Steady on, it’s just Chess
A little less time spent in earnest consideration of what it all meant and a few more rehearsals and this production might have been a fun, camp night out. Continue reading Steady on, it’s just Chess
Category: Art & Culture
Art, media, local and international culture
French Exit: a movie about toxic, white privilege, or just a toxic, white privileged movie?
French Exit is either a racist, narcissistic, consumerist nightmare or a brilliant black comedy. A significant portion of the movie is inevitably spent wondering which. Continue reading French Exit: a movie about toxic, white privilege, or just a toxic, white privileged movie?
Toxic journalism triggered Turner’s PTSD
Ms Turner, 81, says she decided to talk about the abuse she suffered at the hands of her husband and former co-star to try and put the trauma of her past abuse behind her. Continue reading Toxic journalism triggered Turner’s PTSD
The age of Hamilton is over
Through the Black Lives Matter movement, through public lynchings, through a painful, powerful dialogue about cultural representation and racism in the West, people still love Hamilton, blindly, passionately, almost operatically. Continue reading The age of Hamilton is over
Tab Hunter Syndrome: dragging Hollywood out of the closet
Tab Hunter syndrome relies on the gay community celebrating any public figure happy to join their ranks. In recent years, it’s become far more complex. Continue reading Tab Hunter Syndrome: dragging Hollywood out of the closet
Judgement at Nuremberg at 60: how times, and America, have changed
It speaks to Hollywood’s skill for marketing the American Dream that Judgement at Nuremberg’s characters still appear as fragile and well-intentioned now as they did 60 years ago. Continue reading Judgement at Nuremberg at 60: how times, and America, have changed
Blind luck and bloody mindedness: the ridiculous history of January 26, 1788
It’s astonishing just how easily and how much our colonial history has been twisted. During the week of the First Fleets arrival, the entire endeavour almost collapsed several times. Continue reading Blind luck and bloody mindedness: the ridiculous history of January 26, 1788
Shondaland: a parallel universe worth aspiring to
Stripped of its social ambition, Bridgerton is dull; Gossip Girl by way of the Bronte’s with a dash of Fifty Shades. But stripped of its banal, tweenage love story, it’s the most compelling piece of alternate history ever created for television. Continue reading Shondaland: a parallel universe worth aspiring to
Movie Review: Mank, a Rupert Murdoch story
Mank shows Hollywood when it was artistically brave enough to take a mighty wack at a corrupt media baron, even one at the heart of its own dark system. It also sadly proves in 2020, our Hearstian equivalent Rupert Murdoch remains untouchable. Continue reading Movie Review: Mank, a Rupert Murdoch story
Album Review: Shirley Bassey – “I Owe it All to You”
Truthfully, it is more of the same from Shirley Bassey, but the accomplishment of her artistic longevity is now unprecedented in modern pop music. Continue reading Album Review: Shirley Bassey – “I Owe it All to You”
In Melbourne this Afternoon 