The birth of Christ or the birth of Unknown Pleasures?
Felicity Errington reviews 24 Hour Party People … When I am alone, either on the bus to uni or just before bed, I think of a scene from 24 Hour Party People: Tony Wilson (Steve Coogan) walks through a shadowed alleyway and is heckled by a homeless Mancunian (Christopher Eccleston) who monologu
Linda Linda linda (Asian Cinema Collective & the Sydney Opera House) at Vivid LIVE
Charlotte Macdonald reflects … A bottle of sweet and innocent syrup––being with your friends is the sweetest romance. The bottled-up explosion of nostalgia generated through the care for your craft. Linda Linda Linda was presented by Stuart Buchanan of the Sydney Opera House an
Rave Culture: A New Era (Australian Premiere) at Vivid LIVE, 31/05/26
Cassidy Newman reviews … Accompanied by a fantastic soundtrack and featuring British rave legends such as RatPack, Fabio, Grooverider, SL2, and Leeroy Thornhill from The Prodigy, Eduardo Cubillo’s Rave Culture: A New Era invites us to travel back in time to when the DJs spun vinyl, the molly
23 seconds to eternity and millenium mambo at vivid live: Eliot Tompkins reviews
23 Seconds to Eternity (Australian Theatrical Premiere) (Bill Butt, 2023) Upon entering a cinema full of fifty-something year-olds, I was confronted by the understanding that I was entering part of something great that stretched before my time. 23 Seconds to Eternity presents us with several s
Longlegs: deep chills, shallow cinema
Satan was name-dropped a couple of too many times and, frankly, Satanism is just not that scary anymore.
The Epidemic of ‘Fake Films’
Graphic by David Balodis Serra DAVO ASKS “How did this get released in cinemas?” By now, everyone is well aware of how bad Madame Web is. I’m not here to argue that it’s not as bad as people are saying (it’s worse), or that there are any glimpses of effort from the cast and crew [&
Retrospective: Filth – trainspotting’s grimy younger brother
utter depravity and a truly unlikeable protagonist: bella rough reflects on filth (2013). Content Warning: This article discusses film depictions of drug abuse, mental illness, and suicide Filth was released in 2013, seventeen years after another Irvine Welsh adaptation that you are probably a bit m
FILM REVIEW: The Menu – The Great Anarchist’s Bake off
Picture this; your partner has invited you on a date to an exclusive island restaurant off the coast of America. There’s a whole lot of finance bros dining in, a tyrannical head chef, no menu changes for dietary requirements and no cell phone service. As a person with anaphylaxis, I could tell fro
RETROSPECTIVE: Frances Ha fumbles the bag and charms her way out of a quarter-life crisis
Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig’s debut collaboration, which turns 10 this year, untangles the uncertainties and joys of youth through a series of vignettes. Christine Lai reviews. A remedy for those entering their ‘twenty-something’ years, Frances Ha is a film that presents a heartfelt study i
FILM REVIEW: The Black Phone is a tight, well-acted thriller
Scott Derrickson’s latest supernatural spook-fest made a solid connection with Zander Czerwaniw. I think there is a part deep down in most people that believes they could escape a kidnapping. Whether it’s busting out the door at the right time, breaking through a window or tricking the capto