Where to Invade Next (2015) Director: Michael Moore Review by Clemmie Wetherall Michael Moore's tongue is firmly in cheek at the beginning of Where to Invade Next. In his new documentary he appoints himself as a one-man army to the U.S.A. and sets off on a European campaign to invade and steal the best social policies the world has to offer while the US Military takes a break. But with Moore there is always a
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Hayward and Hadid "This is An Excuse" MICF 2016 Review by Clemmie Wetherall Cheeky, brash and more than a little bit crass, 'This is an Excuse' is the debut show from self-confessed improv addicts (Lauren) Hayward and (Francis) Hadid. For just over a year they have been refining their craft as part of Melbourne's new Chicago style improv club 'The Improv Conspiracy', but they're testing their mettle with this one hour original sketch comedy. 'This
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Thursday, May 5 2016 HWLR, Brunswick VIC BLACK CAB launched their single "Uniforms" Supported by: FRIENDSHIPS Review by Clemmie Wetherall Live photo by Sally Townsend More here! It's a strangely (no, disturbingly!) warm Thursday night for this time of the year in Melbourne and about a couple of hundred people are milling around Howler in Brunswick waiting for a band who have a strange knack for bringing the sounds of the original 1970s Krautrock scene
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Article by Clemmie Wetherall It's the year 2016 in one of the 'luckiest' countries in the world but somehow or other gender equity, parity, equality, call it what you will, still isn't business as usual in many areas of life, including the arts. Just this past week Music Victoria has announced their first gender diversity policy aiming for at least 40% women* and 40% men* across all of their activities to address a gender gap
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Mr Gaga (2015) Director: Tomer Heymann Review by Clem Wetherall Eight years in the making, Mr Gaga is director Tomer Heymann's opus and love-letter to world-renowned Israeli dancer, choreographer and artistic director Ohad Naharin. Far removed from what we sometimes think of as the 'spectacle' of dance, this documentary is not another Flash-dance, Fame or Footloose, but rather a deeply emotional and cinematically exquisite examination of Ohad Naharin’s life, from his time as a carefree
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Photo by Avery Writer: Clem Wetherall Smart, sexy, personal and powerful, Simona Castricum's latest release #TriggerWarning40 is a thoroughly enjoyable collection of gritty techno-pop anthems. This is the third release for the Melbourne musician, artist, designer and writer and it follows on from her 2014 release Exotic Ladies Of Birobidzhan*'. Reverb drenched vocals and industrial strength percussion are the bedrock across the albums eight tracks and while they capture a particular 1980s Madchester meets Nine
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The Clan (El Clan) Director: Pablo Trapero Review by Clem Wetherall From out of Argentina comes The Clan, an unflinching examination of state-sanctioned crime continuing to thrive in the aftermath of war in the 1980s. Directed and produced by Pablo Trapero, The Clan hones in on the true-crime story of the Puccio family and explores the conditions in which they became the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde of wealthy Argentinian society. Indeed, the Puccios story
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