the AU review chats to Queensland based singer/songwriter Sue-Anne Stewart about her shows at Canadian Music Week, surfing on the Sunshine Coast, and her process of writing a song (“I don’t even know where they come from most of the time”).
Read MoreLarry Heath interviews Simon Jones from Sydney indie rockers The Holidays. In part one, we discuss their current single, “Tongue Talk” (off the new record Real Feel, out now) and the creation of their retro music video – “we kind of wanted to just have a bit of fun with it, but show the artifice…
Read Morethe AU review presents up-and-coming Sunshine Coast singer/songwriter Ayla performing her single “Wish I Was” live and acoustic for the AU sessions.
Read Morethe AU review interviews Sydney hip-hop outfit Mind Over Matter to talk about their new album This Way to Elsewhere the introduction of DJ Enterprise into their group, we look ahead to future material, touring and much more! Their new record This Way to Elsewhere is available now. Mind Over Matter Tour Dates Sat 11…
Read MoreMuch like ‘Blackwater’ from Season 2 “The Watchers on the Wall” was big, cinematic, and focused on just one of the many poly-rhythmic arcs dancing around Westeros. While this season has remained consistently exciting throughout, some story lines have been relatively muffled and haven’t been as fleshed-out as they have been in earlier seasons; Jon…
Read MoreIt was a busy Queen’s Birthday long weekend at the Australian box office, with the top six films all making over $1 million each. There was something for everyone at the movies this past weekend, and audiences spread the love over a diverse range of films. In a cinematic showdown between two vastly different films,…
Read More“Today is gonna be a good day. Because, today is ideal day to commit suicide.” The tagline for Yuichi Suita’s short film is both poignant and funny in an absolutely guilt-inducing way. It’s also telling of how viewers are likely to feel throughout the seven-minute film. We watch the un-named and silent protagonist as she…
Read MoreThe Iris’ Larry Heath talks to Kitty Green, director of Ukraine Is Not A Brothel, about the conception and creation of the documentary, the Ukrainian protest movement, and her goal of creating a new level of intimacy within the film – “I was conscious of making it quite cinematic… I really wanted to get that…
Read MorePulp are a band of the people. So it should come as no surprise that the film about their last concert performance in their Sheffield hometown is at times more about their fans and the locals then the self-deprecating group itself. Florian Habicht’s (Love Story) documentary, Pulp: A Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets plays…
Read MoreSupanova is set to light fires in the bellies of pop culture fanatics in Sydney this weekend and to be honest, it’s one of the strongest guest line ups they’ve pulled yet. Actors from highly successful series’ including Game of Thrones, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, The Walking Dead and more are set to spend their weekend…
Read MorePaula Malcomson plays Abby Donovan, the wife of the lead character and namesake of the series Ray Donovan, which will see its first season released on DVD in Australia this week. The acclaimed Showtime series follows Ray, a professional “fixer” for the rich and famous of Los Angeles, and the ongoing dramas that surround him thanks…
Read MoreAgnès Varda – the Grand Dame of French New Wave Cinema – has lived one rich and vibrant life. And in Les plages d’Agnès (The Beaches of Agnès) this is captured perfectly. The film is a strange documentary that is helmed by the doyenne art house director and lovable eccentric, as she candidly takes us…
Read MoreIt can be a bit frustrating to read about all of the awesome films that are screening at film festivals over the world if you are unable to get to any of them, and it’s a feeling that most film fans would have felt at one time or another. It’s great to hear then, that just…
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