So Frenchy So Chic In the Park in 2018
If you can’t afford a trip to Paris and are still a Francophile, then the So Frenchy So Chic festival is for you. Held at Werribee Park, the gardens were in full bloom — a beautiful setting for the day….
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The Pleasure Garden rocks Catani Gardens in St. Kilda
The Pleasure Garden was back for its-much awaited second installment at the lush Catani Gardens in St. Kilda. It was one of the most-praised events last year. Somehow, the team managed to raise the bar yet again in 2017. The…
Monster Fest 2017 Closing Night Film Review: ‘Revenge’
Brilliantly self-assured debut feature that serves as a reminder for just how visceral cinema can be. Early on, something happens in Coralie Fargeat’s thriller Revenge that’s so implausible, so difficult to let pass as a believable turn of events in…
Monster Fest 2017 Film Reviews: ‘Lost Gully Road’ and ‘Landfall’
Lost Gully Road In the Q&A following her film, director Donna McRae explained that she shot Lost Gully Road in the Dandenong Ranges. These isolated, lushly green hills that appear frozen in time are a perfect setting for films. McRae…
Monster Fest 2017: Interview with ‘The Viper’s Hex’ Co-directors
Jasmine Jakupi and Addison Heath understand why audiences endure great horror films. When I asked Jasmine Jakupi and Addison Heath, directors of The Viper’s Hex, why movie-goers love horror movies despite their intentions to scare you and make you uncomfortable,…
Monster Fest 2017 Film Review: Pyewacket
Deeply affecting, works both as a drama and a horror. Some directors just ‘get’ horror. Adam Macdonald, with his second feature after 2014’s tense survival flick Backcountry, has a film that improves on his first effort (which was already pretty…
Monster Fest 2017 Film Reviews: ‘Tarnation’ and ‘When You’re Strange’
Tarnation As Sam Raimi showed us with his 80s, practical FX-happy horror classic, The Evil Dead, when you take a a cast and crew out to a remote cabin in the woods, you’re guaranteed to get a film made, one…
Monster Fest 2017 Opening Night Film Review: ‘Boar’
Boar’s gore is as bloody as its banter is brilliant. During the Q&A after the film, one the stars, Aussie horror legend John Jarratt (Wolf Creek) remarked on how much he loved the dialogue in Chris Sun’s Boar. Too often…
Stakes Day at the Melbourne Cup Carnival 2017: straight from The Birdcage
The sun was shining and the weather was glorious for a fantastic end to The Melbourne Cup Carnival at this year’s Stakes Day. Known as the family day, it was fantastic to see celebrities and punters lucky enough to attend…
Night Noodle Markets 2017
The Night Noodle Markets, presented by Citi, are a feature of Melbourne’s foodie event-goer calendar. Located in the beautiful surrounds of Birranrung Mar the Night Noodle Markets make a fabulous use of the natural space its given. A feature of…