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Music Release
Jeremy Jay - Slow Dance
Simon Winkler
Slow Dance drifts through minimal new wave and icy disco territory in a land of endless winter.
Film
The Big Steal
Brad Nguyen
The Big Steal is a rarity in Australian cinema: A
well-directed and entertaining teen film that holds up next to any John
Hughes film yet feels uniquely Australian.
Book
Shots by Don Walker
Lou Swinn
Shots is a sort-of memoir but it's not
conventional by any means.
Film
Notorious
Brad Nguyen
Notorious
is pleasurable in the same way it's pleasurable to watch Cold War
propaganda or fifties melodramas.
Book
Curious Men by Frank Buckland
Lou Swinn
Frank Buckland started out as a surgeon and
became a natural historian who collected odd stories about freakish people and
things.
Film
The Watchmen
Brad Nguyen
One would hope that Zack
Snyder's Watchmen would be able to find a new cinematic
language for superheroes but instead he opts for the type of shallow, sharply
edited, glossy ultra-violence so prevalent in Hollywood action cinema.
Book
The Crossroads by Niccolò Ammaniti
Lou Swinn
It's not for the faint-hearted but if you like a
dark, gritty thriller, Ammaniti knows how to write on.
Book
After The Fall by Kylie Ladd
Lou Swinn
In Kyle Ladd's After the fall everything gets extremely complicated.
Music Release
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - s/t
Simon Winkler
A distinctive blend of noise pop, shoegaze, and upbeat indie-pop.
Music Release
Various Artists - Spunk! Singles Club
Simon Winkler
The result of a careful and comprehensive search for the new and next wave of Australian artists, Spunk! Singles Club offers twelve tracks from twelve exciting and innovative local bands.
Film
Caddyshack
Brad Nguyen
It's not a stretch to call 1980's Caddyshack a satire of
class relations in contemporary America.
Book
The Sun Also Rises (also published as Fiesta) by Ernest Hemingway
Lou Swinn
I think you need to accept that there may be things that are hard to swallow about Hemingway's stories, and get stuck into them anyway.
Music Release
Harmonic 313 - When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence
Simon Winkler
When Machines Exceed Human Intelligence is as eerie, inventive and compelling as the disquieting future it foreshadows.
Film
Ghost Town
Brad Nguyen
Is Ricky Gervais' first
starring role in a Hollywood film, Ghost Town, a step towards
exposing a wider audience towards his particular brand of comedy or has
he strayed from his self-imposed goal of low-output/high-quality?
Book
Lies I Told About a Girl by Anson Cameron
Lou Swinn
Lou wonders why Anson Cameron isn't better known.
Music Release
M Ward - Hold Time
Simon Winkler
Hold Time continues to explore M Ward's interest in the classic songwriting school of writers such as Buddy Holly.
Book
The Sorrows of an American by Siri Hustvedt
Lou Swinn
Breakfaster's book reviewer Lou Swinn delves into Siri Hustvedt's latest.
Music Release
Various Artists - Dark Was The Night
Simon Winkler
Featuring 32 exclusive tracks from some of independent music's most popular and compelling artists, Dark Was The Night is a double album of vast scope and depth.
Film
Gran Torino
Brad Nguyen
In Gran Torino, Clint Eastwood reimagines Dirty Harry as a
retired Korean War veteran who is completely out of touch with the
modern multicultural neighbourhood.
Music Release
David Byrne & Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today
Simon Winkler
A Gospel-infused electronic pop record of striking songwriting strength.
Music Release
Animal Collective - Merriweather Post Pavillion
Simon Winkler
Melodic, noisy, abstract, dense and vibrant, the music eludes easy categorization but rewards those that engage with its textured sounds.
Music Release
Exile - Radio
Simon Winkler
'Radio' is an experimental record of abstract instrumental beats and fragmented narratives.
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