Life of Pi is a an ambitious film. Based on a book by the same name, it was repeatedly described as unfilmable. So who decided to film it? Ang Lee of course. Your average movie buff will recall that Lee has made a career out of surprising viewers with his film choices.
Samsara is a visual documentary filmed over a period of almost five years, in twenty-five countries. What’s a visual documentary? Well, it’s a lot like a normal documentary, except without any dialogue. Zilch. No narration, no interviews and no Morgan Freeman.
Zero Dark Thirty is one ambitious piece of work. Directed by Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow, the film is a procedural police drama blown up to a world-spanning, history-defining scale…
Margaret Fulton: Queen of the Dessert was like attending a charming dinner party where you are sitting next to your best mate, but opposite Grandad Bob – who fights you for the gravy dish and can’t take his eyes from your chest. You turn to one side and love relishing in old memories and laughing at good times; turn to the other and you can’t escape the cringe-worthy stories and vulgar jokes.
It took me a little while to connect with Daisy, I’m not sure if this was just my ear tuning to her Irish accent or if it was due to her ditheriness at the start, but once the stories of her Aboriginal people and her time at Ooldea started to flow it was hard not to be transported back to the desert.
Grunge fans, its time to get your cabaret on. As for everyone else, nevermind.
This show has a bursting live energy and Simmons makes a genuine and successful effort to connect with his audience. It’s very weird but it’s a lot more than ‘just weird’.
Gone Off is that travel story. You know the one where you set off to discover yourself only to end up getting blind drunk with the locals and talking to yourself to avoid the awkward silence of solitude.
Living on Limbo Lane is a unique performance with singing, dancing, puppetry and a fight to the death.
A brilliant show that puts life into perspective, there is definitely a reason Tom Gleeson has been in comedy for 15 years.
For a British born comedian, he has a steady handle on what makes Aussie audiences laugh.
Cal Wilson is All Ears is named so because it is largely audience driven. The show is based around Cal drawing stories out of the audience.
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