Long time friends of the AU, Chicks Who Love Guns, are set to play their final show in Sydney tomorrow afternoon, following five years of fun times and great music. The band will hit the stage at 5pm at the Lord Gladstone Hotel, and will be preceded by some other great bands from Sydney you…
Over 86 minutes, this chilling documentary details how a (very) small, quiet town in North Dakota slowly transformed into a breeding ground for hatred and paranoia over the course of a few months. It’s easy to watch Welcome to Leith as a highly effective thriller, forgetting that the events going down in the film actually…
On the surface Last Cab To Darwin is not just a film about euthanasia, but a film about the people you meet on the greatest journey you take of all, living the one single life you have. A road movie that’s a drama with heart and emotion at its core and a cast of genuine…
Station to Station isn’t so much a feature film as it is a travelling art experiment, the execution of a concept born years prior that is now travelling the globe. The film documents a train as it travelled from the Atlantic (we presume Union Station in NYC) to the Pacific (we presume Union Station in…
Every mention of Lily Tomlin is preceded by “the incomparable” because it’s a universal truth, but the famed American comedian has been a rare sight on the big screen in recent years, featuring primarily in supporting roles in TV series like Web Therapy and Malibu Country. Thankfully that drought is over, with not only her…
Being an adult is hard. Relationships are hard. Making new friends is hard. Exercising and eating right is hard. Having big dreams is hard. But what we really want is the result. The thing at the end of all that hard work that makes it worthwhile. Sometimes getting to that point can be a little…
Kim Farrant’s Strangerland has a magical and mythical quality to it, making full use of the Australian outback with rich, rocky-red landscape shots that swallow the film’s characters in expansive, ambitious cinematography. But while visually impressive, Strangerland’s flaws lie in a commitment to ambiguity, presenting itself as one thing and then veering off into another…
In our 53rd instalment of “Stumbled Upon”, we stay in Seattle to meet self-described ‘barf-core/fart-core’ rockers (and all round legends) Mommy Long Legs, and chat about their latest release Life Rips. Band Name: Mommy Long Legs Website / Social Media: Facebook / Bandcamp Genre: Rock Members & their roles: Lilly – Guitar/Vocals Melissa – Guitar/vocals…
We’re excited to, rather belatedly, present you this exclusive video of Goldheist (Hester Fraser) performing “Not My Fault” live at the second AU sessions series in Sydney, Australia. We run the AU sessions the last Tuesday of every month – and our next event will be on June 30th. Find out who’s playing HERE. And…
For singer songwriter and musician Amy Winehouse the last couple of years of her life were fodder for tabloids and the entertainment news machine monster. You may not have been a fan of her music but you were familiar with her and her drug-fuelled antics. But sometimes what gets overlooked when her name is brought…
Isabella Patterson’s arrival into the lives of a group of people in New York City brings about a chain reaction akin to a relationship shit-storm in Peter Bogdanovich’s new film, She’s Funny That Way, now showing as part of this year’s Sydney Film Festival. Originally written 15 years ago, it is now seeing the light…
The Daughter is the second Australian film screening at the Sydney Film Festival this year to be adapted from a play (or, more accurately in this case, “inspired by”) that originally appeared at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney – that being Simon Stone’s 2011 adaptation of Ibsen’s The Wild Duck (the other, Cowell’s Ruben…
Madame Bovary is a pleasant film but it’s an unnecessary adaption. The iconic novel by Gustave Flaubert has been adapted multiple times for film and television over the past few years. But what distinguishes this latest offering is that it is the first one to be directed by a female (Sophie Barthes (Cold Souls)). Here,…
The Golden Age Cinema & Bar in Sydney will play host to a program of Studio Ghibli favourites, including several screenings of the newest Ghibli film When Marnie Was There. The film is an adaptation of Joan G. Robinson‘s 1968 British novel of the same name. The film follows Anna Sasaki, an orphan in foster…
With Jurassic World returning us to the iconic cinematic series next Thursday, June 11th, and The Good Dinosaur releasing in November through the masters at Pixar, the prehistoric creatures are getting some pretty high exposure on the big screen this year. But dinosaurs have been a feature of cinema since the days of silent cinema…
Jim Murphy, director of Pixar’s newest short film Lava sat down with us at SXSW to talk about the beauty of showing shorts before features, how he approached creating the film, pitching ideas to Pixar, and more. The film will be premiering in Australia later this month, playing before Inside Out, which premieres on June…
As far as burgers go, Jimmy “The Burger Lord” Hurlston, also known as the man behind Jimmy’s Burgers, just may be the most experienced and well-traveled guy in history. He has spent years trekking all over the world tackling one of the most famous food creations of all time, attempting to eat, record, and review…
Note: This review contains some spoilers of the film and the original play. “How brave of you to stop drinking alcohol in this alcoholic country” – Zoya (Abbey Lee) With a penchant for young girls, alcohol and most of life’s vices (as well as a “me before you” attitude), Ruben Guthrie isn’t a particularly likeable guy….
Magic Mike XXL picks up three years after Mike bowed out of the stripper life at the top of his game. The sequel finds the remaining Kings of Tampa likewise ready to throw in the towel. But they want to do it their way: burning down the house in one last blow-out performance in Myrtle Beach, and…
With the release of Academy award-winning The Theory of Everything on Blu-ray and DVD from June 11th, we wanted to revisit what we loved about the critically-acclaimed film, and discover what to expect from the DVD and Blu-ray features. Here, we interview award-winning director James Marsh who provides an insight into making the film, including discussing some…
At the height of Entourage’s TV fame, the world was a different place. We hadn’t yet been exposed to the juggernaut that was to become the Kardashian’s reality TV popularity, and, if truth be told, we were still watching bloody The Hills for our reality TV fix. There were still remnants of Paris Hilton floating…
Werner Film Productions (WFP) today announced a call for writers to submit original new television concepts for its development initiative, The Story Lab. Funded by Screen Australia’s Enterprise Stories, The Story Lab is an initiative of WFP’s two-time Emmy Nominated, AFI and multi-Logie award winning television producer Joanna Werner. WFP aims to take risks through The Story Lab and to cultivate…
In its opening weekend, San Andreas has rocketed to the top of the box office earning $3.2 million. The blockbuster disaster movie is Dwayne Johnson and Brad Peytons second collaboration since Journey 2: The Mysterious Island and despite some ho-hum reviews (check ours out here), that ever reliable promise of jaw dropping visual FX has…
Slow West is the story of a young, wide-eyed Jay Cavendish (Kodi Smit-McPhee) who undertakes a journey to find his ‘true love’, Rose (Caren Pistorius). Silas Selleck (Michael Fassbender) soon enters the picture, vowing to help him survive his journey for a small fee. Unbeknownst to Jay, a bounty has been placed on the heads…
Having just returned from a sensational Music Matters in Singapore, Dru Chen brings us this fun music video for his single “You Got it Babe”. Full of catchy Soul, Funk and Pop elements along with a room full of dancing youngsters, Chen is a fresh face in a world steeped in rhythm & blues tradition….
Back in January, we presented a special video featuring the team behind the Sydney Festival production Atomic Bomb! The Music of William Onyeabor and now, with the show popping up all over the world, including at the upcoming Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Tennessee later this month, we thought we’d bring you the FULL…
When it comes to an overnight airport stay, there are only three things that really matter: convenience, comfort and cost. Is it easy to get to from the terminal? Will my well earned (and usually rather brief) sleep be a pleasant one? And will I be keeping things within budget? In this respect, Four Points…
Larry Heath from the AU review sits down with Ben Lee while in Canada to discuss his brand new, star-studded Mixtape, aptly titled A Mixtape From Ben Lee, and in the works for more than a decade. On the project’s origins, Lee says: “The project started when I was 20, that’s almost seventeen years ago……
Ember is a regular in the Sydney club scene with a versatile style that gets people up and dancing. He travels cross country regularly to entertain crowds at the hottest party spots, and has just been nominated for an inthemix 50 People’s Choice Award. We spoke to him ahead of his Queen’s Birthday long weekend…
Avalanche Studios have released the next trailer for their upcoming action survival title Mad Max: Savage Road. The trailer focuses more on the game’s story, but there’s a few morsels of vehicle and fighting gameplay in there that look particularly tasty. The trailer sees Max in trouble once again, beaten, left for dead and his…
