New Star for the Yarra Valley
Travel editor Winsor Dobbin explores a gourmet drawcard in the Yarra Valley and discovers an affordable new place to stay in Melbourne. It has taken just a few years for Levantine Hill to become a […]
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Peterloo giveaway
Internationally acclaimed and Oscar-nominated filmmaker Mike Leigh‘s impassioned new film is an epic portrayal of the events surrounding the infamous 1819 Peterloo Massacre, where a peaceful pro-democracy rally at St Peter’s Field in Manchester turned […]
Tin Star giveaway
A treat for Tim Roth fans, we have DVDs of Tin Star Series 2 to giveaway. Most movie-lovers know Tim Roth from his memorable roles in Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction. Last year the often […]
Local cinemas this week
Stock up on the tissues, two lovely but emotionally potent little gems open this week in our arthouses Movie of the week: 1985 Expanding his own 2016 short of the same name, Yen Tan’s emotional tearjerker […]
The curious case of the dope dealing nuns
The transformation of cannabis culture from an illegal and socially disapproved-of activity to a multibillion-dollar mass marketed industry represents one of the largest social changes of this century. A distinctly odd film opening this week […]
Your month in the stars – May
Aries Negotiations work in your favour in the first week of May. Brainstorm grand ideas toward the end of the month with the help of the Sun-Mercury link. Taurus Mercury highlights your communication skills. Assert […]
Local cinemas this week
We don’t see nearly enough Asian movies in our arthouse cinemas. Why? Movie of the week: Burning Like many disaffected millennials the world over, Jong-su (Ah-in Yoo) is underemployed and listless. He works as a delivery […]
The Chaperone giveaway
The Chaperone takes place amid the backdrop of the tumultuous times of the early 1920’s. The life of a Kansas woman (Elizabeth McGovern, Downton Abbey) is forever changed when she chaperones a beautiful and talented […]
Local cinemas this week
Post-war hanky-panky, and post-capitalism explained The Aftermath Put two of Hollywood’s hunkiest hot properties together in a handsome period drama and you can be pretty sure that soon enough they’ll get horizontal. Though when they […]
Fabulous female filmmakers
This year’s Moro Spanish Film Festival, which starts its nationwide run at Sydney’s Palace cinemas on April 16, includes a Spotlight on Female Directors interwoven into its other two strands – New Spanish Cinema and Cine Latino. […]