Review

REVIEW

Issue 20 17-30 November 2008

With an innocent enough sounding name, you could be forgiven for thinking that this band might be a regular run-of-the-mill indie pop rock band, however if you're aware of the other meanings of See Yo... READ MORE →

REVIEW

Issue 20 17-30 November 2008

Closer in spirit and technique to "The Last Waltz", his classic account of The Band's farewell gig, than to the more recent Dylan documentary "No Direction Home", Martin Scorsese's Shine a Light is a ... READ MORE →

ARTICLE

Issue 19 November 3-17 2008

T.I. and myself have a lot in common; he spent 6 months on house arrest working on an album and I ran out of money, moved in with my parents in Brisbane and did the same. In the long run we’ll proba... READ MORE →

REVIEW

Issue 19 November 3-17 2008

Are big bosoms enough in and of themselves to make a film work? Russ Meyer based his entire career on such a belief. Bertrand Blier is a latter day Meyer, one who doesn't let things like narrative l... READ MORE →

REVIEW

Issue 18 October 20 - November 2 2008

CSS (otherwise known as Cansei de Ser Sexy) have love-sploded onto another CD and it's a collection of nice electro-indie-pop tunes that have built on from their earlier releases. Tighter productio... READ MORE →

REVIEW

Issue 18 October 20 - November 2 2008

The debut feature from Bong Joon-Ho, director of "The Host", "Barking Dogs Never Bite" is a delicious black comedy set in a high rise apartment building. Yun-ju, an aspiring academic under profession... READ MORE →

REVIEW

Issue 17 October 6-19 2008

I was always drawn to psychedelic folk music. I was that cliché image of the wide-eyed youth clinging to simpler times, pastoral values and childhood innocence. However, with age I noticed a slow and... READ MORE →

REVIEW

Issue 17 October 6-19 2008

Three hours long, seven years in the making and utterly uncompromised by any studio interference or commercial considerations David Lynch's "Inland Empire" plays like a compendium of all his previous ... READ MORE →

REVIEW

Issue 16 September 22 - October 5 2008

This new album by the New York-based band seems lighter in tone to their previous efforts, but still kicks just as much ass. The singer is incredibly amazing, and while the shouting/urgency type parts... READ MORE →

REVIEW

Issue 16 September 22 - October 5 2008

If your constitution is up to seeing a grossly corpulent Jack Black stripped to the waist, observing that "my scrotum is longer than my penis", "Margot at the Wedding" may well be the film for you. A... READ MORE →

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