Arts & Entertainment Reviews
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Golden Vessel: Right/Side EP
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The timing of the release is excellent as it begins a bit cold and dark but gradually develops a warm and uplifting sound in its second half, mirroring Sydney’s climate at the moment. -
The Dancer
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La Danseuse (The Dancer) is a dramatised picture of the life of an aspiring young artist in her journey to create a never-seen-before opus -
Ghosts
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Written and set in 1881, the Henrik Ibsen classic, Ghosts, once a contemporary piece of writing, it is now historical, yet surprisingly relevant and familiar at the same time. -
Moses Sumney: Aromanticism
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Mixing folk, jazz, soul, and gospel into a brilliant, miasmic whole, Moses Sumney has created thirty-five minutes of music that feels both ageless and thoroughly modern. -
Sydney Fringe: Sunday in the Park with George
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The Little Triangle company - on a stretched budget, set inside a small black box - The Depot - delivered a commanding performance. -
Hundred Waters: Communicating
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Hundred Waters are earnest almost to a fault, delivering cosy and welcoming electronic pop that is a shoulder to cry on and a reassuring word. -
I Am Not Your Negro
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What makes I Am Not Your Negro special is that it resurrects the voice of an often unsung hero. -
Lip Service
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In the hands of consummately talented actors and a powerful director (Nicole Buffoni), the gathered were suspended on a thrilling journey set in the 1960's. -
Neil Young: Hitchhiker
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Hitchhiker is a valuable document - more music from the most fertile period of one of rock music's most enduring voices. -
It
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The prospect of adapting Stephen King's gargantuan and beloved novel raises the question of whether it's really possible to make a horror epic for the screen. -
LCD Soundsystem: American Dream
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Lyrically, despite the heavenly idyll of the cover, this is some of the band's most harrowing stuff. -
Girls Trip
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It can be overwhelmingly silly (and very fun), but Girls Trip has a lot more going on than just sex jokes and drunken antics. -
God's Own Country
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God’s Own Country is a brooding romance between two young men who initially seem like unlikely lovers until they eventually fall in love. -
Modern Jesus
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Modern Jesus keeps up the form you would expect at The Depot. It is a production comprising equal measure of edginess, realism and dramatic creative licence. -
Grizzly Bear: Painted Ruins
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On their fifth studio album, for the first time, it feels like Grizzly Bear are repeating themselves. -
Hir
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With gender and sexuality at the forefront of the mainstream consciousness now more than ever, the searing stage comedy Hir could not be more relevant. -
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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Set in the year 2740, Major Valerian (Dane DeHaan) and Sergeant Laureline (Cara Delevingne) are special operatives whose main goal is to maintain order throughout the universe. -
Saskwatch: Manual Override
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Saskwatch's new release Manual Override is an album about taking back control, not only professionally but also personally and emotionally. -
The Big Sick
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In The Big Sick, the tired romantic comedy formula gets a fresh new update, making for one of the year's best films of any genre. -
Technicolor Life
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As the lights dim on the set of Technicolor Life, you start to wonder what types of 'rubble' might be present in your own life?