Animal Crossing: The Pleasure of Conformity
Finding the familiar during global uncertainty... I landed on an uninhabited island, accompanied by a bird and a hamster, guided by a racoon. The grass an unnaturally verdant primary green, peppered…
Simone Grogan
The Lighthouse Review - Cult Classic Perfection
On my way to see this film, I thought about a story I had seen on TV some years ago about The Smalls Lighthouse Tragedy. Two men operated a lighthouse in Wales in the 1800s. During their stint, one of…
1917 Review - A Technical Spectacle Lacking Some Heart
Two infantry soldiers, Lance Cpl. Schofield (George MacKay) and Lance Cpl. Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) are given the task of delivering an urgent message to a fellow British battalion to call off a p…
FEMME Fringe Festival Review - An Alluring Exploration of Modern Femininity plus Interview with Show Creator Erin Fowler
Perth Girl’s School was the venue for the opening night of Erin Fowler’s theatrical dance production, FEMME. For those who haven’t made it here, the school turned police centre turned contemporary ar…
A Simple Space Review - Immaculate Modern Circus plus an Interview with performer Annalise Moore
An upbeat crowd eagerly awaited the go ahead to secure their seat in the West Australian Spiegeltent tent ahead of Perth’s opening performance of A Simple Space byGravity and Other Myths. A hefty repu…
Judy Review - Zellweger Dazzles in Poignant Biopic
Judy relays the final year of the late, exceedingly great Judy Garland and her reluctant relocation from LA to London. It’s a touching homage to the bittersweet life of performance and stardom, founde…
An Interview with Dr Mace Francis – Perth International Jazz Festival and beyond
Mace left Geelong nearly 15 years ago to begin his studies at the WA Academy of Performing Arts (WAAPA). Since then he’s made himself right at home in Perth, becoming a staple of the west coast jazz s…
The Book of Mormon Review - Bawdy Broadway Brilliance
Musical theatre fans in Perth are used to patiently waiting their turn. Two years after it was first performed in Sydney and eight years since it first appeared on Broadway, The Book of Mormon finall…
Animals Review - A Vibrant Coming of Age for the Quarter Life Crisis
Animals is Sophie Hyde’s film adaption of Emma Jane Unsworth’s novel of the same name. A coming of age film (not the typical teen age range) that’ll hit frighteningly close to home for anyone experien…
Angel of Mine Review - A Well Intentioned Thriller that Misses the Mark
Angel of Mine is Kim Farrant’s Australian psychological thriller that takes a deeper look into idyllic suburban family life and tells the story of Lizzie (Noomi Rapace), a beauty therapist and grievin…
The Nightingale Review - An intense, Breathtaking and Essential piece of Australian Film.
The Babadook’s Jennifer Kent returns for her second directorial feature with The Nightingale - an incredibly raw depiction of Colonial era Tasmania that is relentless in its discomfort and makes for a…