Reviews

By Alex Rose The Bentley Effect is a film about “non-radical” protests – I REPEAT, “NON-RADICAL”, NONE OF THOSE GREENIES HERE – against coal seam gas. If you’re looking for a highly informative, conventional documentary about the coal seam gas (CSG) industry and its effect on the environment, The Bentley …

By Dominic Giannini, Online Sub-Editor   Yours & Owls’ The Last Frost lived up to its name as hundreds gathered in front of an ethereal little stage propped up in, what felt like, the backyard of the University of Wollongong’s Innovation Campus last Saturday. Clad in jumpers and jeans, faces …

By Lara Robertson   Welcome to post 9/11 America, where capitalism and apathy run rampant and men like Donald Trump can become president. In this world, the future often appears futile to millennials in their mid-twenties, stuck in that awkward, directionless stage between school and “real” life. Scott Laudati’s debut …

By Lara Robertson   The year is 2017. Under a Trump presidency, a group of largely white, male politicians create and pass a bill that restricts the ability of women in developing countries to access abortion and contraceptive services. Those same men pass a healthcare bill that lists pregnancy as …

By Jack Mangos CW: reference to suicide Imagine you are in a park, sitting on a bench, overlooking a pond. It’s a clear day, and a single white swan lands in the pond and floats on the surface. You’ve never seen a swan before. A second white swan joins it, …

By Emma Kate Wilson   At The National Art School Gallery in Darlinghurst, until 20 May, the Redlands Konica Minolta Art prize, and the corresponding exhibition, has its focus on building the collaboration between an emerging artist and established artist. For this review, I looked at the collaboration between two …