Winsome Walker Archive

Sydney Film Festival Review: Gimme Danger

Musicians have always played muse to American independent filmmaker Jim Jarmusch. The director’s long and rich history of collaborations include his playful partnership with the Wu Tang Clan (RZA scored Ghost Dog; both he and GZA feature in Coffee and Cigarettes), and …

Sydney Film Festival review: Swiss Army Man

Making it’s Australian debut at the Sydney Film Festival, dark comedy Swiss Army Man will appease audiences who enjoyed the Tom Hanks drama Cast Away, but thought it lacked a solid serving of bodily function gags. Set on a deserted island in …

Review: Ghost, the Musical

Audiences expecting earnest retro cheesiness and zero subtlety will be satisfied by the production of Ghost the Musical, currently playing at Sydney’s Theatre Royal. New York banker Sam (Rob Mills) and girlfriend Molly’s (Jemma Rix) romance is put to the test when …

Review: Anomalisa

There’s really no need to leap inside the mind of writer/director Charlie Kaufman— à la Being John Malkovich—because his films themselves offer us a glimpse into his innermost thoughts and philosophies. This is true of Kaufman’s latest feature Anomalisa, a darkly funny …

Sydney Festival Review: What Will Have Been

What Will Have Been, an intimate and stripped back circus show by Brisbane-based company Circa, has found a perfect—albeit temporary—home at The Magic Mirrors Spiegeltent. The audience, seated in a pit at eye-level to the stage, can feel the floor shake when …
Review: Howie the Rookie

Review: Howie the Rookie

Toby Schmitz has a killer script in his hands with Mark O’Rowe’s no holds barred knockout of a play, Howie the Rookie. Returning to his Sydney stomping ground, the Old Fitzroy Hotel, Schmitz directs a blistering 80-minute tale of revenge, redemption and a …