Archive for 'Arts Feature'
[ARTS: Interview] Sydney Comedy Festival
The Brag Guide To: Sydney Comedy Festival 24 April – 12 May 2012 At first glance, the Sydney Comedy Festival program might make you feel about as dense as a rhinoceros trying its hand (or hoof?) at pub trivia, but don’t worry, that’s what WE’RE here for: to hold your hoofy hand, whisper all the [...]
Posted: April 29th, 2012 under Arts, Arts Feature, Brag 459 (April 23).
Tags: Ben Mattick, Broken Dreams, Claire Hooper, David Collins, Dylan Behan, Enmore Theatre, Felicity Ward, Frank Woodley, Jim Breuer, Lawrence Leung, Nick Mattick, Paul Ayre, Ross Noble, Rosyln Helper, Seymour Centre, Sidetrack Theatre, Smart Casual, Sydney Comedy Festival, The Brag, The Factory Theatre, The Yalumba Wine Bar
[FILM: Preview] Life In Movement
Life In Movement Moving On By Justin Wolfers Gorgeous, understated and carefully layered, Life In Movement is a tribute to the life and career of dancer and choreographer Tanja Liedtke. Awarded artistic directorship at the Sydney Dance Company in 2007, Liedtke’s life was tragically cut short before she could begin, at age 29. This film, [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2012 under Arts, Arts Feature.
Tags: Justin Wolfers, Life In Movement, Sydney Dance Company, Tanja Liedtke, The Brag
[ART: Local Positioning Systems]
Local Positioning Systems It’s finally time to pARTy! By Harriet Gordon-Anderson Millions of years ago, some dude wearing a bearskin thought it would be a sweet idea to make a pattern with coloured rocks on the wall of his cave. It feels like ever since that moment, we’ve been waiting for the new wing of [...]
Posted: April 1st, 2012 under Arts, Arts Feature, Brag 455 (March 26).
Tags: Bennett Miller, Harriet Gordon-Anderson, Julie-Anne Long, Lara Thoms, Local Positioning Systems, MCA Sydney, Neil Bromwich, Stuart Ringholt, The Brag, Zoe Walker
[FILM: Preview] Mardis Gras Film Festival
Mardis Gras Film Festival Sex In The Cinema By Dee Jefferson This year’s Mardi Gras Film Festival is as strong in quality as it is in numbers: new films by arthouse doyenne Christophe Honoré and Canadian indie master Bruce McDonald (Pontypool); debuts by exciting new directors who are making waves around the world; and retrospective [...]
Posted: February 16th, 2012 under Arts, Arts Feature, Brag 449 (February 13).
Tags: Circumstance, Dee Jefferson, Dirty Girl, Man At Bath, Mardi Gras Film Festival, Queer Screen, The Brag
[FILM: Feature] Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy By Dee Jefferson In the wake of the film’s Venice premiere, Swedish director Tomas Alfredson and stars Colin Firth and John Hurt talk about updating John le Carré’s classic espionage thriller for a post-Cold War climate. Best known for his cult vampire film Let The Right One In, Swedish director Tomas [...]
Posted: January 30th, 2012 under Arts, Arts Feature, Brag 446 (January 23), Interviews-arts.
Tags: Colin Firth, Gary Oldman, John Hurt, John le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson