Rocketman Transcends Rock Star Biopic Homogeneity
Right from the get-go, Rocketman steps out as a musical, focusing on fun rather than facts.
Commentary: Mastering Meaning – The Futile Search for Answers in The Master
Epiphanies about art are few and far between. You remember them. So it goes with me and Grade 7 English, when we analysed George Orwell’s Animal Farm. As my teacher unpacked the meaning and symbolism of the novel, how it was an allegory for the Russian Revolution and the rise of Communism, how the exile…
Brisbane International Film Festival: Short Term 12 (2013)
I’ve never seriously contemplated walking out of a movie theatre; consequently I’ve sat through the entirety of some truly execrable films. Yet halfway through Short Term 12, I strongly considering getting up and leaving the cinema. Short Term 12 takes its name from the foster care facility that serves as its primary setting, and is…
