theatre “The Fox on the Fairway” By Ken Ludwig. directed by Liz Bradley At Theatre 3 until December 7 Reviewed by Simone Penkethman
KEEPING orcas under environmental and social conditions that capsize virtually every natural principle influencing their lives in the wild is an exemplar of human awfulness. Gabriela Cowperthwaite’s documentary, motivated by the death of whale […]
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 Baird with co-writer and novelist Irvine Welsh have confected a […]
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. Seal Rocks, NSW, is felicitous a location as any. Australianisation adds […]
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 the Kingston Foreshore development. The views? No doubt they’re enticing. The […]
JOHNNY Knoxville (born 1971) plays Irving (age 86), free at last from a marriage to a termagant. Irving wants only one thing – poontang, with women past their prime. But his daughter in gaol asks […]
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 roles that Julian Assange and Daniel played in its begetting, gestation, […]
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 impressive. Julia Louis-Dreyfus leads the pack as Eva, a divorcee […]
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 organic, vegan bakery at Braddon’s Lonsdale Street Traders, proves this […]
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 “Short + Sweet Cabaret” At Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre, until November 10 Reviewed by Samara Purnell
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”, can forget the creature emerging from Ripley’s belly? Novels by Cormac […]
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 the year 2009, fell to a Bay Area Rapid Transit cop’s […]
ANDREW Adamson’s perceptive film unfolds in a remote coastal village on Bougainville, but what Adamson and novelist Lloyd Jones want us to concentrate on is Charles Dickens’s “Great Expectations”. A curious combination indeed, but worth […]
dance “Short + Sweet Dance” At Courtyard Studio, Canberra Theatre Centre, until November 10. Reviewed by Samara Purnell
dance “I Thought I Was Not Alone” Sidney Creswick and Fresh Funk At The Street Theatre until November 2. Reviewed by Samara Purnell
musical “Annie Get Your Gun” Queanbeyan Players At The Q, Queanbeyan until November 16. Reviewed by Bill Stephens
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 […]
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 stuff that people have left unattended at a Swiss ski […]
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 in the White House during the tenures of eight US Presidents, […]
A LARGE mobile crane tipped onto its side during routine maintenance at a business site in Hume today (February 22). No one was injured in the incident, which occurred around 1.15pm. WorkSafe ACT inspectors and […]
IN an ACT government attempt to improve quality building in Canberra, a number of Canberra builders will undergo mandatory exams next week, according to Minister for Building Quality Improvement Gordon Ramsay. “Any applicant who is […]
AS a parliament that will be unmourned winds down to the election, this fortnight has been the season for goodbyes from those departing (voluntarily). The most dramatic was Thursday’s announcement by Julie Bishop that she […]
CANBERRANS might be surprised to know that the black and white swans on the local coat of arms doesn’t represent the Canberra jurisdiction, according to the Legislative Assembly’s Standing Committee on Environment and Transport and City Services. […]
By LORANA BARTELS
