I like to justify my inherent pessimism with the surprisingly practical statement that when one is a pessimist, one is often pleasantly surprised by the outcomes of situations one is pessimistic about. Saturday night saw the epitome of one of those situations. After cynically thinking that the door charge would be exorbitant for a student…
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This was just one of those videos we’ve stumbled across and loved… now we have to share it! Check out the amazing Band of Horses in a live, acoustic performance of their song “Heartbreak on the 101”, filmed at the historic Hollywood sign. We won’t waste any more of your time with words… enjoy the…
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The Holiday Inn hotel chain has undergone a staggering amount of changes over the last decade, taking it from a budget hotel/motel chain that most people associated with overnight stops along highways or airport layovers, into an upmarket full service – though reasonably priced – group of hotels that focus on comfort and quality of…
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We’re headed back over to Toronto for the annual Canadian Music Week, which is happening in May for the first time this year (in the past it’s been held straight after SXSW in March). There’s always an amazing contingency of Australian bands who play the event – and in spite of the date change, as…
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After wowing crowds at BIGSOUND last September, Canadian artist Saidah Baba Talibah is set to return to play Byron Bay Bluesfest! After unfortunately missing her while we were in Austin for SXSW we caught up with her last week to chat about all of this, the Australian release of her album (S)cream and much more!…
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the AU review meets director Christian Larson and executive producer (and manager of Swedish House Mafia) Amy Thomson, to talk about the film Leave The World Behind: A Film Starring Swedish House Mafia, just as the film was premiering at SXSW 2014. The film is released no iTunes on April 15th. Get more details HERE…
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We sat down with one of the UK’s rising stars, Nick Mulvey, while in Austin for SXSW to talk about the upcoming release of his debut record First Mind (out 12th May on Fiction Records), his experiences in Texas, working with Communion Records on the release of his last EP Fever To The Form and…
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Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is a documentary film, travel guide and labour of love about The Beatles. In the course of an hour the director and presenter, Fabrice Ziolkowski visits the places in Liverpool and London that were important to the Fab Four. He also does this during International Beatle Week and he discovers that the…
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This was a HUGE weekend at the Australian box office, with a very tight race between Marvel’s latest superhero offeringCaptain America: The Winter Soldier and worldwide hit The LEGO Movie. The Winter Soldier, which stars Chris Evans, Scarlett Johansson and Samuel L. Jackson, took the top spot with just over $6 million, while The LEGO Movie came in very strong…
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From where we left off last time Frank Underwood had finally made it right into the middle of the television frame as Vice President of the United States. But I’m sure viewers’ doubt he will rest at that stop. There is plenty more games of cat and mouse for Frank Underwood and steely eyed wife,…
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The Iris meets Nicholas McCarthy, director of the horror film Home at SXSW 2014 to talk about the film, how it compares to his debut The Pact, what inspired him to make the sorts of films he does and much more… ———- This content has recently been ported from its original home on The Iris…
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While he was at SXSW, we caught up with New Zealand born director Florian Habicht to talk about his new film Pulp, a documentary about the band of the same name, and their farewell performance at home in Sheffield. And now the film has been announced to premiere in Australia at the Sydney Film Festival!…
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One of our favourite films of this year’s SXSW Film Festival was an low budget, high concept Adelaide film called The Infinite Man. The clever narrative revolves around one man’s quest to relive the perfect day by way of a time machine. We took some time to catch up with the film’s director Hugh Sullivan…
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