Celluloid Underground review – love letter to a lifelong passion for film and illicit treasure trove | Film

Celluloid Underground review – love letter to a lifelong passion for film and illicit treasure trove | Film

The passion of cinephilia is the subject of this absorbing personal essay movie from Iranian critic and film historian Ehsan Khoshbakht, now co-director of the Il Cinema Ritrovato festival in Bologna, Italy, who narrates the film in a style that reminded me a little of Mark Cousins and also perhaps Werner Herzog. Khoshbakht grew up … Read more

Who won Australian Idol 2024: Denvah, Amy or Dylan?

Who won Australian Idol 2024: Denvah, Amy or Dylan?

The Australian Idol winner for 2024 has been crowned. Monday night’s Grand Finale saw 23-year-old Denvah Baker-Moller from Rockhampton, 25-year-old Amy Reeves from Broome, and 31-year-old Dylan Wright from the Northern Rivers give it everything they had in a bid to make their dream come true and cement their place in Idol history. WATCH THE … Read more

Two giant titans of cinema, Godzilla and Kong, have been spotted – in the Thames in London | Films | Entertainment

Two giant titans of cinema, Godzilla and Kong, have been spotted – in the Thames in London | Films | Entertainment

It might look like something from a movie, but your eyes don’t deceive you – Godzilla and Kong are lurking in London. Godzilla’s bristling pink spikes, brimming with atomic power, were seen poking up from the River Thames next to Kong’s giant hand, crushing an iconic London red phone box on Southbank. The giant titan’s … Read more

Downstream to Kinshasa review – war survivors set sail on mission for reparations | Film

Downstream to Kinshasa review – war survivors set sail on mission for reparations | Film

During one fateful week in June 2000, terror gripped the town of Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as fighting between the armies of Rwanda and Uganda left thousands dead, injured, or disabled. Years on, the harrowing bloodshed, named the “six-day war” by local people, remains a taboo topic. Shedding light on the … Read more

Marcia Hines returns to Australian Idol after medical emergency

Marcia Hines returns to Australian Idol after medical emergency

Australian Idol judge Marcia Hines made a welcome return in time for the Grand Finale after a medical emergency meant she was absent from Sunday night’s show. The beloved 70-year-old singing legend was replaced by guest judge Guy Sebastian after she fell ill backstage at the Coliseum Theatre in Sydney. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Marcia … Read more

Burn Bright With $5 Amazon Candle Deals: Yankee Candle & More

Burn Bright With  Amazon Candle Deals: Yankee Candle & More

If you need some more shopping inspo, here are the affordable essentials you need to turn your bathroom into a spa-like oasis. When is Amazon’s Big Spring Sale?  The first Amazon Big Spring Sale runs from March 20 to 25, 2024. Amazon customers can shop deals on beauty products, spring fashion, electronics, home products, and more.  What is on sale … Read more

Cidade Rabat review – elegant, subtle study of a daughter’s grief | Drama films

Cidade Rabat review – elegant, subtle study of a daughter’s grief | Drama films

There’s a studied impassivity to this elegant Portuguese movie about grief from Susana Nobre. It’s a film that maintains its near-affectless deadpan style from first to last, and declines to offer a conventional emotional payoff, or indeed the usual narrative shape that might lead to such a climax – although there is an emotional outpouring … Read more

Dream Home with Chris Brown: First look at Seven’s life-changing renovation series

Dream Home with Chris Brown: First look at Seven’s life-changing renovation series

Seven’s brand-new competition renovation series Dream Home is set to take the genre to new heights. Six pairs of everyday Aussies will battle it out room by room, transforming tired suburban family homes into astonishing new dream homes. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: First look at Dream Home with Chris Brown. Stream the world’s best reality, … Read more