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Dark comedy The Favourite turns period drama on its head
Anyone who has seen Yorgos Lanthimos’ previous film, The Lobster, will be familiar with his unrestrained vivacity and unique directing style. His new dark comedy The Favourite is another wild ride into…
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Sorry to Bother You – a dystopian statement of today’s society
George Orwell’s dark dystopian vision of the future – 1984 – is still as relevant today as when it was first written in the 1940s. Unfortunately, Boots Riley’s new science-fiction comedy Sorry…
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Dead Man Walking tour a ‘must-see’ for lovers of murder and mayhem
Fremantle’s early years were filled with murder, mystery, hangings, convict shootings and other grisly events. Thus it was with some trepidation that I attended the first of a series of three walking…
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Wajib – a revealing statement of life in contemporary Israel
Conspiracy theories and paranoia, as well as a healthy dose of fun and laughter, are all evident in Wajib – The Wedding Invitation – a quirky new comic drama from Palestinian writer-director…
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Book Week shows perils of life in the age of social media
Many of us may remember a teacher like Nick Cutler. In fact, when I was a high school student in the UK, I can recall a geography teacher just like him –…
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Trump under the spotlight in Fahrenheit 11/9
Anyone who has seen the Michael Moore movie Fahrenheit 9/11, which came out 14 years ago, will relate to his latest film Fahrenheit 11/9. The new film, by no means a ‘reboot’…
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Ladies in Black lives up to the hype
Downtown Sydney in the late 1950s was a very different place to what it is today. There were trams running up and down the main streets, and ‘Goodes’ department store was the…
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As I Lay Dying tears at the heartstrings
Iranian director Mostafa Sayari’s debut feature As I Lay Dying is a freely adapted film version of the classic American novel by William Faulkner. And while it may seem somewhat incongruous for…
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Ghost Stories has audience on tenterhooks
In one of the best British horror films in years, Ghost Stories produces some outstanding performances from its cast, along with some spine tingling scenes of terror that will have the audience…
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New version of play ‘Julie’ both delights and exasperates!
Shocking and irresistible. These two words probably best describe the new National Theatre production of Julie now showing at Luna Leederville. Polly Stenham has written this modern adaptation after the original August…
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