Local cinemas this week
History is written by the victors. So what should we make of this version? Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan Kriv Stenders’ (Red Dog) new film is undoubtedly one of the year’s big local […]
Movies
Dragged Across Concrete giveaway
Those who can’t earn a living must find another way to provide… Dragged Across Concrete centres on veteran cop (Mel Gibson) and his volatile younger partner (Vince Vaughn), who find themselves suspended when a video […]
The Nightingale giveaway
From acclaimed writer-director Jennifer Kent (The Babadook), comes a new extraordinary meditation on Australia’s past, tapping into a rich vein of palpable rage to tell a war story that leaves a definite impact, yet also […]
Local cinemas this week
Movie of the week: Who You Think I Am “On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog.” So goes that old well-known New Yorker cartoon showing two conniving canines at the keyboard. Though to even […]
Amazing Grace giveaway
“Transcendent… spine-tingling… breathtaking… It’s very existence is a miracle.” – The New Yorker Amazing Grace is the never-before-seen music documentary capturing Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin, as she records the most successful gospel album of […]
Local cinemas this week
Football players being booed is nothing new… Movie of the week: The Keeper Back in the early 50s Manchester City’s ace goalie Bert Trautmann got the same aggressively hostile reception as Adam Goodes, only more so. […]
The Australian Dream ticket giveaway
From shy country kid to two-time Brownlow medallist and Australian of the Year, Adam Goodes is an inspiration to many. The footy field was where he thrived; the only place where the colour of his […]
Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan giveaway
August 18, 1966. Late Afternoon. South Vietnam. For three and a half hours, in the pouring rain, amid the mud and shattered trees of a rubber plantation called Long Tan, Major Harry Smith (Travis Fimmel) […]
Scandinavian Film Festival top picks
Don’t be fooled by Sydney’s blue skies – it is winter out there. And what better way to enjoy the cold weather than inside a heated cinema – visiting countries much cooler than ours. You […]
Local cinemas this week
This teenage buddy movie screened at the Sydney Film Festival. Why? Booksmart The end-of-high-school romp, where the kids go wild/take drugs/drink themselves senseless/have sex and yet still learn something really significant about life is a […]