Archive for August, 2017

Sticky Carpet

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Sticky Carpet: Ben Salter backs himself and so he should, while Davey Lane’s new album shines.

ROGER WATERS Shine on you crazy diamond

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Rock icon Roger Waters, one of the main driving forces behind the legendary Pink Floyd, […]

Blade Runner 2049 leaves star Ryan Gosling struggling for answers

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Blade Runner 2049 has to offer something more complicated than bad guys smashing through a skyscraper window, but director Denis Villeneuve can do just that.

God’s Own Country review: Troubled soul hunts for love and life

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Francis Lee’s first feature God’s Own Country is a place he knows well.

The Hitman’s Bodyguard review: Cliched buddy flick ticks lowbrow boxes

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Bodies pile up behind Samuel L. Jackson and Ryan Reynolds in Australian director Patrick Hughes’ The Hitman’s Bodyguard.

Gifted review: Understated melodrama a cut above the rest

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Gifted is not your run-of-the-mill melodrama. More like an exceptional melodrama. It still plays the violin, if you get what I mean, but the violinist is skilful.

Ali’s Wedding review: Osamah Sami charms in offbeat comedy

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Australia has barely begun to mine the great stories within our migrant experience, which is odd and frustrating, given we have six million of them.

The Way Out review: Darkly atmospheric production never boring

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Talented first time director at the helm for Red Stitch’s dystopian Australia in The Way Out.

Jerry Seinfeld says Bill Cosby is still ‘the biggest comedian of all time’

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

Jerry Seinfeld says he still considers Bill Cosby to be “the biggest comedian of all time”, despite the sexual assault allegations leveled at the former TV star.

Von Guerard masterpiece sets near record in auction of James Fairfax collection

Thursday, August 31st, 2017

A bucolic scene of rural Victoria by colonial artist Eugene von Guerard? almost tops the $2 million mark at a Sydney public auction.