The playlist for this tonight’s (12am – 2am) Midnight Mass is as follows: ARIEL PINK – Among Dreams LFO – Jason Vorhees PRIMAL SCREAM – Slip Inside This House BOREDOMS – Two Circles STEREOLAB – Lo Boob Oscillator MATMOS – This Is FAUST – Jennifer PETER CHRISTOPHERSON – All Possible Numbers ROVO – KNM! CLUSTER – Georgel YO LA TENGO
Read moreIt’s a pretty daunting task for any director to try to create a prequel for a classic film. Tinkering with a well-established movie mythology means there’s a huge threat of a backlash should they get it wrong; Phantom Menace anyone? The task is even greater when it’s an icon of old Hollywood and such a universally loved film as The
Read moreWith their wonderful, ornate prose and vivid imagery, Charles Dickens’ novels seem ideally suited to cinema adaptations. David Lean realized this potential magnificently with his atmospheric 1946 version of Great Expectations. Less successful was Alfonso Cuaron’s miscalculated modern day version of Great Expectations with Ethan Hawke and Robert de Niro. The latest adaptation of this novel, from British director Mike
Read moreFor a country in which sport is almost a religion it seems strange that Australia has produced so few decent sporting movies. While American films have successfully turned baseball, into a near-mythic commentary on clashing American values, Australia’s sporting films seem to be little more than a mix of nationalistic chest-beating dramas, well-meaning, blink and you’ll miss them low-budgeters and
Read moreLike the Al Pacino film City Hall, Broken City immerses us in the grubby world of New York politics. Unfortunately, this film also immerses us in a world of clichés, clunky dialogue, dull heroes and ridiculous villains. Mark Wahlberg plays disgraced New York cop Billy Taggart who, years after a questionable shooting, is now a struggling, debt-laden private eye. When
Read moreBest Medicine – TODAY – Lymphoedema – a patient’s experience and later a practitioner discusses the condition. Also Gerard Van Dyck to talk about Kage Theatre’s latest production. Please join me – Gaytana
Read more