Wry comedy sets tone for German film festival
From human drama to sweeping historical epics (and a sidebar), this year's German Film Festival in Canberra is a sweep of quality cinema, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts & Entertainment
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"The ghost of Beethoven would have thoroughly enjoyed the evening." THAYER PREECE reviews Musica Viva's touring program involving three most celebrated Australian classical musicians.
BRIAN ROPE reviews the latest collection of artworks by the 2024 Canberra City News Artist of the Year, Hilary Wardhaugh, in a joint photography exhibition with David Manley in Belconnen.
CON BOEKEL reviews two portrait photography exhibitions Nanuma by Karlina Mitchell and Deadpan Artefacts by Melita Dahl.
Craft
Intriguing textile show redefines quilt
MEREDITH HINCHLIFFE reviews Extra Padding, a collaborative exhibition of quilted works by eleven artists at Platform, Manuka.
Music
Lisa fulfills a daughter’s promise to dying Nina
“I call it ‘a daughter’s promise fulfilled’… I want everybody to be on the same page and have a deep understanding of the person I want them to feel for," Lisa Simone tells arts editor HELEN MUSA.
Arts & Entertainment
Footloose brings youthful rebellion to the stage
Canberra gets musical, artisanal and more in the latest Artsweek column by arts editor HELEN MUSA
If there’s one thing likely to inspire patriotic enthusiasm in a wide range of Australians, it’s our exceptional talent for invention, writes arts editor HELEN MUSA.
SAMARA PURNELL reviews the dance film Pointe: Dancing on a Knife’s Edge, which features dancer Floeur Alder.
Here's arts editor HELEN MUSA's latest Arts in the City column.
" This was an adventurous program from The Llewellyn Choir of two modern Easter masses mixed in with a couple of shorter choral works and two instrumental breaks from a string ensemble," writes reviewer GRAHAM McDONALD.
"Mandela Mathia is a charismatic young man with a fascinating story to tell. His show gives him the opportunity to tell his personal story as well as showcase his skills as an actor and singer," writes reviewer LEN POWER.
"Djilba was created by Floeur Alder in the months following the death of her father, Canberran Alan Alder, as a means of grieving, healing and of celebration," writes dance reviewer SAMARA PURNELL.
As the world comes to a close, bizarrely, a man named Chuck keeping popping up everywhere. And that's pretty well all streaming columnist NICK OVERALL's going to share about a terrific movie called The Life of Chuck.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced rule changes to address the use of artificial intelligence.
Canberra musician, music advocate and composer Michael Sollis died at Clare Holland House early on Friday after a five-year battle with bowel cancer. He was 40.
Rob Kennedy reviews Luminescence and the Machine, developed in collaboration with Grammy Award winners William Brittelle and Cameron Beauchamp, at The Street Theatre.
The extraordinary fascination with all things Jane Austen continues unabated, writes book reviewer ANNA CREER.
"Raef does not make his own bed but he does lie in it, a lot." CHARLES WATERSTREET reviews Ross Fitzgerald's latest riotous novel, Rogue: A fictitious memoir.
