Review: ‘Filth’ (R) *** and a half
IN the argot of Britain’s criminal brethren, “filth” is not merely dirt, grot and muck. It’s also the crims’ nickname for the cops.
Director Jon...
Review: ‘Adoration’ (MA) *** and a half
DERIVED from “The Grandmothers” by Doris Lessing, this beautiful film directed and co-written (with Christopher Hampton) by Anne Fonteyn could have been set anywhere....
At home on the promenade
LIFESTYLE. It’s what Canberra’s only urban waterside community promises. And for visitors and thousands of residents, wining and dining is a massive part of...
Review: ‘Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa’ (MA) *
JOHNNY Knoxville (born 1971) plays Irving (age 86), free at last from a marriage to a termagant. Irving wants only one thing – poontang,...
Review: ‘The Fifth Estate’ (M) ****
JOSH Singer’s screenplay draws heavily from accounts by Daniel Domschitt-Berg (Daniel Bruhl), David Leigh and Luke Harding about the founding of WikiLeaks and the...
Review: ‘Enough Said’ (M) ***
WRITER/director Nicole Holofcener’s film shrouded me in an increasing uncertainty about its genre.
Is it a chick-flick? Its collection of women in major roles is...
Take a tasty trip to ‘healthy heaven’
THE proof is in the pudding. You don’t have to sacrifice taste or style to enjoy vegan food – sweet or savoury.
Sweet Bones, an...
Review: Musical joy in Gunning
music
The National Capital Orchestra and David Pereira
In Gunning on November 9 and at Queanbeyan Bicentennial Hall, November 10 .
Reviewed by Helen Musa
Cabaret season entertains with the unexpected
cabaret
"Short + Sweet Cabaret"
At Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre, until November 10
Reviewed by Samara Purnell
Review: ‘The Counselor’ (MA) *** and a half
RIDLEY Scott’s name on a film has always been a foreboding of tensions skilfully crafted and staged. Who, having watched his second feature “Alien”,...
Review: ‘Fruitvale Station’ (M) ***
IN this fictionalised documentary that is young writer-director Ryan Coogler’s first feature, Michael B Jordan plays Oscar Grant who, less than a hour into...
Review: ‘Mr Pip’ (M) ****
ANDREW Adamson’s perceptive film unfolds in a remote coastal village on Bougainville, but what Adamson and novelist Lloyd Jones want us to concentrate...
Review: Short + sweet + varied
dance
"Short + Sweet Dance"
At Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre, until November 10.
Reviewed by Samara Purnell
Review: Enjoyable fusion of music, poetry and dance
dance
"I Thought I Was Not Alone"
Sidney Creswick and Fresh Funk
At The Street Theatre until November 2.
Reviewed by Samara Purnell
Review: ‘Annie’ gets politically correct
musical
“Annie Get Your Gun”
Queanbeyan Players
At The Q, Queanbeyan until November 16.
Reviewed by Bill Stephens
Review: Unusual twists in youth plays
theatre
“Triptych – A Trilogy Of Works”
*“Bona Mors” written by Olivia Hewson and directed by Jessica Alexander
*“Fight Or Flight” written by Jessica Bellamy and directed by Remy Graham-Throssell
*“Run Rihanna! Run!” written by Lachlan Philpott and directed by Karla Conway
Canberra Youth Theatre,
At Gorman House C Block Theatre, until November 9
Reviewed by Len Power
Review: ‘Sister’ (M) *** and a half
THE bleakness of Ursula Meier’s second feature is no reason to shun a story that implores compassion.
Simon (Kacey Mottet Klein) at 11 sells stolen...
Review: ‘The Butler’ (M) *** and a half
IF you must winnow the grains of truth from the chaff of this film’s inventions about the black American who served as a butler...
Review: ‘Thor: The Dark World’ (M) *and a half
WE’VE seen it before and often. A bad guy with ambitions to steal a throne – in this case, it’s Loki (Tom Hiddleston), son...
Review: Dancer Lea flies like bird
dance
“Seeking Biloela”
Directed by Liz Lea
At The Street Theatre, season closed.
Reviewed by Bill Stephens
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