Art for art’s sake. Art felt and artful.
Walking is good for you. What may be hard on the sole is good for the soul and overall wellbeing. THE SALT PATH is testimony.
Just over a decade ago, Raynor Winn and her husband, Moth, set off from Minehead …
Suspicion among the saucepans, the simmer and sizzle of illicit sex, the sharp, spiced tongue of culinary lingus, all mix and mingle in LA COCINA, a no restraint restaurant drama.
The Grill is a big tourist trap eatery in …
Charles Aznavour lived a long life. And this film of this life is long.
MONSIEUR AZNAVOUR runs to two and a quarter hours and for the most part it is engrossing and entertaining.
Born in Paris in 1924 as the …
THE WEDDING BANQUET is a feast of fun.
Not a remake of Ang Lee’s film from over thirty years ago, rather a re imagining of it for the new millennium.
There’s a bucket load of charm and warmth and humour …
What do we talk about when we talk about Dale Frank?
Recognised worldwide as a boundary-pushing practitioner whose oeuvre includes intimate performance pieces and large scale-paintings with structural elements, his multidisciplinary output has exhilarated audiences since the late 1970s. …
TINĀ means Mother in Samoan.
TINĀ is an apt title for writer and director Mika Magasiva’s feature film, the story of Samoan teacher Mareta Percival.
Struggling after the sudden death of her daughter in the Christchurch earthquakes, Mareta reluctantly takes …
This year’s HSBC German Film Festival opener is the sweet Big Chill-esque, LONG STORY SHORT. (Feste & Freunde – Ein Hoch auf uns! )
Hilarious and poignant, David Dietl’s ensemble comedy follows the tensions, joys and changing bonds experienced …
The 13th Palestinian Film Festival Australia promises a bold and innovative program of new cinema from and about Palestine, offering a powerful and resonant exploration of resilience, love and freedom in the face of ongoing war and dispossession.
From …
Devastating.
LANDFALL by James Bradley may well be the most devastating detective fiction you’ll read this year.
Cataclysmic climate change has transformed Sydney into a ravaged landscape shaped by rising sea levels and cyclonic storms, creating a domestic diaspora, …
The South African Film Festival (SAFF) returns from May 4 to May 31, with an action-packed program of compelling films, engaging discussions, and – through its support of Education without Borders – the ability to change lives. With both in-cinema …
