Arts Community Still Blue For Manus And Nauru
One year ago, the arts community came together and spoke out about the ongoing trauma of those detained for nearly six years in Australia’s offshore detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru. More…
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Send a Book to Brazil and Help Support LGBTIQ+ Communities
As part of my personal newsletter subscriptions, I received a whole bunch of different notifications that I often think 'I should really share that to amplify that message more'. Well, this re…
November's Australian Revelations Screening is an Animated Wonder
Perth's Revelation Film Festival is celebrating the 10th anniversary of Adam Elliot's animated feature, Mary and Max, by screening it as November's Australian Revelations screening. Chris…
Lauren Elliott Launches Galactic Baby
The news about WA entertainment rolls on with the exciting launch of the Western Australian production company, Galactic Baby. This is beyond exciting news for anyone who has been paying attention to…
WA Made Film Festival Call Out for Submissions
There is no person more dedicated and excited about Australian film than West Aussie bloke Matthew Eeles. When I started writing about Australian film, the one website that I’d look to for information…
Netflix and Nell: Is Perth a talent hotspot?
Rattlesnake is the new Netflix genre flick written and directed by Zak Hilditch, and with it, he teams up with Perth local Alexandra Nell, raising the question, is Perth Netflix’s new hotbed for talen…
The 2019 AACTA Award Predictions
If you took a cursory glance at the list of films nominated for the 2019 AACTA Awards, you’d be forgiven for thinking that there were only five films released this year. With The Nightingale, Hotel Mu…
The Irishman Review - Andrew Has a Blatantly Obvious Lightbulb Moment
I’d long wondered what Martin Scorsese’s fascination with Italian-American gangsters was. Why had he dedicated so much of his career to telling the mostly true stories of some of the most violent, cor…
Bishop. The Aboriginal X-Man and His Suitors
Grammy Award-Winning Rapper Method Man, of the Wu-Tang Clan, has let his desire to play the X-Man ‘Lucas Bishop’ known. Posting a picture of himself as the character, who was played by Omar Sy in X-Me…
Five Events You Cannot Miss at the 2020 Perth Festival
Look, every year the Perth Festival is on there is an overwhelming amount of great events on, but if you ask me, the 2020 season is the best yet. Honestly, I have no idea how people are going to mana…
Mainstream Nerd Culture and the Dilemma of Success
Weird how the nerd nation have suddenly decided that box office and profitability are the most important metrics after all these years of living in the genre ghetto. I mean, we spent decades having o…
Five Songs to Help You Out on Your Mental Health Journey
Movember kicks off in a few days, and since I’ve been a long time supporter and participant of the cause I thought it would be good to kick off the month with a few pieces about men’s health. With a c…