Photo of Anna Samson by Jeff Busby.
27 Jun 2016

Theatre Review: Skylight (MTC)

By Clemmie Wetherall

Colin Friels. Photo by Jeff Busby MTC presents Skylight by David Hare 18 June – 23 July Southbank Theatre,The Sumner Two hours and 20 minutes including a 20-minute interval Theatre review by Brett Champion When David Hare burst onto the British theatre scene with the infamous Slag! in 1970, he rocketed almost overnight into the ranks of anarcho-political playwrights and authors such as Dario Fo and Harold Pinter, using contemporary theatre to challenge the social

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3 Jul 2016

MUSIC REVIEW: SWANS – GLOWING MAN

By Laura Imbruglia

Swans "Glowing Man" Label: Young God/Mute Album review by Brett Champion When a seminal band reforms after a long time apart, several emotions go through a fan's mind, the chief among these being fear. “Will the album be any good?” “Is this just a blatant cash grab?” “Will the guitarist break a hip on stage?”. And while the excitement and anticipation of a new release from an old favourite tends to keep us distracted and

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1 Aug 2016

FILM PROFILE: LOUDER THAN BOMBS

By Laura Imbruglia

Louder Than Bombs Director: Joachim Trier Film review by Brett Champion When someone you love dies, it can be hard to reconcile the person you remember with the version of that person that lives on in the minds of others. And that’s the central theme of Joachim Trier’s Louder Than Bombs, a father and his two sons struggling to grieve communally for their three remembrances of the same woman.​ The family, consisting of Gabriel Byrne

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17 Oct 2016

FILM PROFILE: HELL OR HIGH WATER

By Jules Musgrove

Hell or High Water Director: David Mackenzie Film review by Brett Champion It’s a well worn cliché that the heart, the ‘real’ content of a film, lies in the relationships between its characters, their interactions, and their by-plays. Hell or High Water is the latest release for idiosyncratic director David MacKenzie, detailing the exploits of bank-robbing brothers Toby (Chris Pine) and Tanner (Ben Foster) as they seek to evade the clutches of cheerfully racist Ranger

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