On Stage: Songs for a New World
The themes of hope, love, loss and the power of choice are enthusiastically brought to life by a team of talented young performers in Songs for a New World.
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Movie: The Stolen Painting
The discovery of a painting by Egon Schiele that had been lost since 1939 provides the inspiration for French movie The Stolen Painting.
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Movie: Smurfs
The younger you are the more likely you are to enjoy Smurfs, the latest animated movie featuring the much-loved tiny blue humanoid creatures.
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On Stage: Smokescreen
Much of the content of the Australian play Smokescreen is alarming.
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On Stage: Love and Information
Love and Information, playing at Melbourne’s Theatre Works, is one of those plays where a little research is probably useful before attending a performance.
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Movie: Drop
Drop is one of those movies that’s challenging to discuss without giving away the punchline.
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Movie: The Penguin Lessons
Combining a story about a cute Magellanic penguin with the bloodshed of Argentina’s Dirty War to create a feel-good movie was always going to be fraught with danger.
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Movie: Dog Man
There seemed to be three distinct audience members at a screening of Dog Man, the animated film adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s New York Times bestselling literary phenomenon.
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Movie: Flow
Flow’s victory in this year’s Academy Awards Animated Film category came as no surprise.
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On Stage: Three Sisters
Having never seen a performance of Anton Chekhov’s 1901 family drama Three Sisters, I had no idea what to expect.
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