by Dave Bradley | Dec 4, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
Stephen Hawking (Hachette Australia) 2018, 232pp, RRP $32.99, eBook $16.99 Professor Stephen Hawking died on March 14, many years after he was predicted to depart this life, and this final (or maybe not?) volume of autobiography, self-analysis, sweet wit and sometimes...
by Dave Bradley | Jan 15, 2018 | Book, Books, Reviews
Noah Isenberg (Faber) 2017, 334pp, RRP $49.99 As the years roll by so many movies fade into obscurity, and yet somehow Michael Curtiz’s Casablanca (1942) remains untouchably beloved, and Isenberg here attempts, at great, often delicious length, to find out why. Using...
by Dave Bradley | Nov 9, 2017 | Book, Books, Reviews
Christopher Fowler (Hachette Australia) 2017, 374pp, RRP $35.00 The prolific Fowler’s gorgeous latest is a wonderfully witty study of authors who, despite huge sales, trendsetting innovations and major celebrity even only a few decades ago, are now strangely,...
by Catherine Blanch | Sep 18, 2015 | Dance, Interviews, Theatre
by Catherine Blanch. Lord Of The Dance is the theatrical spectacular that has broken through the traditional realms of Irish dancing by incorporating upper body movement, edgy rhythms and breathtaking visuals that have been mesmerising audiences around the world....
by Dave Bradley | Jul 31, 2014 | Books, Reviews
Howard Hughes (Footprint Books), 2014, 291pp. RRP $36.95 The amusingly-named Hughes’ latest contribution to the ‘Filmgoers’ Guide’ series treads familiar, even fanboy-ish ground, and yet there’s much here that’s informative and witty, and he also digs up trivia that...
