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MIFF 68 1/2 Will be an Online Festival
May 30, 2020 | Harry Fritsch
This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival will use streaming technology to showcase global new-release movies in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Single Asian Female; Singular, Authentic, Fierce
March 13, 2019 | Harry Wallace
If you haven’t heard of this breakout success from Michelle Law, you simply aren’t going to the right type of parties. Never fear, The Creative Issue is here to clue you in.
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St Kilda: Australia’s largest free festival
January 30, 2019 | Fran Gibson
Heading to Australia’s cultural capital in February?
If so, pop the St Kilda Festival in your diary. Read More
Slowly Slowly Brings Down The Basement
May 31, 2018 | Harry Wallace
Slowly Slowly have built a dedicated following in their home town of Melbourne, but last Friday night it was their Brisbane show that went off with a bang. “This is like a home show” declared frontman Ben Stewart. “Thank you so much everyone for coming out, this is crazy”.
Hannah Gadsby’s ‘Dogmatic’ at the Brisbane Powerhouse
March 22, 2016 | Rhiana Jay
What do handfuls of turd, corn on the cob, the pouch of Douglas and Taylor Swift have in common? Find out in Hannah Gadsby’s latest show ‘Dogmatic’!
Contour: the “Melbourne look”
October 26, 2015 | Rebecca Al-Antouri
Introducing Nadine Karaan, a young makeup enthusiast. Karaan says, “Makeup is my life. It’s not about looking fake or like a Barbie doll, it’s about having control over myself. Being able to give myself a look, but still know it’s … Read More
6am at the Garage presents: Projections of Dance
October 10, 2015 | Tom Cushing
6am at the Garage is bringing cinematic grandeur to alternative dance music with their Projections of Dance film series at the iconic Astor Theatre. The media collective has developed an eclectic but cohesive program of electronic music cinema that mixes together fiction, documentary and concert films. Read More
REVIEW: Ryan Adams – 1989
October 3, 2015 | Tom Cushing
Ryan Adams’ 1989, a top to bottom cover of Taylor Swift’s hit album, is a heartfelt alt-country love letter to one of the finest pop stars of a generation. Read More
Review: Craig Finn- Faith in the Future
September 26, 2015 | Tom Cushing
On his sophomore solo album, Craig Finn has stripped away the noise and grandiosity that’s defined most of his career, revealing the core components of his distinctive lyrical style while telling tender, grounded stories. Read More
Review: Destroyer – Poison Season
September 15, 2015 | Tom Cushing
With Poison Season, Destroyer have channeled the melancholy of mid 50’s Sinatra and the swagger of early 70’s Bowie into an album that somehow sounds both original and cohesive. Read More
Dig, Lazarus: The Bible in Modern Lyricism
September 5, 2015 | Tom Cushing
It’s a strange truth of modern rock lyricism that when secular songwriters draw on the Bible the results can be truly transcendental. Read More
The Imagined 80’s of Modern Indie Film
August 27, 2015 | Tom Cushing
“They don’t engage in the empty nostalgia of simply referencing classic films, hoping to somehow co-opt the aura of cool. What they share, along with awesome synth soundtracks, is an aesthetic philosophy”
Review – UMRIKA
August 20, 2015 | Tom Cushing
In Umrika, America is the promised land, a place where Indian villagers believe they can can be delivered from the prisons of poverty and tradition. It’s a bold choice for the opening of the Indian Film Festival of Melbourne, a melancholic glimpse into a country simultaneously buoyed and burdened with the weight of familial love. Read More
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
August 10, 2015 | Tom Cushing
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne is back, boasting what they are calling their “strongest lineup yetâ€. With a selection that includes a mix of lavish Bollywood productions, critically lauded dramas and intriguing oddities, it’s a hard claim to argue. Read More