Arts and Entertainment Archive

You would never have a Midnight Oil today. In a career that has spanned thirty years, The Oils have stepped on political toes, bit the corporate hand that fed them, always taken the hard line and never taken a step back. As …

  “From the rocking of the cradle to the rolling of the hearse the going up was worth the coming down,” croons Kris Kristofferson as he contemplates the life of country music legend Johnny Cash. And Australian rock legend Tex Perkins agrees …

  The intimacy of the Stables is the perfect setting for this energetic, almost manic, play about adolescence and the emotional whirlwind involved in the getting of wisdom. Michael Cutrupi dominates the space as 16-year-old Connor, an angry young man whose rage has …

Gia Coppola boasts an impressive film pedigree. The 27-year-old director is the granddaughter of filmmaking extraordinaire Francis Ford Coppola, and niece of esteemed screenwriter-director Sofia Coppola. Her family has claimed 8 wins and 24 nominations at the Academy Awards. The illustrious Coppola …

Many of the earliest films were documentaries. These ranged in style from the Lumiere brothers’ observational short films, such as Arrival of a Train at a Station (1895) and Workers Leaving the Lumiere Factory (1895), to films with more of a narrative structure, such as Robert …

  Ever since the fall of the Soviet Union, the nations that emerged in its place have struggled to respond to a new world. We have all been watching Ukraine on our televisions as it slides towards civil war, but it is …

Michel Houellebecq, the best-selling author and enfant terrible of French literature, vanished during his European book tour in 2011. His disappearance sparked wild rumours of kidnapping, suicide and even the involvement of Al-Qaeda. Writer-director Guillaume Nicloux has reimagined the events surrounding this vanishing …

In 2011, Michael Fassbender ditched his clothes and roamed around his apartment stark naked in the Steve McQueen film Shame. Now Fassbender has embraced modesty and covered himself up – completely – by obscuring his face with a giant papier-mâché head in …

Stylish songstress Kiyomi Vella took a different route to success through reality talent show The Voice, a pathway many vibrant, young Australians are discovering to help kick-start their music careers. A distinctive voice with hints of pop, jazz and soul, as well …

Every now and then, a delightful little play in sequins and high heels comes along and sweeps us off our collective feet.  Those of us who were there tonight at Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre—we felt the love.  It was bigger than all of …