Author results: Mel Campbell
Focus On Spike Lee
Nobody tells Spike Lee to 'shut his face'. When Clint Eastwood tried it back in June, Brooklyn's righteously bespectacled auteur slapped Dirty Harry down with 'We're not on a plantation.'
Is Spike finally getting his America? After all, Barack Obama's first date with Michelle was going to see Do The Right Thing.
Slumdog Millionaire
Right now, Mumbai looms in the Western imagination as a place where terrorists gun down tourists in luxury hotels. I can't work out if now's a good or a bad time to release Danny Boyle's lush Mumbai fairytale. But Slumdog Millionaire is so wonderfully filled with human hope and redemption that it's more vital now than ever.
Japanese Film Festival 2008
When you think Japanese cinema, you probably think about anime, right? Or samurai flicks. Or mind-fuck horror. Or a lurid blend of bizarre sex and graphic violence. For 12 years now, the Japan Foundation has been bringing discerning cinemagoers all this... and much, much more!
Like wasabi hitting your sinuses, the festival kicks off with plot-twisting crime comedy After School.
Rock N Roll Nerd
Back in 2004, Tim Minchin was a ranga from Perth who wrote weird satirical songs that record companies didn't know how to market. Then he had a makeover! (I love makeovers.) Rock'n'roll eyeliner! Chemically straightened hair teased up, like Russell Brand! Unbuttoned shirts! And get this: it totally worked.
Hot Little Hands with Plug-in City
What:
Hot Little Hands with Plug-in City
Where:
Northcote Social Club, 301 High St, Northcote
When:
Sat Nov 15, doors 8.30pm
How much:
$12 +BF here or $15 at the door
Description:
Plug-in City's mic-stand-wielding frontman, Justin Hooper, has had a pretty big year, bouncing back from an incident featuring a motorcycle and a cliff. Plug-in City have also written some amazing new tunes that blend their signature electro post-punk with '60s pop, psych, electronic and indie, sounding more like the thinking fan's Icehouse than ever.
Event: Bands
Stimulus: sound the horns!
Super Tasty Rooster
A little-known fact about ThreeThousand's editor is her pathological hatred of chickens, "alive or dead". I, on the other hand, love the little bastards - especially fried or roasted. When in Sydney, I make a pilgrimage to Clem's Chicken Shop, and if the Aussie dollar would stop crapping its pants, I would definitely dine at alluringly named Hell's Kitchen eatery, Piece Of Chicken.
Hello Sailor Vintage Fair
There are two things sailors really like: looking jaunty and drinking. Oh no wait - there are three things sailors really like. And at least two of them can be indulged in this Sunday at the Carlton. The bar is being transformed into a market, with 15 stalls in the dining room, the front balcony and the back courtyard selling vintage designer duds new and old, glamorous jewellery, jaunty jewellery, shoes and sundry trinkets.
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