The Berlin Sessions

Ever since BLOOD SIMPLE back in 1984, Joel and Ethan Coen have produced a steady stream of unrelentingly oddball features that totter on the border...

Demystifying the creative process can be a dangerous thing. Sometimes it's nice to think artists are rarefied beings, periodically struck by bone-shaking...

Can we shift gears into First Person for a moment? Thanks. I’m not proud of it, but should admit my occasional cultural cringe towards Australian...

If THE CASTLE had been set in Sydney, simply putting a link to the movie up would have been enough to explain the romance of Greyhound racing. For those...

Up the posher end of Oxford Street there stands a tree. To be accurate there stand two trees, but only one of them is magic. At face value it is hard...

Nothing quite displays one's cultural ignorance and unworldliness like finding a shop and going "that's weird, right?" or "how cute!"...

If you're looking for something more than a casual pub-meal, but don't want to blow your rent money on fancy food, BLUE ORANGE is perfect. It's where...

Back when we actually were kids and not just pretending to be, escapism took the form of movies and books as opposed to beer, while darkness and excitement...

What ever happened to my rock and roll? Apart from an all-too-easy throwaway opening sentence, dissecting Black Rebel Motorcycle Club’s third...

When local set and costume designer Jennie Tate died of cancer at the end of last year, she was in her prime. She'd finished a number of production designs...

Someone needs to put Kevin Smith on suicide watch, because KNOCKED UP is the film he’s been trying to make for years. He fails because he can’t...

So that you know Gaff = ‘woof’ in Russian but the Shout Out Louds are from Sweden. Regardless of this bilingual confusion HOWL HOWL GAFF...

Canberra. For many, its worth equals cheap fireworks and endless porn. However, a recent trip to our capital city unveiled a beacon amidst the bric-a-brac...

One element of the new Bob Dylan biopic is getting all the press: a half-dozen actors (male, female, black, white) playing Dylan at different points of...

"They're turning kids into slaves, just to make cheaper sneakers. What's the real cost cause the sneakers don't seem that much cheaper? Why are we...

In the opening article of ANOTHER MAN, biographer Charlotte Chandler recalls talking to Pavarotti on the occasion of his 20th farewell performance. As...

Get to bed early Tuesday night for DualpLOVER and 2SER's 'Consolador de dos Caras' every Wednesday night. Irregular DJs Smallcock, Bambi And The Bambis...

Chloe suffered the jeering nonsense of wowser conservatism when she sailed to Melbourne in 1880. Generations have since filtered out such prudery. Not...

Animation in café windows...installations in a carpark...world music in pubs...books at a wine bar. Where the hell are we!? Melbourne!?

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In the spirit of Gloria Estefan, The Knife’s new album - like love - cuts both ways. On one hand it marks a departure from the wavering and sometimes...