Whitney giveaway
Whitney Houston broke more music industry records than any other female singer in history. With over 200 million album sales worldwide, she was the only artist to chart seven consecutive U.S. No. 1 singles. She […]
Movies
Local cinemas this week
Two is a Family This 2016 French-language remake of a hugely successful 2013 Mexican film has actually been around for a while – and done massive business, particularly in its native France. It doesn’t appear to […]
Scandinavian Film Festival ticket giveaway
It took a while, but winter has finally arrived in Sydney. Some may say “better late then never,” but if that chill is too much for you – what better remedy than to escape to a […]
Local cinemas this week
Ideal Home Right on cue, the predictable dull thud of leaden identity-politics announces its verdict: Ideal Home is “anti-gay” for pandering to outdated queer stereotypes. That’s because its lead character Erasmus (Steve Coogan) is an outrageously flamboyant, […]
Mary Shelley giveaway
Her greatest love inspired her darkest creation She will forever be remembered as the writer who gave the world Frankenstein. But the real life story of Mary Shelley—and the creation of her immortal monster—is nearly […]
Film Festival continues
Arthouse distributors are wasting no time, two more superb movies from the Sydney Film Festival hit our screens this week. And there’s plenty more to come… Foxtrot A lot of shocking things happen in writer-director […]
Foxtrot giveaway
“Funny… Fascinating… Truly profound” – Vanity Fair Michael and Dafna are devastated when army officials show up at their home to announce the death of their son Jonathan. Michael becomes increasingly frustrated by overzealous relatives and […]
Local cinemas this week
Two very different Sydney Film Festival hits turn up on general release this week Disobedience The words “forbidden” or “illicit” seem to always be used to describe the sort of relationship between Ronit (Rachel Weisz) […]
Two is a Family giveaway
Hugo Gélin’s bona fide crowd-pleaser has been a phenomenal box office success in France, as well as charming audiences internationally, becoming the most popular French-language film of 2017 worldwide. Samuel (the irrepressible Omar Sy, The […]
Local cinemas this week
Hereditary The marketing hype is right, this blood curdling chiller is indeed “the scariest movie you’ll ever see.” But does that mean you should? Honestly, three days after seeing it I’m still in recovery (my […]