by Dave Bradley | May 26, 2016 | DVDs, Reviews
Shock, MA, 93 Mins This first feature from TV-intensive director Matt Shakman and scriptwriter Roberto Patino was long-in-development and took two years, on and off, to film, so it’s a shame that it’s been somewhat underappreciated, as this is a strongly-cast...
by Dave Bradley | May 26, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Thomas Olde Heuvelt (Hachette Australia) 2016, 404pp, RRP $32.99 As translated by Nancy Forest-Flier, Heuvelt’s latest novel is of course a study of evil (of all types), and while it works as a memorable horror drama, there’s also considerably more at work here,...
by Dave Bradley | May 25, 2016 | Books, Reviews
M.R. Carey (Hachette Australia) 2016, 487pp, RRP $29.99 Carey (a pseudonym?), he of the “word-of-mouth bestseller” The Girl With All The Gifts, follows that one up with this weighty effort which begins well, gets awfully bogged down midway in lots of overly...
by Dave Bradley | May 15, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Arlene Heyman (Bloomsbury) 2016, 228pp, RRP $29.99 New Yorker Heyman, acclaimed author, psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, here offers seven not-quite-short-stories (40 pages or so is the average) concerning, of course, sex, and yet in actuality her focus here is upon...
by Dave Bradley | May 15, 2016 | Books, Reviews
Alexei Sayle (Bloomsbury) 2016, 324pp, RRP$27.99 Dear old Alexei’s second volume of memoirs after Stalin Ate My Homework (and following on from his acclaimed works of fiction including The Dog Catcher and The Weeping Women Hotel) is a most readable and very funny...
by Matt Saunders | May 2, 2016 | Classical, Live Music, Music, Reviews
Her Majesty’s Theatre, Sun 1 May The concept is fairly straightforward: Ten composers are commissioned to create musical works incorporating the poetry of Judith Wright, to be performed by Brodsky Quartet and Katie Noonan. The resulting work, With Love And Fury, is...