the AU review presents UK artist Seth Lakeman performing the track “Portrait of My Wife” – LIVE, exclusive and acoustic on the fiddle – in Australia for Byron Bay Bluesfest 2014 and a run of East Coast dates. The song comes of Seth’s new record Word of Mouth which is available now. His Australian tour…
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The following is part one of a food and drink journal that Brisbane band MTNS have been keeping exclusively for the AU review, as they’ve been touring the country on their Salvage EP Tour. The band kick things off in Perth… PERTH – 01.02.2014 LA VEEN COFFEE & KITCHEN After the arduous five-hour flight from…
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The film, Chinese Puzzle (Casse-tête chinois) could be re-named “Xavier’s Travels” or “It’s Complicated”. The French film and final instalment in director and writer, Cédric Klapisch’s trilogy puts middle-aged life and all of its vagaries and difficulties under the microscope. In some ways the John Lennon quote, “Life is what happens to you while you’re…
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Dreamworks Animation pleasantly surprised everyone when they released How to Train Your Dragon back in 2010. What could have been a generic kids movie about dragons turned out to be a moving portrait of friendship and acceptance that viewers of any age could enjoy. Four years later and we are a few months away from…
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Having premiered at Tribeca, this debut feature from director Andrew Semans offers a scathing and surgical depiction of obsession, privilege and inertia all the while advancing like a white-knucke thriller in the acclaimed film Nancy, Please and we’ve got TEN DVD copies to giveaway! Paul a graduate student at Yale is two years behind delivering…
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The Iris meets director John Magary and young actor Cory Nichols to talk about their new film The Mend, which premiered at SXSW Film Festival 2014. The pair tell us about the film, how they got involved in the project and much more. The film also stars Josh Lucas (Red Dog, Stephen Plunkett, Mickey Sumner…
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