The Dictionary of Lost Words is coming to QPAC in 2025!
In 2023, acclaimed Australian playwright Verity Laughton adapted the book into a stage production which played to sell-out audiences and five-star reviews in Adelaide, Sydney, and Melbourne. State Theatre Company South Australia (STCSA) and Sydney Theatre Company (STC) are bringing the show back for a national tour including its Queensland debut presented with QPAC.
Published in 2020, Australian author Williams’ debut novel was a runaway success. It quickly became a bestseller in ...
Heretic Fright Night Preview is coming to Dendy Cinemas!
Coming straight to Dendy from its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, this nail-biting, fiendishly irreverent chamber horror delights in its deconstruction of religion.
Anchored by three fantastic leads, co-stars Sophie Thatcher and Chloe East both give powerhouse performances, but it’s a devastatingly sharp Hugh Grant that steals the show.
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Deliciously dark and funny, don’t miss this unique genre effort begging to be discussed.
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Asia Pacific Triennial Cinema is celebrating Tsai Ming-liang!
A major figure of the second wave of Taiwan New Cinema, Tsai's films transcend formal boundaries, increasingly drawing on his concurrent practice as an acclaimed video artist to devise new ways of conceiving cinema. His films are known for their long takes, meditative pacing and engrossing depictions of lonely figures living on the edges of urban metropolises. Key to his practice is his long-standing partnership with his collaborator and muse Lee Kang-sheng, an enigmatic screen presence who ...
Check out the new trailer for Piece by Piece – coming to cinemas December 5!
Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witness the evolution of one of music's most innovative minds.
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Featuring Pharrell Williams, Gwen Stefani, Kendrick Lamar, Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, Busta Rhymes, Jay Z, Snoop Dogg, Piece by Piece will be released in Aussie cinemas this December!
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Watch the trailer for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door!
Ingrid went on to become an autofiction novelist while Martha became a war reporter.
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Eventually, they were separated by the circumstances of life. After years of being out of touch, they meet again in an extreme but strangely sweet situation.
Starring Tilda Swinton, Julianne Moore, John Turturro and Alessandro Nivola, The Room Next Door will be released in Austraian cinemas Boxing Day!
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Brisbane International Film Festival – Aquarius: Dreamers, tree-huggers and radical ratbags Movie Review
The festival was created with the help of the National Union of Australian University Students and Nimbin was their third edition after events in Sydney and Melbourne. It was, however, the first event under the Aquarius moniker. Its stated intent was to celebrate alternative thinking and sustainable lifestyles and lasted for ten days. It is credited for starting Australia's hippie movement.
This doco tells the story through archival footage and interviews with event organisers, perform...
Paris, Texas 4K Restoration One-off Preview Screening is coming to Dendy Cinemas Coorparoo!
See it first at their one-off preview screening and experience this cult classic shining more than ever before.
Exquisitely photographed by Dutch master Robby Müller, PARIS, TEXAS is a powerful statement on self-discovery, loss, redemption, and the unbreakable bonds of love.
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Wenders' stunning direction, combined with mesmerizing performances by Harry Dean Stanton and Nastassja Kinski, a masterful screenplay by Sam Shepard, and a haunting soundtrack by Ry ...
Saturday Night Movie Review
It has been said that if you remember anything about the seventies, you weren’t actually there but as a teenager staring at the television set with disbelief as the original live broadcast burned itself into my brain cells, the memories are still vivid. The characters that made up the cast had such strong on-screen personalities and the comic routines were so outrageous for their time. The moral pendulum that swings in both directions time after time was actually being influenced by a TV ...
Check out the teaser trailer for The Brutalist – coming to cinemas this January!
On his own in a strange new country, László settles in Pennsylvania, where the wealthy and prominent industrialist Harrison Lee Van Buren recognizes his talent for building.
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But power and legacy come at a heavy cost…
Starring Adrien Brody, Felicity Jones, Guy Pearce, Joe Alwyn, Raffey Cassidy, Stacy Martin, Isaach De Bankholé and Alessandro Nivola, The Brutalist will be release in Aussie cinemas January 23!
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Brisbane International Film Festival – Teaches of Peaches Movie Review
The documentary Teaches of Peaches tells this story in her own words and the words of friends mixed with archival live footage and well-known video clips. Her journey has been a fascinating one and her bravery in not following expectations shows a true punk rock spirit. Few in the music business have been this courageous or immune to the expectations of others.
Her concerts are such a joyous communal experience because they are so inclusive. Looking out into her audience will defy your ...
