Cloudstreet director Matthew Saville brings an honest, raw approach to Aussie crime drama Felony, illustrating the script by writer, producer and lead actor Joel Edgerton with flair and enough restraint to keep the film grounded in it’s tactile web of emotional quandary and brutal honesty. Opting for the quieter approach to the slow-burning thriller, the…
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Released today in Australia on DVD and Blu-Ray is the Biblical epic Noah, from Writer/Director Darren Aronofsky. Ray Winstone played Tubal-cain in the film, and reflected on the role, his experiences filming, and posited whether or not he could kick Russell Crowe’s butt. Hey Ray. How are you going? I’m having a ball (laughs). Darren…
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John Goodridge chats to Craig Mabbitt, lead singer of Escape the Fate about life on the road, his side project, The Dead Rabbitts and joining the upcoming Soundwave Festival tour. Hey Craig, how’s it going? Great thanks, how are you? Yeah good. So I believe you’re in the middle of a tour in the US…
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the AU review sits down with Sydney based soul songstress Ms Murphy ahead of her performance at Gingers in Sydney on the 28th of August and her appearance as part of Soulfest in October! For more details about Ms Murphy head to: https://www.facebook.com/msmurphymusic
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Ruby My Dear are a New York based quintet who channel their roots in the jazz world, into a stunning indie, alternative sound that should get the attention of music lovers around the world – Australia no exception. It helps too, that the band is fronted by an Australian! “Balloons” is the first single off…
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Best known as the man behind Icebergs, Maurice Terzini opened his newest restaurant – Da Orazio Pizza and Porchetta – earlier this year, hiding it away near Bondi Beach, in a new complex on Hall Street which also houses a branch of Haberfield’s famed Italian Pasticceria, Papa. This weekend it was named among The Australian‘s…
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The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out The Window & Disappeared (Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann) looks set to divide people. The reason for this is because your enjoyment of the film hinges on whether you warm to the centenarian lead character. Ultimately, this film is full of dark humour (which also won’t…
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Just like that, long running HBO hit True Blood has met the true death with a final 10-episode run to cap off it’s seventh year. Just like that, True Blood saunters off into that realm of failed TV finales, settling in beside Showtime’s Dexter into the pile of rubble that we once loved, and then…
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If the success of Doctor Who is anything to go by, fandom can be a profitable market in the world of Cinema. This past weekend, the first episode of the new season of the series brought in some $700,000 in Australia alone. That’s at least 40,000 tickets around the country in limited release, in the…
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The boys are back! After taking the biggest opening day of any comedy film in UK box office history, The Inbetweeners 2 has now taken the top spot in its opening weekend at the Australian box office. Fans have been loving the latest adventure of Will, Simon, Jay and Neil, and reviews have been mostly favourable (including…
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The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards took place today is Los Angeles, and they were overall a relatively predictable affair. Breaking Bad was the big winner for the night, with stars Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul and Anna Gunn all taking home awards for their phenomenal work in the final season of the show. Voters just couldn’t pass up…
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Unravel is a short film that lifts the veil on the recycled garment industry. It is produced and directed by Meghna Gupta and travels to the Northern Indian town of Panipat. It is here that over 100,000 tonnes of discarded clothes from the West wind up each year and are subsequently recycled. The film mainly…
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Tsai Ming-Liang’s Stray Dogs is a film that begs a certain amount of prior knowledge before watching. Had I known that Tsai Ming-Liang is renowned for his lack of dialogue and still image composition, I probably would have been a little more adequately prepared for this 145 minute investment. Undeniably beautiful but a rather hard…
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New Zealand actor Stephen Hunter has become a favourite within the Oz Comic-Con family, having already been along for Perth and Adelaide conventions so far in 2014, with the upcoming events in Brisbane and Sydney this September set to add to his rising pop culture expo count. Currently starring as ‘Bombur’ in Peter Jackson‘s latest dive into the world of Tolkien…
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Loose, fuzzy rock and roll is the name of the game with Brisbane trio The Royal Artillery. Off their album Odds and Ends, they’ve just released a music video for the track “ACDC#” and we’re excited to premiere it for you today on the AU. Watch it now and catch the band on their single…
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When one speaks of the cuisine of Quebec, it’s impossible to ignore the simple yet much loved dish “Poutine”. Essentially chips, cheese and gravy – something which is also popular in places like Scotland – it may seem hard to understand without experiencing it for yourself just what makes this stomach pleaser such an anticipated…
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Well the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards are almost upon us! This years list of nominees is an incredible selection of actors and shows. Breaking Bad looks set to take home a few awards for its final season, while new series Orange is the New Black has a good shot at defeating reigning champ Modern Family to take the award for…
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Celebrating the long awaited release of their debut self-titled album, Brisbane monolith Velociraptor are currently touring the country with Sydney’s Bloods, and Friday night took them to Sydney’s Newtown Social Club (formerly The Sandringham Hotel, for those playing a home) for a show that happened to coincide with their Album Release Date (read our review…
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Best known as one half of Everything But The Girl, UK musician Ben Watt has had a busy year, releasing his new album Hendra – his second solo outing, and first in some 30 years – as well as publishing his second novel Romany and Tom, about his parents. While in Sydney this week, Ben…
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When Peter Capaldi was announced as the new Doctor – the 12th Doctor (not counting, of course, John Hurt’s brilliant turn as the War Doctor last year) – it was met with much fanfare and excitement. Not to mention YouTube clips and meems anticipating the newest Doctor to echo Capaldi’s much lauded character of Malcolm…
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To celebrate the release of 20th Century Fox’s upcoming young adult adaptation The Maze Runner, Luna Park Sydney has teamed with Fox to launch The Maze Runner Adventure – Live! at the park from September 18th. The attraction will be a massive maze within Luna Park, and will take guests ‘on a walk-through, hands-on adventure, involving innovative special effects…
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Fans of Megan Fox (Transformers) and Will Arnett (Arrested Development) will have the chance to see the stars in person when they attend a green carpet event in Sydney at the Hoyts Entertainment Quarter in Moore Park. The event, which is celebrating the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film, will take place on Sunday September 7th…
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Coldrain, the first band announced for Soundwave Festival earlier in the month left a lot of punters saying “WHO?”. But Masato Hayakawa of the Japanese rock group took the response in his stride, “it definitely exposed a lot more people to our music”. Indeed, in this case at least, there’s no such thing as bad…
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The first look at the Foo Fighters’ highly-anticipated documentary for Sonic Highways has been released online! Airing on HBO in the US on October 17th, the trailer sees the band performing and recording their upcoming new album in studios across America, documenting the extensive history of music in each city along the way. The clip…
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Death is often tragic. But it’s even sadder when a young person has died from their own hand. Korean film, Thread Of Lies (우아한 거짓말) deals with this taboo issue in a soft and tender way. It also slowly reveals the tragic set of circumstances surrounding the lead character’s passing and does so with a…
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The Paradise trilogy is the collection of three fills directed by acclaimed Austrian director Ulrich Seidl. They focus on three women from one family, one traveling to kenya as a sex tourist, one tries to propagate Catholicism and one has to spend time at a weight loss camp. The films were set to be a…
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Danish singer and pianist Agnes Obel will be bringing her stunning Aventine record to Australia this November for three special gigs in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. The songstress will be taking some beautiful venues while she’s in the country, but it’s these gorgeous and – in some cases – left-of-centre settings that she’s no stranger…
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the AU review’s Larry Heath sits down with Yukimi Nagano of Sweden’s Little Dragon to talk about their return to Australia, playing Summersonic in Japan, their latest record Nabuma Rubberband, their latest epic music videos, collaborating with Big Boi and more… Nabuma Rubberband is available now. More on the band: http://little-dragon.net/
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the AU review talks to Neridah Wyatt-Spratt, Programs Manager at Australian National Maritime Museum, about their National Science Week activities, including “Dare, Danger, Destroy: a hunt onboard HMAS Vampire”, a unique after-hours event on the HMAS Vampire on Thursday 28 August from 6.00pm. Players will explore the ship finding clues, while completing tasks on their…
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Tonight, we celebrate the 6th birthday of our website with a free event in Sydney, with Service Bells and All Our Exes Live In Texas performing alongside DJ sets from Smiles Again (Mind Over Matter), Bhanglassi and more! We took a moment ahead of the party to get to know All Our Exes Live in…
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