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For as long as humans have been around, there has been religion. A way to explain the origins of the universe, a way to explain what happens to us when we die, a way to explain why certain behaviours cannot be tolerated. And for as long as religion has been
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Film Review - Boy Erased Here's a fun little anecdote to get this started: in its original book form, Boy Erased is the only text I have ever read two times in a row. As soon as I finished it for the first time I went right back
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The 2024 American Presidential election came and went and was quite an entertaining one. We’ve all had a good laugh or a good shudder in horror; maybe a bit of both. Where there’s the never-ending fight between Republicans and Democrats, there’s SNL sketches and The Onion article
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Not to speak too crudely, but I think it's telling that the first words spoken on screen in 1994's The Sum Of Us are “stick your frigging shoulder in his arse!” The film is, for want of a shall we say gentler phrase, a right kick
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‘Tron: Legacy’ is a film desperately calling out for a 4K release. Powerful IMAX visuals that are bound to trigger something from your childhood imagination. It’s as if Joseph Kosinski reached deep within a child’s membrane, like Flynn reaching into Quorra’s and painted a gorgeous hyper-noir backdrop
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Dune (1984) dir. David Lynch - by Mason Horsley ‘Dune’ historically has been a near-impossible venture for any director. Any space opera faces it’s own set of challenges that throw production into turmoil, whether it be ‘John Carter’ or ‘Star Wars’, but ‘Dune’ had been stuck in development hell
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This Road Will Never End: An Elegy to Gus Van Sant's 'My Own Private Idaho' As I write this, it’s 31 years to the day that River Phoenix died. October 31st, 1993. That makes it 31 years to the day that someone truly important to
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Beau Is Afraid (2023) dir. Ari Aster I believe Social Horror is one of the more underrated, underappreciated horror subgenres. Whereas most horror films focus on a specific figure or community as villains, social horror focuses on reframing the world so that you unexpectedly become the villain. Protagonists can wake
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In 1980, one of the most controversial films of all time hit theatres, chronicling the vulgar reign of the Roman emperor Gaius Caligula. The film was filled with horrific sex, graphic violence and a pretty confronting scene wherein Helen Mirren’s character gives birth in front of the Roman senators.
Merrigong Theatre Company presents The Queen’s Nanny at the IPAC theatre from the 16th to the 19th of October. I had the pleasure of speaking with director, Priscilla Jackman where we spoke about the story and context of the play in a short interview. Here’s what I found:
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I just discovered that when my partner has sex with their robot, they exclusively get it off. I’ve been seeing someone for a few weeks, and things are going well so far – we have a lot in common, enjoy each other’s company, and enjoy having sex with each
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Das Boot (1981) dir. Wolfgang Petersen “They made us all train for this day. ‘To be fearless and proud and alone. To need no one, just sacrifice. All for the Fatherland.’ Oh God, all just empty words. It’s not the way they said it was, is it? I just