6th October 2021 While filming 1965 film ‘Help!’, George Harrison picked up a sitar being used by musicians in a restaurant scene and thus began The Beatles guitarist’s life encompassing obsession with Indian music, and Indian culture in general.… Continue Reading
7th October 2019 Within the first few minutes of Midge Costin’s impassioned ode to the art of cinematic sound design, the audio elements that augment our favourite films are described as “subliminal, understated and under the radar”. The art… Continue Reading
16th January 2018 In the unwavering affection bestowed upon its subject, Adrian Buitenhuis and Derick Murray’s ‘I am Heath Ledger’ provides an unusually doting biographical account of the Perth born actor who, in 2008, sadly died at just 28… Continue Reading
3rd October 2015 The day after thanksgiving, and while a number of Americans were preoccupied with the consumerist frenzy of Black Friday, it was the requirement of two rather venial purchases that brought two vehicles together at a gas… Continue Reading
After the gorgeous, coruscating pop of 1999’s “Summerteeth” sold a modest 200,000 records despite near unanimous acclaim from critics, Chicago band Wilco set out in the latter months of 2000 to make their most ambitious record to date. In ‘I… Continue Reading