Restless-ly tense and funny French thriller
Restless
Starring Frack Gastambide, Michaël Abiteboul and Simon Abkarian
Rated MA15+
4.5/5
A French remake of the South Korean film A Hard Day, Restless is a compelling, darkly...
Are you on the hunt for a local theatre show?
The 1812 Theatre
The History Boys.
The 1812 Theatre’s October production was Alan Bennett’s The History Boys.
A story of a mythical boys grammar school in the...
What’s on in the Yarra Ranges theatres
The Bakery at 1812 Theatre presents The History Boys
The play opens in Cutlers’ Grammar School, Sheffield, a fictional boys grammar school in the north...
Roundtable of “Reader Development”
The 2022 Cities of Literature Network Meeting recently took place in Melbourne, attended by representatives from 26 of the world's 42 Cities of Literature....
FILM REVIEW: Dual’s acting as dry as a desert
Dual
Starring Karen Gillan, Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul
Rated M
3/5
Dual is a sadly insubstantial sci-fi satire.
Sarah (Karen Gillan), a terminally ill woman, has herself cloned...
CARTOON: pesky potholes
Pesky potholes littering roads in the Yarra Ranges are bothering Danny Zemp and many other residents.
3000 years of longing equals 108 minutes of bliss
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Starring Tilda Swinton and Idris Elba
Rated M
4.5/5
Directed by George Miller and based on a short story by A.S. Byatt, Three...
Prey a pretty peerless popcorn flick
Prey
Starring Amber Midthunder, Dakota Beavers and Michelle Thrush
Rated MA15+
4.5/5
The fifth film in the Predator franchise, Prey joins The Northman as another outstanding historical action...
CARTOON: Text Scam
Danny Zemp thinks text scams could potentially be used for all sorts of nefarious purposes...
Book Week Q&A with author Eliza Henry-Jones
1. What are you currently reading?
This Devastating Fever by Sophie Cunningham – it’s brilliant.
2. What book had the biggest impact on your life and...
A journey of self-discovery
A review of Bewildered by Laura Waters
Bewildered, by local author Laura Waters, reminds this reviewer of Wild, the 2012 memoir by American author...
Observing the environment
Like us all, I have been living in ‘environments’ of varied forms all my life.
For many of us from early years we have...
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RACV Healesville gets upgraded EV chargers
RACV has completed a comprehensive upgrade of its electric vehicle (EV) charger network at its resorts, City Club and public locations across Victoria including...
