Skip to content

Review: Unfortunate miscasting in Sunset Boulevard revival

Our review of the latest revival of Sunset Boulevard presented by Opera Australia and GWB Entertainment at the Joan Sutherland Theatre. With controversial (mis)casting of Sarah Brightman as Norma Desmond, we opted to see the alternate Sophie Paladino in role instead.

Three social commentary movies

Three of the recent movies I watched share a similar theme of social realism. They use real situations in daily struggles of the working class to shine a light on how broken our socio-political and power systems are.
Italy - Perfect Strangers poster

Perfect Strangers – film adaptations

The 2016 Italian film Perfetti Sconosciuti, by director Paolo Genovese, has broken records for the number of film adaptations in other languages. We explore what makes it so universally appealing that it has inspired so many film adaptations of this contemporary piece about relationships and the secrets we sometimes harbour between friends and lovers.