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‘Widows’ may be the most important film of 2018

Daniel PattersonNovember 28, 2018

A caress and a slap—that’s how Academy Award winning director Steve McQueen (Shame; 12 Years a Slave) describes the frenetic opening scene of his latest film, W...

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Beat of the Week: Girl York’s ‘Lost At Sea’

Joe WilsonNovember 28, 2018

Sonically ethereal, and pleasantly lo-fi, the third single off local band Girl York’s upcoming EP Dreaming In 505 pleasantly teases what to expect from the band...

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Combatting youth suicide rates for Indigenous Australians with “LOVE and HOPE” campaign

Luisa MitchellNovember 27, 2018

Last week the 2nd National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Suicide Prevention Conference, and the 2018 World Indigenous Suicide Prevention Conference, beg...

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‘Robin Hood’: An edgy, modernised iteration which steals from better films

Daniel PattersonNovember 26, 2018

“Forget what you think you know, this is no bedtime story,” says Tim Minchin’s Friar Tuck in a slightly cringeworthy opening narration which sets up the fact th...

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Not-so-nuts about ‘The Nutcracker’

Amber WeirNovember 26, 2018

On the opening night of the West Australian Ballet production of The Nutcracker, one may have been forgiven for thinking that it was Christmas. Beams of light l...

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‘A Star Is Born Soundtrack’: A track-by-track review

Darren HalstedNovember 26, 2018

Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut and Lady Gaga’s acting debut shine in A Star Is Born (2018), a masterfully put-together film which successfully retells an ic...

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Luisa Mitchell on the blistering success of the Uni Goonies Film Festival

Jay AndersonNovember 26, 2018

At the beginning of the year, six students from Curtin University came together to create an event to showcase the work of young filmmakers in Western Australia...

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Why we love Western Australia’s “Difficult Women”: In conversation with WA Women’s Hall of Fame

Luisa MitchellNovember 25, 2018

On Wednesday, the 2019 WA Women’s Hall of Fame (WAWHOF) nominations were launched at Parliament House. The event was created in 2011 on International Women’s Da...

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The Proud economy: Benefits of inclusion

Jay AndersonNovember 23, 2018

Perth’s economy will be stimulated this weekend thanks to the Pride Parade and corresponding events. The Parade will bring thousands of patrons into Northbri...

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A few reasons why sex ed. (done right) is important

Max VosNovember 20, 2018

Today is Universal Children’s Day, and the International Raelian Movement (IRM) (a religious UFO organisation of all things) is organising the fourth Internatio...

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‘Widows’ may be the most important film of 2018

Beat of the Week: Girl York’s ‘Lost At Sea’

Combatting youth suicide rates for Indigenous Australians with “LOVE and HOPE” campaign

‘Robin Hood’: An edgy, modernised iteration which steals from better films

Not-so-nuts about ‘The Nutcracker’

‘A Star Is Born Soundtrack’: A track-by-track review

Luisa Mitchell on the blistering success of the Uni Goonies Film Festival

Why we love Western Australia’s “Difficult Women”: In conversation with WA Women’s Hall of Fame

A few reasons why sex ed. (done right) is important

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