A message of portent and hope in a time when we desperately need to understand both The Lowdown: Nobody has a blueprint for going the distance as a rock and roll band. Those, like Pearl Jam, who can boast 30 years or more in the industry often take advantage of […]
Can’t stop the music. Last night, the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra hosted their first live streamed concert after being forced to cancel weeks worth of upcoming events due to precautionary measures against the spread of coronavirus. By Kate Streader Yesterday also saw Yungblud perform to the masses via live stream after […]
The Pitch: Everyone has a favorite scene or quote from Joel & Ethan Coen’s 1998 neo-noir odyssey The Big Lebowski. If you were partial to the eerily sensual game that Lebowski loses to bizarro sex maniac Jesus Quintana (John Turturro) — he licks his bowling ball after buffing it between […]
From Riverdale to The Social Network: what’s streaming in Australia in March Plus Evan Rachel Wood escapes Westworld, Yvonne Strahovski finds herself in detention, and Reese Witherspoon’s on the campaign trail By Luke Buckmaster Netflix Riverdale season four TV, US, 2020 – out 4 March As somebody who loved Archie […]
Last night Elton John and his band played the first of his two ‘Farewell Yellow Brick Road’ tour shows in Coffs Harbour at Cex Stadium. The rain stayed away and the show was reported to be spectacular. His second show is tonight. Photos: Courtesy of Ann Leonard
This eight-part mystery from Netflix is based on the titular novel by American writer Harlan Coben, who has formed a production company with Rochdale’s own Nicola Schindler, the production brains behind Happy Valley, Last Tango in Halifax and many more. by Adam Sweeting The action has been transposed from New […]
BOOK REVIEW William Gibson made his reputation with his very first novel. Published in 1984 and awarded science fiction’s “triple crown” — the Hugo, Nebula and Philip K. Dick awards — “Neuromancer”wasn’t the book where Gibson coined the now-ubiquitous neologism “cyberspace.” By Cory Doctorow Nor was it the first cyberpunk novel. […]
Tom Hanks plays the cherished US children’s TV star Fred Rogers in this surprisingly moving drama about his transformative encounter with a hard bitten reporter Has anyone in Australia ever heard of Fred Rogers? He was an American children’s TV presenter whose folksy show for toddlers, Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, ran […]
Jones, who was diagnosed with dementia in 2015, was the main directing force in Python’s films, as well a prolific creator of TV documentaries and children’s books Terry Jones: the Monty Python director – and a very naughty boy Jones’s lasting legacy – a life in pictures Terry Jones, founder […]
We hope everyone enjoyed their holiday break, because TV is about to come back in a big way. We’re in the midst of a Peak TV era that shows no signs of slowing down, which means that 2020 will see the premiere or return of an astonishing number of shows […]