Tag: Opinion
Reader recommendation: American author Willa Cather
Reader Jill, from Mt Evelyn, recently recommended American author Willa Cather's O Pioneers! (1913), The Song of the Lark (1915) and My Antonia (1918).
In...
Rose Glass shatters expectations
Love Lies Bleeding
Starring Kristen Stewart, Katy O'Brian and Ed Harris
Rated MA15+
4.5/5
Directed by Rose Glass, Love Lies Bleeding is a surreal, genre-bending romantic thriller.
In 1989,...
Anne Frank exhibition at Belgrave Library
“I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after...
Ramadan and Lent
At the moment followers of two of the Abrahamic religions, Muslims and Christians are in the middle of periods known respectively as Ramadan and
Lent,...
Preventing low back pain
We're all familiar with the age-old adage, 'Prevention is better than the cure'.
Nowhere does this ring truer than in the realm of low back...
CARTOON: Weather God
The weather in Australia is sporadic and unpredictable, who's controlling it?
Denis done delivered delightful Dune Part Deux
Dune Part 2
Starring Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya and Rebecca Ferguson
Rated M
5/5
The follow-up to writer-director Denis Villeneuve's Dune from 2021, Dune Part 2 is one of...
Productions at CPP Presents and Gemco Players Community Theatre
CPP Presents
Little Women
Christmas Eve, 1862. With their father away on the frontline of the American civil War, the four March sisters – Meg, Jo,...
Reading for Odesa
February 24 marked the second anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
On that day, the “Reading for Odesa” event took place simultaneously around the...
Statue of Captain Cook damaged again
Ozymandias
Percy Bysshe Shelley
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert . . ....
A busy stage at Eltham Little Theatre
The 1812 Theatre
Mother and Son
The stage adaptation of this much loved iconic Australian sitcom takes the story into a modern day setting with the...
Madame Web fails to ensnare
Madame Web
Starring Dakota Johnson, Tahar Rahim and Sydney Sweeney
Rated M
2/5
Madame Web is a bland, tedious, often irritating superhero film.
Cassie Webb (Dakota Johnson), a withdrawn...
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Dessert options for a sweet Christmas treat
While plum pudding, also known as Christmas pudding, is a traditional festive dessert in many parts of the world, some people prefer to explore...
