Foxtrot: a movie review by Hila Tsor
June 12, 2018 by Hila Tsor
I’ve never had a movie make me feel in that same way Foxtrot had. I begun crying 10 minutes into the film, and my tears kept rolling right through till the end. Read more
DRESDEN by Justin Fleming: J-Wire has giveaways
June 12, 2018 by Arts Editor
“That was the hour it all began!” Read more
August: Osage County – a theatre review by Hila Tsor
June 11, 2018 by Hila Tsor
Love vs solitude lays at the heart of August: Osage County. Read more
An evening with the MSO and Thomas Hampson singing Mahler: a music review by Ron Jontof-Hutter
June 9, 2018 by Ron Jontof-Hutter
The Melbourne Symphony Orchestra presented a more unusual type of program consisting of three tone poems and a song cycle rather than the traditional overture, concerto, symphony format. Read more
People of the Boot: the triumphs and tragedies of Australian Jews in Sport…a book review by Geoffrey Zygier
June 3, 2018 by Geoffrey Zygier
‘People of the Boot’ is a neat pun as the title of a book about Australian Jews’ contribution to their country’s – and international – sporting life. Read more
Eliyahu’s Mistress: a book review by Geoffrey Zygier
May 29, 2018 by Geoffrey Zygier
Melbourne lawyer Roger Mendelson has chosen a demanding subject for his debut novel ‘Eliyahu’s Mistress’. Read more
Unlocking the Past: Stories from my Mother’s Diary – book review by Jeffrey Cohen
May 22, 2018 by Rabbi Jeffrey Cohen
This book, for it is a little larger than a monograph, tells the story of Shira’s mum and her journey in Jerusalem (and getting there and back) as she pursues her PhD at the Hebrew University. Read more
Bye Bye Germany (Es war einmal in Deutschland): a movie review by Ron Jontof-Hutter
May 21, 2018 by Ron Jontof-Hutter
Sam Garlanski’s film, “Bye Bye Germany“ based on Michel Bergmann’s autobiographical novel is an entertaining addition to Holocaust stories, though this one is set in 1946 Frankfurt. Read more
An evening of Mozart: a music review by Ron Jontof-Hutter
May 13, 2018 by Ron Jontof-Hutter
The Royal Melbourne Philharmonic and the Melbourne University Choral Society presented an all-Mozart program at St Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne. Read more
Symphony of Seduction: A book review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 13, 2018 by Fraser McEwing
Celebrity love affairs have always attracted public interest, especially when the participants are in the creative arts. It is in this light that we look for pre and post bed (or elsewhere) techniques that might be interpreted as extensions of the artistic pursuit. Read more
Breath: a film review by Ben Apfelbaum
Simon Baker’s much-anticipated debut feature BREATH held its Sydney premiere recently at Randwick Ritz. Read more
Australian World Orchestra is among the best: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
May 3, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The choice of two major symphonies by Brahms and Tchaikovsky gave the Australian World Orchestra the chance to shine at the Sydney Opera House last night. And shine it did. Read more
The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society: a movie review by Glen Falkenstein
April 30, 2018 by Glen Falkenstein
The most British thing since the last Lily James Second World War drama, The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (hereafter mercifully referred to as ‘Guernsey’) is, thankfully, a great deal better. Read more
A unique concert opportunity
April 20, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Although the now celebrated Australian World Orchestra is scheduled to perform early in May, it is not a symphony orchestra that anybody has ever heard before or will ever hear again…writes Fraser Beath McEwing. Read more
I Feel Pretty: a movie review by Hila Tsor
April 19, 2018 by Hila Tsor
We’ve all had it drilled into us that beauty is within, and that you should be confident in your own skin. These cliches lay at the heart of the romantic comedy film ‘I Feel Pretty’ directed by Abbey Kohn and Marc Silverstein. Read more
Lesser known works from two great composers: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
April 12, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
If you want a Beethoven mass you’ve only got two choices: the more secularly accessible 1812 Mass in C major, Op.86 or the longer, holier and meatier 1824 Missa Solemnis which the SSO last presented in 2015. Read more
Thou Shalt Innovate: a book review by Elana Bowman
April 3, 2018 by Elana Bowman
It has been debated and argued that Jews are G-d’s chosen people for two reasons. One is that they honour G-d and the other is Tikkun Olam, an obligation, a duty to help heal or repair the world. Read more
La Bohème: Puccini’s masterpiece of love and loss transfers superbly to Sydney Harbour – reviewed by Victor Grynberg.
March 26, 2018 by Victor Grynberg
This is the sixth opera since Opera Australia commenced their Operas on the Harbour in 2012 with Carmen repeated last year. Read more
The Other Side of Hope: a movie review by Hila Tsor
March 26, 2018 by Hila Tsor
For years we’ve been hearing about the conflict in Syria on the news. Read more
Love, Simon…a movie review by Tayla Rosen
March 25, 2018 by J-Wire
An inspiring story of love and honesty takes viewers on a journey through a more light-hearted coming out story than previous films of its kind. Read more
The Death of Stalin: a movie review by Tayla Rosen
March 25, 2018 by Tayla Rosen
From director Armando Iannucci comes this comedy of cruelty…an avant-garde comic. Read more
The lion never got out of its cage: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
March 25, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
The Sydney Opera House organ recital is something like an annual pilgrimage for me. Read more
A thoroughly good weepfest: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
March 22, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
If you wanted to feel magnificently melancholic, Sydney’s Recital Hall was the place to be last night. Russian-born violinist Alina Ibragimova joined the Australian Chamber Orchestra to present ‘Death and the Maiden” a title borrowed from Schubert’s Quartet in D minor arranged for string orchestra – which was the final work on the program. Read more
Magnificent Ferruccio Furlanetto lives and dies a great “Don Quichotte”: an opera review by Victor Grynberg
March 21, 2018 by Victor Grynberg
After much anticipation, and a non-appearance on opening night due to indisposition, Sydney finally saw the great Ferruccio Furlanetto in the role for which, world-wide he has appeared and received rave reviews about. Read more
La Boheme ready to launch on Sydney Harbour
March 20, 2018 by Arts Editor
The countdown to one of the world’s greatest outdoor opera spectaculars has begun – Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour. Read more
An excitingly unexpected concert: a music review by Fraser Beath McEwing
March 15, 2018 by Fraser Beath McEwing
Last night’s APT Master Series concert at the Sydney Opera House dispensed with a curtain raiser and jumped straight into the drawcard: Nelson Freire playing Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No 5 in E flat major (Emperor) with Donald Runnicles conducting the SSO. Read more
On Borrowed Time: a book review by Geoffrey Zygier
March 9, 2018 by Geoffrey Zygier
Morry Schwartz’s Black Inc recently published On Borrowed Time, the latest work by Robert Manne, Emeritus Professor of Politics at Melbourne’s La Trobe University. Read more
La Superba: Nicole Car’s triumph in La Traviata..a review by Victor Grynberg
March 2, 2018 by Victor Grynberg
Since the all -conquering Nellie Melba, Australia has had an enviable record of producing world-class sopranos for over 100 years. Read more
Bollard City
March 2, 2018 by Carmel Shute
Bollard City, a solo exhibition by Georgian-born artist, Nina Sanadze, opens on Saturday 17 March at Melbourne’s Living Museum of the West, and explores how bollards have become the new icons of our time. Read more
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool – a movie review by Roz Tarszisz
February 28, 2018 by Roz Tarszisz
It takes a classy actress to play a Hollywood legend. In this biopic, Annette Bening throws herself into the role of fifties movie star Gloria Grahame.
