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Jerry Lewis – A Personal Tribute

Given the formidable heft of his legend, it was quite a relief to take my seat opposite Jerry Lewis – ...
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Latest Movies & Streaming

  • Tough topics and top turns elevate the dark tale of ‘The Whale’

  • Void of tension or fear, M Night Shyamalan’s latest effort ‘Knock at the Cabin’ delivers The ‘Meh’ Experience

  • Blanchett is brilliant in the opening reels of ‘Tár’, but she can’t save the film from gradually deflating into sheer dullness

  • Though there are some really good bits in it, the ambitious three-hour Old Hollywood epic ‘Babylon’ is a quintessential mess of a film

  • Guy Ritchie’s latest action comedy romp ‘Operation Fortune’ misfires

Latest Interviews

  • EXHIBITION Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse @ NGV – Showcasing one of the most creative and controversial fashion designers of the 20th century – Overview & Review

  • Having spent 10 years making it, director Rob Murphy discusses ‘Splice Here’, his love letter to old-school film and the impact the onset of digital has had on the defiant community of projectionists

  • REVIEW/INTERVIEW: ‘Surrogate’, another taut Aussie tale of terror; director David Willing discusses the film’s style and the disciplines of making a low-budget movie

  • Blending Gen Z themes with an old-school sensibility and a love of practical gore effects for the knockout horror-comedy ‘Sissy’ – Interview with writer/directors Hannah Barlow & Kane Senes

  • An unfiltered post-gig interview with Australian comedian Amos Gill: now based in the US he explains why he left, why he’s gone off doing festivals and where he stands on left-leaning stand-up comedy

Latest Articles & Commentary

  • COMMENT: So, Cate Blanchett, here’s the skinny – No Oscar For You; Molly Meldrum needs to shape up, not shut up

  • Notes on the News of 2022 – a concise wrap-up of the events that defined the year – the big, the small and the silly

  • The Year in Film – 30 films that told the story of 2022

  • EXHIBITION Alexander McQueen: Mind, Mythos, Muse @ NGV – Showcasing one of the most creative and controversial fashion designers of the 20th century – Overview & Review

  • It’s visually awe-inspiring, yet James Cameron’s eco-epic ‘Avatar: The Way of Water‘ is essentially a mega-sized B-grade action melodrama with an overly familiar enviro-message – just like the first one

Latest Comedy

  • An unfiltered post-gig interview with Australian comedian Amos Gill: now based in the US he explains why he left, why he’s gone off doing festivals and where he stands on left-leaning stand-up comedy

  • In ‘Disgraceful’, Lucy Best recounts her naughty personal history, confronting issues of anxiety & misplaced shame; review/interview

  • “Comedy is my way of making us all feel human together, because you can’t laugh with someone and hate them at the same time.”: Alice Fraser review & interview

  • Hard work still feels like play and experience has made stress a smaller issue for comedy festival fixture Simon Taylor: review/interview

  • In ‘Young, Dumb and Full of Mum’ Rose Callaghan discovers how having a child involves changing more than nappies: review & interview

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