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  • Brandon Lee Is spinning in his grave

    Brandon Lee Is spinning in his grave

    The Crow Starring Bill Skarsgard, FKA Twigs and Danny Huston MA15+ 3/5 Directed by Rupert Sanders, The Crow is a tepid and unnecessary reboot. After…

  • Entertainment for locals

    Entertainment for locals

    Eltham Little Theatre The Peppercorn Tree Is a moving Australian drama, set in Melbourne in 1993 and staged in 2010. Jonah, an Australian ex-serviceman, is…

  • Spring has arrived

    Spring has arrived

    September, and the wattle blooms in brilliant yellow. It is the first sign that winter is losing its grip. The air softens, and the sun…

  • CARTOON: Goodbye, Black Caviar

    CARTOON: Goodbye, Black Caviar

    The unbeaten Black Caviar nicknamed the ‘Wonder from Down Under’ died at the age of 17 on 17 August. She was an Australian champion Thoroughbred…

  • Like Father, Like Brother: Caitlin Soars

    Like Father, Like Brother: Caitlin Soars

    Humane Starring Peter Gallagher, Enrico Colantoni and Emily Hampshire MA15+ 4.5/5 I’m already a big fan of her father David and brother Brandon, and now…

  • Identity matters

    Identity matters

    Tell No One, by Brendan Watkins, is described to have achieved something that few memoirs can, “laying bare a disturbing history with compassion and humanity”.…

  • Gambling

    Gambling

    Human fascination with gambling shows no signs of abating, transcending generations, borders, and backgrounds. It influences all forms of culture and media, from literature to…

  • Balkan brass music performance at Burrinja theatre

    Balkan brass music performance at Burrinja theatre

    Burrinja theatre Opa Bato! – Like at the Lyre Opa Bato! Is the only Trubacki Orkestar in Australia performing authentic contemporary Balkan brass music from…

  • Evelyn before the First World War

    Evelyn before the First World War

    Online copies of the Lilydale Express allow us to imagine life in Mt Evelyn pre-First World War, just over 120 years ago. 1913 was a…

  • CARTOON: Tarred and Feathered

    CARTOON: Tarred and Feathered

    The recent data has revealed the State Government spent $37 million on road resurfacing works in the 2023-24 financial year, which is a huge drop…

  • Alien: not enough new ideas

    Alien: not enough new ideas

    Alien: Romulus Starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson and Archie Renaux Rated MA15+ 3.75/5 Directed by Fede Alvarez, Alien: Romulus is an enthralling, superbly-made sci-fi horror…

  • An exquisite gothic mystery

    An exquisite gothic mystery

    The Silence Factory, by British author Bridget Collins, has a setting very much like Victorian Britain. The story begins with the writings of Sophia in…

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