Midsumma Festival 2020 – meet the two most interesting people there
T-shirt tale: this timely reminder of the 1969 culture-changing Stonewall riots in New York was a highlight at Midsumma Festival 2020.
Articles & Commentary
The films of 2019 – the good the bad and the perfectly watchable
Why so serious?: ‘Joker’ showed Hollywood how counter-intuitive filmmaking can work. Here’s a quick run-through of the films that stood out, for one reason or […]
2019: A GREAT YEAR FOR AUSTRALIAN FILMS
Riding high: Teresa Palmer as Michelle Payne in ‘Ride Like a Girl’, the biggest Australian film of the year. As we merrily Morris-dance towards the […]
Keith Haring & Jean Michel Basquiat – Crossing Lines preview
Video coverage of the media of Crossing Lines, a major exhibition featuring the work of Keith Haring and Jean Michel Basquiat, at the National Gallery […]
Avengers: Endgame – a box-office mega-hit, but very far from #1
Avengers: Endgame: Oh, it’s big alright – but not that big. AVENGERS: ENDGAME – THE NUMBERS As expected, given that there were 21 blockbuster films […]
Oscars 2019: Who Shall Win, Who Should Win, Who Was Snubbed – and Who Will Watch?
Black and white beauty: Alfonso Cuaron’s delicate domestic drama ‘Roma’ leads the Oscars field – but will the telecast be a hostless trainwreck? In what […]
The Good, The Bad and The Great Unwatched: 2018 in Film
Cruel to be kind: In Fifty Shades Freed Anastasia and Christian finally found what they’d always pined for. The Good, The Bad and The Great […]
Robert Redford’s 25 Best Films
Vote magnet: In The Candidate Robert Redford played Bill McKay, a naive politician who learns fast about what it takes to win. Much has been […]
The Free Comedy Gig model Comedian Kieran Butler explains the “free gigs” model explained
Comedian Kieran Butler explains the “free gigs” model, which has been a huge success at the Edinburgh Fringe. Interview took place in front of The […]
Eurydice Dixon Tribute – post-gig interviews with friends
This article was first published by the Herald-Sun on 4 July, 2018. It was by any measure, a remarkable transformation. The room, usually bright, busy […]