Tag Archive: bobby townsend

Film Review: ’71 is gripping and shocking

’71 marks the directorial debut from Yann Demange, who won Best Director at the 2014 British Independent Film Awards. Bobby Townsend finds out if the film is worth the praise it is receiving: Starring Jack O’Connell (who… Read More

Conor Oberst at Twilight at Taronga

What do you usually see outside a gig? Middle-aged, dodgy-as-fuck geezers in white Reeboks perpetually looking to “buy or sell tickets”? It’s not the most pleasing aesthetic. The Twilight at Taronga shows differ somewhat,… Read More

Film Review: Lucky Them misses the mark

Lucky Them sees Toni Collette play Ellie Klug, a veteran music journalist whose career has seriously hits the skids, as whisky drinking and casual relationships with young musicians increasingly take precedence over her writing.… Read More

Pride deserves repeated viewings

Having deservedly landed in our official top 20 films of 2014, Pride arrives on DVD/Bluray/digital release this week. Here’s why it’s unquestionably a must-see:  The film is set in the UK in the summer… Read More

March into Merivale 2015 tantalises

Five weeks of food/wine/adventure/surprise? Don’t mind if we do! Yup, March into Merivale is back, bringing over 50 events to tantalise Sydney’s tastebuds at a host of venues around the city. You can… Read More

Impossible launches Instant Lab Universal

To celebrate the launch of its latest product, the Instant Lab Universal, which transforms digital images on Apple and Android smartphones and tablets into classic Polaroid style instant photos, Impossible recently exhibited eight works… Read More

Film Review: A Most Violent Year

A Most Violent Year, the third feature from writer/director J.C. Chandor, is a crime-drama set in New York City during the winter of 1981, statistically the most dangerous year in the area’s history. It sees husband-and-wife, Oscar… Read More

The Comedy Lounge extends to Sundays

Brilliant Sydney-based Monday evening laughfest, The Comedy Lounge, is extending its hours. We spoke to its founder, Rhys Jones, to get the lowdown: Hello Rhys. You’re here to talk to us about the… Read More

Sarah Blasko at Twilight at Taronga

Here’s a question you never thought you’d be asked. Has a possum ever climbed onto your lap during a gig? The answer is pretty-bloody-obviously no, right? Unless perhaps, you were at Sarah Blasko’s… Read More

Pretty Shady have got you covered

Preparation for a music festival is an incredibly meticulous business… the irony of spending hours/days considering an outfit that will make you appear effortlessly cool, the agonising over which bands to see/miss in those inevitable… Read More

Gazebo emphasises community dining

Following an extensive transformation that strongly nods to the 1960s (when the landmark building was built), Gazebo in Sydney’s Elizabeth Bay reopened at the back-end of last year. We decided it was high-time we headed along to… Read More

Getting to Know The Colour Code

Melbourne-based four-piece The Colour Code are one-to-watch in 2015. We asked them to tell us a little more about themselves:  We are four budding young chaps from Melbourne, Australia who write modern alternative… Read More