger, it is a brilliant example of the vivacious entertainment that the 21st Spa...

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‘Unsane’ delivers a nervy, lurid thriller from the camera in your pocket

Blake TreharneApril 26, 2018

A woman forcibly admitted to a psychiatric hospital struggles to discern reality from delusion. It’s a classic, potentially problematic horror story that forms ...

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Au naturel Arj Barker on being not-so ‘Organic’, ‘Flight of the Conchords’ and slaying bandanas

Naomi WorthyApril 26, 2018

From first appearing on Australian screens on comedy television show Thank God You’re Here, Arj Barker quickly became a familiar face on our TV screens nation-w...

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The Russians do no wrong: ‘Loveless’ aches in all the right ways

Luisa MitchellApril 24, 2018

The film opens with quiet, breathless nature scenes. It’s almost documentary-like: birds glide across a white lake, almost frozen in its reflection of a cold, s...

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‘I Feel Pretty’ review: Two wrongs don’t make a right

GrokApril 23, 2018

I Feel Pretty follows Renee Barrett (Amy Schumer), a very insecure woman working in the IT department of a cosmetics company in New York City who seems to be a ...

Art and FilmLatest

Stay woke: Netflix series ‘Dear White People’ on our simmering racial conundrum

Jacques Barrett on tour: “Dick jokes are universal.”

‘On Body and Soul’: On love, death and transcendent beings

‘Tully’: A brutally honest take on motherhood

Tim Winton’s ‘Breath’ on the big screen will leave you breathless

‘Abracadabra’ weaves more than just magic: Using film to explore mental illness

‘Unsane’ delivers a nervy, lurid thriller from the camera in your pocket

Au naturel Arj Barker on being not-so ‘Organic’, ‘Flight of the Conchords’ and slaying bandanas

The Russians do no wrong: ‘Loveless’ aches in all the right ways

‘I Feel Pretty’ review: Two wrongs don’t make a right

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