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Who hasn’t wished at one time or another (usually a stultifyingly bland and boring time or another) for the world to be a little more magical or whimsical or quirky? All of us have, bar those who like things neatly and solidly utilitarian, which is probably why the films of Continue Reading

Nothing quite sparkles like a brilliantly-effected Jane Austen adaptation. A captivatingly good writer who managed to combine romantic comedy with incisive social commentary, Austen’s books are ripe for translation to the big and small screen, full of warmth, witty banter, arch parody and a cutting way with words that strikes Continue Reading

Perhaps Lauren Eden, a Melbourne poet with a gift for elegant, exquisitely well-expressed lines said it best when she observed in her collection Of Yesteryear that “We live in the small spaces between our words / hiding between the said / and all we cannot say.” There is an ocean Continue Reading

The possibilities of cinema are endlessly expansive. For every serious, Oscar-worthy film, there are equally well-made films that are full of quirk and wonder and a glimpse of the human condition told through wholly different and welcomingly offbeat eyes. These three films, all coming to a cinema or streaming service Continue Reading