Day: 7 June 2014

Live Review: Kim Churchill + Steve Smyth + Riley Pearce – Mojo’s Bar, Perth (05.06.14)

Kim Churchill’s national tour made it to Fremantle on Thursday night, with a packed out mid-week show at Mojos, the second of three shows in Western Australia. Impressively and a little surprisingly roughly 80-90% of the crowd were already milling about outside the venue before the doors had even been opened, guaranteeing a great atmosphere…

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The Governor's Ball Music Festival returns to New York City for 2014 with a lucky weather break.

After the 2013 festival is most remembered for the rivers of mud, the 2014 Governor’s Ball launched with the perfect weather for New York’s premier summer festival. With an eclectic lineup on Friday including indie and electronic favorites combined with headlining draws from years gone by, the crowds thronged on Randall’s Island and frolicked in…

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Sydney Film Festival Review: Joe (USA, 2014)

In life we are more often than not reactive creatures, responding to our environment and those around us. Sometimes the unlikeliest of people and the most random of circumstances can shape our lives, in both good and bad ways. Based on the novel by Larry Brown and directed by David Gordon Green, Joe is the…

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MIAF Exclusive Interview: Elliot Cowan (USA) on his new animated feature The Stressful Adventures Of Boxhead And Roundhead.

From June 19th until the 29th, Melbourne will enjoy the Melbourne International Animation Festival at ACMI, featuring over 450 films from 35 countries over 11 days. Needless to say, fans of animation will have more than their fair share of excellent films to sink their teeth into. One of these screenings will see the world premiere of The…

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Sydney Film Festival Review: The Great Museum (Austria, 2014)

In Vienna resides the Kunsthistoriches Museum (Museum of Fine Arts), a jewel in the city’s crown and home to thousands of paintings, sculptures and artefacts from all over the globe. The Great Museum follows the preparation for the opening of the Kunstkammer Gallery – a specialty gallery devoted to thousands of artefacts collected by Habsburg…

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