Gaugin is one of the more descriptive titles in recent cinema as it sums up much of this film. This is a dramatisation of the life of famed French post-impressionist artist Paul Gaugin or at least the part he spent in the pacific island of Tahiti painting iconic images of the locals. Set in 1891, the film sees poverty-stricken artist
Read moreThis Friday ‘Built For Speed’ will have you hiding under the bed as we review much lauded horror flick ‘Hereditary’ which stars Toni Collette. We’ll also tell you about the more low key family drama ‘Kodachrome’ which stars Jason Sudeikis and Ed Harris. There’ll be plenty of fine tunes with new releases from Australia and overseas, more favourite album tracks,
Read moreGeoff Dart & John Kaye are true Aussie Pop Pioneers, commencing their musical careers in the late 1950s & early 1960s. First there was The Hi-Fi’s, then a name change to The Cicadas & then finally when in England they changed their band name to The Gibsons, one of the most collectible of recording bands in the UK in the
Read moreBEST MEDICINE – tday – Lola Berry to talk about The Yoga Body; later Lara Briden on her latest book: Period Repair manual – periods, hormones, PCOS, menopause etc. Please join me, Gaytana
Read moreCargo is an Australian post-apocalyptic zombie film and while that concept might elicit groans from some people Cargo doesn’t always subscribe to horror convention and instead transforms a familiar scenario into a potent human drama reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy’s The Road and confronting allegory of Australia’s racially divided landscape. The film sees husband and wife Andy (Martin freeman) and Kay (Susie
Read moreChappaquiddick dramatises the events surrounding the tragic incident on July 18 1969 when a car driven by Senator Ted Kennedy drove off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island leading to the drowning death of 28-year-old campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne. The film reconstructs events based largely on transcripts of a 1970 investigation by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. It suggests that Kennedy
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