“It has been commonly said in the past: ‘No home in Victoria is without a PWMU Cookbook’,” Mairi Harman, editor of the new updated cookbook, wrote.
After asking around at various UCA, private and family functions, I have found this to be very close to the truth.
MOVIE l Kill the Messenger l M
“You want the truth? You can’t handle the truth.” I was reminded of this oft-quoted line from the movie A Few Good Men when watching the newly released film Kill the Messenger. Based on the true story of a reporter who tries to rise to the lofty aspirations of a journalist – ...
MOVIE l The Act of Killing l MA 15+
Chip Henriss
There’s so much to say about The Act of Killing and its availability, now on DVD, is a great opportunity to bring up a discussion that is seldom had in the west or within Indonesia.
Directed by Joshua Oppenheimer, Christine Cynn and an anonymous Indonesian, The Act of ...
Once is beautiful, funny, poignant and whimsical.
Set in Dublin, this new musical bewitching audiences at Melbourne’s Princess Theatre, started life as a film of the same name.
It has won a plethora of awards, including eight Tonys a Grammy and an Academy award for best original song.
Upon entering the theatre, audience members are transported to a Dublin ...
book l Inklings – Doubt, Faith and Everyday Life – Australian poets, writers and artists at work, edited by Mac Nicoll, 2014
Review by James Tulip
Former professor of English at Sydney University
In my local Uniting Church, at Leura in the Blue Mountains, we are changing the furnishings of the sanctuary from what was the robust, heavy ...
Time travel and romance do not seem to go together naturally. H.G. Wells’ protagonist in The Time Machine found love at the end of time, but then the small wrinkle of a race of underground cannibals interrupted his courtship of Weena.
The titular time traveller of Doctor Who, played by twelve actors over 51 years, only discovered girls in ...
MOVIE l Boyhood l M
It seems again that it is time to learn,
In this untiring, crumbling place of growth
To which, for the time being, I return.
Now plainly in the mirror of my soul
I read that I have looked my last on youth
And little more; for they are not made ...
Play l The Sublime
Review by Penny Mulvey
The familiarity of the theme of The Sublime, the latest offering from the Melbourne Theatre Company (MTC), creates a false comfort as playwright Brendan Cowell takes the audience on a roller coaster ride of emotions.
This play about football, sex scandals and human frailty in the testosterone-fuelled, competitive world of AFL and ...
MOVIE l Still Life l M
Review by Penny Mulvey
Still Life is a deeply moving, gentle movie that focuses on the very special job of Kennington Borough Council client services officer John May (Eddie Marsan).
Mr May, a quiet, fastidious and respectful man, is responsible for providing due care for people who die alone in the borough. Most of ...
One of the greatest fears for directors of live performances must be the last minute withdrawal of a lead performer. This scenario is what faced Melbourne Theatre Company guest director Alkinos Tsilimidos in the opening week of Glengarry Glen Ross.
Clearly the MTC does not utilise understudies, which led to a delayed opening in July.
MOVIE l Deliver Us From Evil l MA 15+
The latest demonic thriller from Scott Derrickson (The Exorcism of Emily Rose) loudly proclaims itself to be based on true events. This has been a recurring trend of horror pictures, giving credence to the likes of shameless “paranormal investigators” – self-publicists Ed and Lorraine Warren (The Amityville Horror/The Conjuring).
Born Bad – Original sin and the making of the Western World. By James Boyce
book l Black Inc l $34.99
Review by Nigel Tapp
Hobart author and Wesley Hobart Uniting Church member James Boyce is best regarded for his wonderful historical offerings focusing on his home state and, last year, the founding of Melbourne.
