Author: Larry Heath

Well known and highly regarded photographer Roger Ballen (Born in New York City, lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa) is coming to Australia to exhibit a series of works at the MONA Gallery in Hobart, Tasmania. We caught up with Roger to talk about this exhibition, his latest book Asylum of the Birds and…

Larry recently caught up with good friend of the AU – and winner of Canada’s best beard – Ben Caplan to find out what he’s been up to since he was last in Australia for Bluesfest, and to get a taste of what we can expect when returns over New Years, performing with his full…

the AU review talks to one of Sydney’s finest emerging electronic artists, Kilter, ahead of his appearance at Stereosonic. We talk about how he turns his music into a live experience, what we can expect from his 2014 EP, his dislike of the term “EDM”, how Flume has helped open to the door for artists…

Growing up, we always have a couple of books we connect with. For me, before there was Harry Potter and before I could fully appreciate the sheer brilliance of the Hitchhikers series, there was a little 1985 Sci-Fi novel called Ender’s Game. It was the sort of novel, that at nine years old – or…

Opening on Boxing Day in Australia is the long awaited second part of The Hobbit trilogy, The Desolation of Smaug. Today Warner Bros / Roadshow have presented four clips to get you excited about the film, featuring Golbins, the return of Orlando Bloom as Legolas, Gandalf, Hobbits and much more. Also see Legolas get told…

Hunger Games‘ sequel Catching Fire held onto the Number One spot over the weekend, taking in an additional $6.75m at the local box office, followed by Bad Grandpa which held onto the Number Two position with $1.1m and Thor 2 which took in just under $900,000, returning to the number three spot. Newcomers Carrie and…

The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (AACTA) have unveiled the nominations for the 39 categories that will comprise the 3rd annual AACTA Awards, and The Great Gatsby tops the list with 14 nominations. The big-budget film faces competition from Kim Mordaunt’s The Rocket, a-low budget film, shot in Laos with unknown actors. Both…

Following a massive ARIA weekend, the Marquee put on a special VIP industry party last night to celebrate the start of Summer. Hosted by Marquee co-owner, Noah Tepperberg who was in town from New York, attendees enjoyed Belvedere cocktails and Sokyo canapés, while resident DJ K-Note made sure everyone was dancing at the private event….

Ahead of his appearance at this week’s Electronic Music Conference (EMC) in Sydney, Brett Robinson, the director of Future Music kindly took some time out to talk to us about the festival, their new relationship with the Mushroom Group, expanding into Asia, what we can expect from the event in 2014 and beyond – and,…

While he was in Sydney today, I had the chance to chat to Armin Van Buuren ahead of his appearance at the Electronic Music Conference, and following a massive weekend of sets at the touring Stereosonic Festival. We talk about these events, look forward into the new year, reflect on his favourite new material, Australian…

From the Turkish delights around Auburn to Korean in Eastwood, Greek in Marrickville and Laotian in Canley Heights, Sydney and its surrounds is a treasure trove of some of the world’s finest cuisines. The reasons are perhaps quite obvious: it’s in these areas where you find these nationalities in their greatest numbers. In the case…

This Sunday, the 2013 ARIA Award winners will be announced. Will be there live on the red carpet so stay tuned for all the latest on our Twitter page and on the website! We asked our contributors to vote on who they thought would take home the trophies and here’s who they selected… alongside some…

All week as part of ARIA Week celebrations in Sydney, SONOS have been giving away Play:1 Wireless HiFi systems. We were lucky enough to get our hands on one last week, which now sits comfortably indeed at AU HQ and thought we’d bring you our thoughts! Over the years we at the AU have enjoyed…

This Sunday, the 2013 ARIA Award winners will be announced. Will be there live on the red carpet so stay tuned for all the latest on our Twitter page and on the website! We asked our contributors to vote on who they thought would take home the trophies and here’s who they selected… alongside some…

the AU review sits down with Nashville based singer/songwriter Robert Ellis during his Australian tour. We talk about the tour, his latest record The Lights From The Chemical Plant, new band members and we look towards 2014! Will he come back to Australia?

The Iris meets Steve Carrell on the red carpet of Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues in Sydney, Australia. We talk about his experiences in Australia and about how his character Brick Tamland handles having a new love interest (Kristen Wiig) in the film! Interview: Chris Singh Camera: Nathan Atkins Edit: Larry Heath Filmed at the…

The Iris presents the international trailer and Australian poster for the anticipated new film HER, released in Australian cinemas on January 16th, 2014. Directed by Spike Jonze, this original love story is garnering high praise from critics after showing at the New York and Rome Film Festivals. <iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/GTtDo0-w4LQ?rel=0″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe> Starring Joaquin…

the AU review’s The Iris meets David Koechner aka Champ Kind from Anchorman 2 on the red carpet at the Australian premiere in Sydney. We talk about the film – getting back into character, the script and the “one liners” and we ask: would you consider doing a third film? WHAMMY! ———- This content has…

To celebrate the 27th Annual Aria Awards, Nova is hosting an exclusive invite only Nova’s Red Room with Bliss N Eso as part of Aria week. It’s all happening TOMORROW NIGHT (28th November) in Sydney at The Standard. To celebrate, we have FIVE double passes to give away to the event. For your chance to…

We’ve been asked to be a part of the exciting tag project #youin this Summer by XXXX Summerbright Lager (@xxxxsummerbright), and we’re passing on the invitation to you as well, for the chance to win a prize pack worth over $200! Summer is all about making the most about every day; it’s the feeling that…

Larry catches up with Metric guitarist Jimmy Shaw to find out what we can expect from the Australian tour – which kicks off in a little over a week – given it’s been well over a year since Synthetica was released. Hint: Some old stuff! We talk about their first ever trip to Hong Kong…

The Australian box office saw the highly anticipated sequel The Hunger Games: Catching Fire claim the number one spot in Australia over the weekend, bringing in $12.475 million on 579 screens from Thursday 21st November to Sunday 24th November. The film took in $2.6 million on Friday alone, thanks to sold out midnight screenings around…

the AU review presents a LIVE and EXCLUSIVE performance by Robert Ellis and the track “Only Lies” as part of the AU sessions series. The track is from his soon to be released album. Robert Ellis is currently touring Australia, during which this was filmed. Watch the session now:

Sam Wilkinson from Ray Davies gives the AU an insight into recent times with the band, as they tour their debut album Tussle around the place, including an appearance at The Farmer and The Owl in Wollongong this weekend! You’ve played a few shows to celebrate your new record “Tussle” already – how have they…

Sydney band Treatment are set to play at The Farmer and The Owl Festival in Wollongong this weekend! They take some time to answer our questions and introduce themselves to you before they play alongside the likes of The Drones and Dappled Cities on Saturday. Who are you and where are you from? We are…

With The Farmer and The Owl Festival kicking off in Wollongong tomorrow, plenty of talented musicians and artists will be showing off their goods, and we’ve got another band to introduce you to. Meet Scarborough, the Kiama trio who are currently making waves and will be bringing them down to The Farmer and The Owl….

We’ve been digging on The Walking Who lately and this weekend, we’re going to be catching them down at The Farmer and The Owl festival in Wollongong! They answer some questions before the shenanigans are set to go off! Who are you and where are you from? We’re The Walking Who; we’re from Sydney, but…

Released last month, we’ve already heard the wonderful sounds of The Jezabels‘ new single “The End”, and now we have a music video to go along with it, directed by Ivana Bobic. The track is our first taste of their new album The Brink, which is due out in Australia and New Zealand on January…

Larry sits down with two incredible voices: Broadway legend and tenor Mandy Patinkin and the iconic baritone of Nathan Gunn. We talk about discovering art music, how they put together their show, what it means to them to be performing in Australia (a return for Mandy, a debut for Gunn) – in particular at the…