by Margot Lang | May 9, 2012 | Film Review
Starring Audrey Tatou and Francois Damiens A decade after she bewitched the world in “Amelie”, Audrey Tatou has lost none of her ability to light up the screen. “Delicacy”, a frothy French romance, is worth seeing just for the pleasure of watching Tatou...
by Jacqueline Lang | May 9, 2012 | Arts, Books
Geraldine’s Hot Picks This month’s top five new books are selected by Geraldine Blake, buyer at the Swanbourne Bookcaffe. Her first pick for May is non-fiction work, The House Of Fiction: Leonard, Susan and Elizabeth Jolley, (published by Fremantle Press) by...
by Jacqueline Lang | Apr 29, 2012 | Arts
Artist Frank Morris wowed the opening crowd at Gallery Dusseldorf with his colourful lime putty and acrylic paintings, inspired by visits to the Pilbara. Sadly Frank wasn’t able to work the room. A recent leg injury meant he remained seated throughout the...
by Margot Lang | Apr 29, 2012 | Arts, Film Review
The Way of St James, also known as El Camino de Santiago de Campostela, is an ancient pilgrims’ trail which meanders from the French Pyrenees to Santiago in north-west Spain, where the remains of St James are reportedly buried. In the film “The Way”, grieving father...
by Melissa Hasluck | Apr 29, 2012 | Arts, Film Review
Irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy Starring Adam Sinclair, Kristin Kreuk and directed by Tom Heydon. Unemployed Lloyd’s life is as shabby as the surrounds he lives in – he shares a dreary house in Edinburgh with his alcoholic father who is sick and grieving the...