24 Aug 2015
Dario Argento’s Classic THE BIRD WITH THE CRYSTAL PLUMAGE – DVD Review
Italian horror maestro Dario Argento’s first film as writer/director from way back in 1969 takes several uncredited cues from Fredric Brown’s novel The…
The Clothesline – Page 172
24 Aug 2015
LINDT CHOCOLATE BAR: THE BEST EVER RECIPES – Book Review
Seemingly designed and penned by Lindt types, this attractive, Lindt-block-shaped cookbook has much to tempt the chocolate obsessive, provided they can be…
24 Aug 2015
LOVE + HATE: STORIES AND ESSAYS by Hanif Kureishi – Book Review
The unreliable Kureishi’s latest combines short stories, odd essays on pet subjects and autobiographical pieces on sometimes minor topics, and they’re a mixed…
24 Aug 2015
The Cripple Of Inishmaan: Martin McDonaugh’s Bittersweet Tragi-Comedy About Life On Ireland’s Desolate Aran Islands – Interview
Adelaide Director Kerrin White continues a long and successful association with Adelaide Reperatory Theatre as he presents his latest production, Martin…
24 Aug 2015
THE LAST FIVE YEARS: The End, The Beginning and The Music In Between – DVD Review
The often bitterly funny modern musical by Jason Robert Brown is here adapted for the screen and directed by Richard LaGravenese, and while the low budget and…
24 Aug 2015
THE TOWN THAT DREADED SUNDOWN: A Time-Capsule Piece For Horror Movie Completists – DVD Review
Director/producer/co-star Charles B. Pierce’s evocatively-titled ‘regional’ horror movie from 1976 is constructed as a rather awkward docudrama, a recreation –…
24 Aug 2015
THE WAITING ROOM: The Compelling Debut Novel From Author Leah Kaminsky – Book Review
Dina is the Australian-raised daughter of Jews displaced by World War II. She has married an Israeli man and is living in the melting-pot Israeli city of Haifa…
24 Aug 2015
US CONDUCTORS: Letters To His One True Love, Clara, From Inventor Of The Ethereal, Musical Theremin – Book Review
Leon Termen is a scientific genius. Among many other things, he invented the Theremin, a musical instrument unlike any other. In the 1920s he leaves his…
23 Aug 2015
Faust: For The Love Of… Temptation, Because We All Have A Little Good And Evil Within Us – Review
As the saying goes, “the devil is in the detail” – a statement that could not be truer for State Opera of South Australia’s brilliant production of Gounod’s…
17 Aug 2015
Bye Old Heart: The Debut Release From Adelaide Songsmith Joseph Moore – CD Review
Adelaide songsmith Joseph Moore’s debut release, Bye Old Heart, combines doleful notions of heartache, melancholy and loneliness, wrapped up in a modern-day…
15 Aug 2015
The Book Of Loco: Rational Madness From The Heart And Mind Of Alirio Zavarce – Review
The Book Of Loco toils with the theme of “rational madness”, a term Alirio Zavarse has devised to describe the actions of himself and others that from one…
13 Aug 2015
GogoStar Are Bringing Their Goth-Electro-Disco-Punk – Korean style! – To OzAsia Festival 2015 – Interview
South Korea’s ‘goth-electro-disco-punk’ cult band GogoStar are making their Australian debut as part of the 2015 OzAsia Festival in what promises to be an…