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“We all see what we want to see. Coffey looks and he sees Russians. He sees hate and fear. You have to look with better eyes than that.” Stand on a shoreline on a clear night and gaze toward the horizon. Somewhere out there, just beyond your view, is the
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Keeping true to the commitment to watching Australian movies that I mentioned in my last review, one of my most recent watches was Da Kath & Kim Code, the 2005 telemovie adaptation of the cult classic Australian TV show Kath & Kim. If you’re at all familiar with Kath
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'Rocky VI' dir. Aki Kaurismaki (1986) - Reviewed by Mason Horsley The 1980s were an amazing decade for cinema. Within those 10 years, filmmakers gave us some of the most defining pieces of the art form. ‘The Shining’, ‘Blade Runner’, ‘Back To The Future’, ‘Akira’, even one of
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Once in a while, I do a YouTube binge on a particular figure. I find it happens spontaneously; one night I just feel like delving into an artist’s work and sometimes it won’t even matter whether I’m a fan (that’s certainly the case for Andy Dick)
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One of my favourite niches of film is unconventional romance. Not the 20-a-year fairytale Hollywood propaganda filmmaking that inspires you to re-download Tinder, Bumble and Hinge all at the same time. The odd, uncanny valley, just bordering on your personal limits, unconventional romantic film. You can keep your ‘Love Actually’
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Five years ago – two, even – I would have loved Pump Up The Volume. I can picture it almost too clearly – 18 year old Emma, crouched at the video player to fast-forward through the 90s ads on the home-recorded VHS tape her aunt lent her, eyes fixed on the screen so
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The staging and costuming of Lost Words is a true delight. It’s as if Esme and her friends have sprung directly from the page into the real world. Each setting is richly crafted, making use of the Scriptorium’s pigeonholes as shelves, windows, doors, letter boxes, and more.
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UOW Theatre undeniably have a remarkable play on their hands with Chekhov’s Gun. Thought-provoking, well-executed and bold...
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From Bach to Eurovision, music can make us feel a story even when we don’t recognise the words shaping the narrative. Bach and Eurovision may be an odd pairing to use, but the concept of hearing words that we cannot understand isn’t a barrier to feeling the emotion
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There are few directors I consider essential to watch as soon as humanly possible. Tarantino was the first filmmaker on such a list though he is in danger of being removed. Robert Eggers and Ari Aster are recent additions; I firmly believe ‘Nosferatu’ and ‘Beau Is Afraid’ are two of
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‘The Breakfast Club’ is an 80s classic, a high-school drama attempting to appeal to everybody, bridging the gap between cliques and showing that there isn’t that much difference between the people you meet. Everyone has their own strengths as well as their own vulnerabilities, their own confidences and insecurities.
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Despite his racist views, we can’t deny H.P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror authors of all time. To this day, directors and screenwriters consistently adapt Lovecraft’s stories into terrifying cinema. His bibliography gave way to adaptations of ‘Colour Out Of Space’, ‘From Beyond’ and ‘Dagon’