Day: 12 June 2025
I Was Born This Way celebrates a trail-blazing gay icon with the love and respect he expressed to others: Tribeca Film Festival Review
If hearing the title I Was Born This Way immediately brings to mind the Lady Gaga song “Born This Way”, the coincidence is intentional. Gaga, one of the few interviewees featured in Daniel Junge and Sam Pollard‘s beautiful, insightful documentary, talks about how Carl Bean‘s legacy influenced her songwriting, as he did for the likes…
Film Review: Materialists defies genre expectation with a meditation on love and its transactional properties
The female matchmaker. The handsome singleton. And her familiar ex-boyfriend. The set-up feels ripe for the most standard of romantic comedy practices, and perhaps in the hands of a more traditionally-minded writer/director that’s what we would have received. But under Celine Song (Past Lives), Materialists defies genre expectation with a meditation on love and its…
Interview: Will Bates on sonically interpreting the emotional undercurrent of Rosemead at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival
Set in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley and based on a harrowing true story, Rosemead is a gripping, emotionally charged portrait of a mother’s love pushed to its limits. Lucy Liu delivers a transformative performance as a terminally ill Chinese immigrant who uncovers her teenage son’s disturbing fixation with mass shootings. As her health deteriorates, she takes…
The Things You Kill is as confusing as it is profound: Sydney Film Festival Review
A self-awareness regarding certain specifications in getting his film made along with a universality in conjunction with its narrative, writer/director Alireza Khatami goes beyond genre conventions with The Things You Kill, a twisted thriller that breaks apart what it is to transform. At one point in the film, the language professor at the centre of…
The OPPO A5 Pro 5G falters in places, but still provides some decent value
OPPO is no stranger to a wide variety of entry-level, mid-range, and even premium phones for various users and budgets. Their newest entry-level option, the A5 Pro 5G, proves to be a decent choice in certain areas. For A$399, you’re getting fantastic battery life, 45W SUPERVOOC fast charging, and plenty of software support for added…
Exclusive Video Premiere: Jacqui Lumsden “Pretending Season” (2025)
Melbourne artist Jacuqi Lumsden has today released her second single of the year, the evocative “Pretending Season”. The track follows “I Love Me” which was released in February. We are buzzed today to be premiering the video, ahead of its release tomorrow. The track journeys through themes of relationships, and the fears we often have…
Kendrick Lamar to bring ‘Grand National’ to Australia this December
Kendrick Lamar is touching down this December, bringing the acclaimed Grand National Tour to select Australian stadiums. After a string of sold-out shows across North America and a massive run through Europe and the UK with SZA, Kendrick will play only two solo headline dates in Melbourne and Sydney. In addition to these shows, he’ll…
Who Is The Sky? – David Byrne Announces 2026 Australia Tour Dates
The king of art-pop weirdness David Byrne is heading back to Australia and New Zealand in January 2026, touring a brand new live show off the back of his upcoming album Who Is The Sky?, out 5 September via Remote Control / Matador. It’s his first new record in eight years, and the accompanying live…
Biffy Clyro are back with a brand new single, “A Little Love”
It feels an absolute age since Scottish rock gods Biffy Clyro last released new music, with nothing since 2021’s album ‘The Myth of the Happily Ever After’. At long last, happily, the drought is broken and the trio are back with the release of their new track, “A Little Love”. Debuted at a secret gig…
“Luxury with a sense of fun” at the JW Marriott Gold Coast
At first, I felt a little out of place. When I pulled up the opulent driveaway to the front doors of the JW Marriott Gold Coast Resort & Spa, I came to a stop besides a shiny, new, red Ferrari. I looked down on the flashy vehicle from the seat of my beat-up old Toyota…
