Split Enz returned to Sydney with original members Tim Finn, Eddie Rayner, Neil Finn and Noel Crombie to play live at TikToc Entertainment Centre Sydney on their The Forever Enz Tour. The first of two nights. A nostalgic night from New Zealand’s greatest export playing the classic hits from their back catalogue including “History Never…
In NSW, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children make up over 56% of those in youth detention, but only around 4% of the youth population. Presented by the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP), Saplings at the Sydney Opera House sheds light on the youth justice system. Written by Yuwaalaray playwright Hannah Belanszky and directed…
There’s always a risk when a successful streaming series makes the leap to a feature film that it will feel like an extended episode rather than a cinematic evolution. Fortunately, Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan: Ghost War threads that needle with confidence, delivering a slick, character-driven thriller that works both as a continuation for fans and…
Romantic comedies live and die by chemistry, sincerity and the audience’s willingness to believe two people are destined to collide at exactly the right moment. Finding Emily, the charming new feature from director Alicia MacDonald, understands that formula completely. Rather than trying to reinvent the genre, the film leans into what has always made these…
There’s a moment early in Finding Emily where sensitive musician Owen locks eyes with a stranger across a crowded student union, and suddenly the world feels charged with possibility. It’s a feeling director Alicia MacDonald spends the entirety of her warm, witty and deeply heartfelt romantic comedy chasing – that intoxicating blur between adolescence and…
Romantic comedies have always thrived on grand gestures, chance encounters and impossibly perfect timing, but Finding Emily is more interested in the messy uncertainty that exists between those moments. Produced by Working Title Films, the warm and disarmingly sincere new film follows sensitive musician Owen (Spike Fearn), whose attempt to reconnect with a girl he…
