Arts & Entertainment Reviews
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David Bowie: Blackstar
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At an age when other artists of his stature are either releasing pointless duets albums or doggedly re-recording the songs that made their name, David Bowie is refusing to lie down. -
The Revenant
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As a technical achievement, The Revenant is often breathtaking, but there is a lopsided aspect to its storytelling and ultimately its execution. -
Carol
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Composed as painstakingly as a beautiful piece of music, and played with every ounce of feeling its players could muster, Carol is one of the finest romantic dramas to grace the screen in years. -
Young Fathers at Oxford Art Factory
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When the three were side-by-side at the front of the stage, such was their chemistry as performers that they were like a mythical Hydra, or Cerberus; three heads attached to one body. -
Hinds: Leave Me Alone
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It’s “lo-fi,” but never lazy, and “D.I.Y.” while sounding like a wholly communal effort, which is pretty special. -
They've Already Won
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Through lengthy political discourse, deadpan acting, sound poetry of 21st Century internet buzzwords, an excerpt from one of the most popular Australian plays of the past few years, and even lyrical dance, Harriet and Pierce get wet, sweaty and silly. -
The Good Doctor
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Neil Simon’s The Good Doctor is a collection of short stories inspired by Chekhov that are held together by Cappelletta’s writer narrator. -
In the Heart of the Sea
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Ron Howard’s latest film as director, In the Heart of the Sea, tells the story of the whaleship Essex and its unfortunate fate following its encounter with an enormous white whale in 1820. -
Creed
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Rocky Balboa is back except now he’s a bit older, a bit slower and taking more of a back seat in Creed. -
SOPHIE: Product
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Product is a brief collection of UK-based producer and rising electronic star SOPHIE’s most mind-bending and innovative works. -
GUM: Glamorous Damage
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Glamorous Damage is one giant intergalactic trip where synthesizers are fused together with laser beams and 80’s glam rock - over the top theatrics wrapped in glitter and sequins. -
The Crow's Egg
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The delicate and tender film seems almost like a fable, but at its heart it is an indictment of the exclusive and divisive Indian class system. -
Mortido
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As the show progresses, surfaces get stripped away and daubed with swirls of lipstick and blood. -
Le1f: Riot Boi
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He is nothing if not an original and innovative artist, playing with tone, colour, light and space throughout the record, transcending what is expected of hip-hop. -
The Subjects
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The Subjects, which has been billed as an "anti-superhero" film, is a smart and original deconstruction of the tropes of superheroes and superpowers. -
He Named Me Malala
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Malala is now just 18, 16 at the time that He Named Me Malala was filmed, and yet she is already being transformed into a mythical figure. -
Grimes: Art Angels
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Pop music is the new rebellion. Shiny synths and danceable rhythms are the new electric guitar, sending uptight squares running in terror. -
Ollie McGill Trio at 505
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You may know him as the keyboardist and backing vocalist from The Cat Empire, but Ollie McGill is currently also doing some fine work of a different angle, heading up a new piano trio. -
Duck Hunting
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The characters wheedle and stutter and spit out their lines, adopting the postures and gestures of their emotions and relationships. They often speak their lines to one another while facing the audience, as if we are the mirror in which they can see one another. -
Floating Points: Elaenia
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Shepherd has a scientific mind and a love of machines, and in keeping with that Elaenia evokes various things, from black holes, to space travel, to humming electric currents to blinding lights.