Jun 30
This exhibition, straight from the Museum of Modern Art in New York, is the complete retrospective. To its credit, and what is usually rare from such a display, is copious material from his pre-fame days when growing up as the outsider kid in Burbank, Ca. There is great deal to do on any weekend in Melbourne this winter but this should be a priority. 4.5K
Jun 30
This is a terrific espionage film, based on the factual account in the book by Serguei Kostine. Director and co-writer, Christian Carion, builds the tension silently but inexorably throughout until the last scenes are nearly unbearable to watch, so involved in the machinations and the lives of the players involved has one become. 4.5K
Jun 29
These types of documentaries are at times glib, very biased in their view but they do get your blood boiling and make for compelling entertainment. Food Inc is one such in that mould but any kernel of truth that helps propel change is a good thing and the case for the power of the individual to make a difference keeps it interesting. 4K
Jun 29
The State Theatre Company’s new production, Entertaining Mr Sloane, kicks off this Friday until 25th July. The 60s sexual romp features Jackie Weaver, Dennis Olsen, Sean Taylor and Renato Fabretti. It promises to be a gloriously witty romp full of sly sexiness and racy naughtiness.
Jun 26
The Mother of Madame is Dead, is a short, sweet, enjoyable French comedy. It is interesting to watch foreign theatre in its original form and this is an agreeable, light-hearted introduction to the genre. 3K
Jun 25
This show was pure New York entertainment (that is after all their home town), both effervescent with an almost school boy like enthusiasm that quickly infected the crowd. Many in the premium seats were much less aware of them and their wares to date than those with the concession passes but for them, these two guys are where it is at. 4.5K
Jun 25
This is a well constructed and polished piece of entertainment, with comedy and musicality in equal measures, and fine performances all round.
Jun 25
It isn’t very often that Chinese cinema reaches our shores. The 1990s decline in the Hong Kong industry has never seen it truly recover, and it’s unlikely that Pang Ho-Cheung’s ‘Love in a Puff’ will do much to resurrect it. 3K
Jun 24
Whereas previous Bird Wizdom shows seemed to have been anchored around a dispassionate Melanie Prior on cello, this time Anya is very much front and centre and as usual her talent, make-up and charisma carried the day. Again, there were as many questions posed (like, what is this all about?) as answered but nothing can deny Anya’s brilliance in conceiving and executing such a show and the raw difference it poses for audiences. 4K
Jun 24
This show is great fun,with superb comic timing and never let up intensity. While the notion of making fun of singers and their lyrics is not new, this English pair give a more contemporary spin on it drawing on such things as how English literature classics inspired and smoking cannabis affected song writing. 4K
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