Justice League #2: A Western Occupation
Justice League is a regular column where global social issues are raised and various perspectives are explored. This month, in the wake of International Women’s Day, PHOEBE DUNSTAN gives her
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REVIEW: Wadjda
Words by FRANCESCA BUTLERAmidst a dusty Saudi Arabian landscape, a ten-year-old girl named Wadjda longs for the green bike – complete with streamers on the handlebars – that stands in
GERMAN FILM FESTIVAL COMP
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ALBUM REVIEW: Drowners
Drowners – Drowners (Self-titled) 2014Words by JADE ELLEN Sounds like: The youthful energy of The Vaccines with a little of Palma Violets’ indie-garage rock and a dash of The Smiths.Hailing from
REVIEW: Tidy Town of the Year
Words by LUKE HOLMESThe Sydney Independent Theatre Company production of Tidy Town of the Year is the story of a small, dying community’s desperate bid to gain recognition by being
Please Explain: ZINES
Due to popular[1] demand about Zinegeist, a very meta[2] and sparkly regular (we hope) segment profiling some of the greatest zines that ever zine’d, Vertigo’s resident zine-nerd ANDY HUANG attempts to
REVIEW: Camille Claudel 1915
Mainstream cinema biopics tend to crudely sensationalise their subjects in pursuit of drama, but CAMILLE CLAUDEL 1915 comes at its own with determined curiosity.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjkXquaZR48Powered by a compellingly varied performance by
REVIEW: Homeland
If, when watching a film set in an exotic, overseas country, you’re likely to experience a heightened case of wanderlust and pipe dreams of future adventures, then Homeland (Né Quelque
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REVIEW: The Good Luck of Right Now
Matthew Quick, author of The Silver Linings Playbook, delivers more warm-and-fuzzy feels.Bartholomew Neil is 39 years old, friendless, and has always lived with and cared for his mother. Her death leaves