Archive for 'Arts'
[THEATRE] Review: Tusk Tusk
Tusk Tusk
Til September 4 / Wharf 1, STC
Polly Stenham is interested in the breakdown of middle class families. In her debut That Face, which Sydney audiences saw at Belvoir earlier this year, she explored the problems of a family with an overly-controlling yet drug-controlled mother. In her follow-up, Tusk Tusk, we see the story of [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2010 under Arts, Brag 376 (August 23), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: Henry Florence, The Brag, Tusk Tusk
[THEATRE] Review: Woyzeck
Woyyzeck / Until August 29 / Belvoir St
Taking on Woyzeck is no small task. Not only is Georg Büchner’s epic one of the most influential German plays ever written, it is unfinished, meaning that a director must make strict choices about how the play is to be completed, let alone performed. This production feels as [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Arts, Brag 375 (August 16), Theatre Reviews.
Tags: Henry Florence, The Brag, Woyzeck
Interview: Riz Ahmed / Four Lions
Dumb & Bomber
Riz Ahmed, star of jihadi-comedy Four Lions, talks about working with controversial comedy director Chris Morris.
By Jody MacGregor
Chris Morris has a history of courting controversy with his comedy. His news and current affairs parodies The Day Today and Brass Eye laid down the template for The Onion and The Chaser, but took even [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Arts, Brag 375 (August 16), Interviews-arts.
Tags: Four Lions, Jody MacGregor, Riz Ahmed, The Brag
[FILM] Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
Released August 12, 2010
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is dizzying, so packed with ideas, gags, pop-culture references, jump cuts, visual effects, split-screens and kinetic action that the experience of watching it is like clinging to the roof of a 200mph train. Whether or not you can hold on for the [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Arts, Brag 375 (August 16), Film Reviews.
Tags: Joshua Blackman, Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, The Brag
[FILM] Review: Salt
Salt
Released August 19, 2010
Inception aside, it’s been a pretty mediocre year for the mainstream action blockbuster. In this climate, Salt is a breath of fresh air, a breezily entertaining, straightforward action film. Oh, it’s completely ridiculous, and features acts of gymnastic wizardry by Angelina Jolie’s svelte spy that would shatter the bones of any [...]
Posted: August 23rd, 2010 under Arts, Brag 375 (August 16), Film Reviews.
Tags: Joshua Blackman, Salt, The Brag