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A portrait of WW2 Italy

Echoes of War, by Australian author Tania Blanchard, is set in Calabria in Southern Italy, at the “toe” of the country's boot-shaped peninsula. The...

Musical Joker a Surprising Success

Joker: Folie A Deux Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and Brendan Gleeson Rated M 4/5 In Joker: Folie A Deux, Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), aka Joker, awaits trial...

Dive into two local theatre performances

1812 Theatre The Laramie Project Matthew Shepard, an openly gay college student was tied to a fence post and brutally murdered in a prairie outside Laramie,...

Australia to join Poet Laureate family

In 2025 Australia will join the US, New Zealand, UK, Canada, Jamaica, Nigeria and appoint an official Poet Laureate. Other countries such as Russia...

The work of a country doctor 100 years ago

In 1907 Dr Henry Vogler commenced medical practice at Yarra Glen, Queenstown and Kangaroo Ground, having graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1906...

Giving back to community

Celebrating this year's Love Your Bookshop Day, The Star Mail recently interviewed Matt and Claire, owners of The Book Barn, the “one stop shop”...

The Heaven’s Gate of 2024

Megalopolis Starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito and Aubrey Plaza M 2.5/5 In Megalopolis, a sci-fi epic drama and the passion project of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, Cesar...

Three entertainments

Gemco Players Community Theatre Hull Roamer Hull roamer – A rehearsed Play Reading with songs and movement sequences. An epic dark comedy about robot zombies in space,...

A page-turner with a shocking twist

The Ledge, by Melbourne-based author Christian White, is lauded as the “crime book of the year” and the “most exciting Christmas title of 2024”. Commended...

The Substance is full of substance

The Substance Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid R18+ 4.5/5 Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, The Substance is a bonkers, utterly brilliant sci-fi body horror...

Social media

Behind the perfectly filtered facade, Our souls are silently screaming, Chasing likes and validation, Into a virtual abyss, teeming. Patricia A Fleming, The Curse of Social Media Clearly the...

What to expect in a natural medicine medicine consultation

Naturopathic medicine is founded on the premise that there is an underlying vital force in our bodies that orchestrates balance, harmony and function. This...

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Best films of 2024 list

The fact that I couldn't compile a full top ten of bad movies last week already shows what a good year 2024 was for...