Wallflower Suite

Let me tell you a story of a sweet and sour woman, Cosmina. She runs the most amazing vintage store ever – Zabbar. It looks low-quality from the...

Is Speed Racer Kubrick’s 2001 for kids?

To call its reception ‘lukewarm’ is an understatement, and it’s easy to see why...

Richard Kelly won fans with his slice of moody postmodern angst, Donnie Darko. Now the long-delayed, much-maligned Southland Tales finally arrives...

The trademark sound of this New York two-piece (three-piece in live shows, however) shines through yet again on the act’s third album, aptly titled...

Gregory Crewdson’s Beneath the Roses reveals his elaborately choreographed, large-scale photographs which blur the line between cinema and photography...

Just when you thought you couldn’t love Dendy any more, they are releasing the Rodriguez – Tarantino Grindhouse double feature in all...

Out of the ashes of Kyuss, The Screaming Trees and a number of other insanely talented dirty rock bands rose the musical powerhouse known as Queens Of...

This exhibition of new works by Scott Redford is a step away from the messy, teen-bedroom pin-ups collage that Redford is known for. His artistic endeavours...

Fourteen inch penises and philosophy; not your usual reading fare, but, then again Marquis de Sade's erotic classic is not your usual book. If you're...

John Lennon championed him, Dennis Hopper used him and Marilyn Manson loves him. While critics have been quick to gush about some counter-cultural filmmakers...

Between 1992 and 1997 R.L Stine made publishing history. His horror novels for children were listed as the fifteenth most challenged books of 1990-1999...

Jeffrey Eugenides knows about love. Dave Eggers, the 'Bono of lit', knew that Jeffrey knew about love, and asked him to compile a book of love stories...

While you might not have heard of Isola Bella until now, you can be almost certain that she knows about you. Not only does she know about you, but she...

If you’ve seen one American teenage film you’ve seen them all. While it’s obviously testing for us as cinemagoers to watch the same...

Novels of drug-fuelled desperation in West End; songs of subtropical heartbreak, or that inevitable poem referencing the Brisbane River. You have to admit...

We all like art. We all like Ric's. We all (will) like Jonathon Kopinski. All in all, three good reasons to make the visit to this local artist's first...

Fortitude Valley’s TCB is brimming with trendy new boutiques ready to dress the masses. Recent TCB addition is Size. Since the centre opened it...

The Brunswick Street Mall is a busy place, so seek some solitude just a little further up the Street. (m)art is a quiet, contemporary art-space and retail...

Listening to this album through earphones was a bad idea. Seriously, I almost blew my eardrum from the opening chord of Love Is A Heavy Word. But you...

If you don’t think 'Private Idaho' is one of the greatest pop songs of all time, you may as well stop reading right now. Likewise, if you’ve...