Picnic chicken drumsticks with a Spanish lady

From the outside, Shoya Japanese Restaurant looks pretty humble, even missable, like any other restaurant on the China Town strip. Positioned next to...

Until now, Gretchen Mol’s roles have ranged from ‘somewhat forgettable’ to‘still somewhat forgettable’. Suddenly, here...

The popularity of the music documentary section of MIFF may lead many - like your idiot housemate - to assume that this is all the doco program has to...

Lars Von Trier is not a happy camper. The sadistic tendencies of his anti-cinema have resulted in wildly bleak films that are often fascinating in theory...

Rosetzky works across a number of art genres and materials that have always allowed his figures a certain amount of distance, but Worlds Apart...

Someone once said, writing about art is like dancing about architecture. Or something like that... Of course we could regurgitate the press release, and...

Well are you?

If you stand still too long in the Carlton Hotel you may well run the risk. But this exhibition is happening upstairs in the gallery, so...

It’s a big week for Neon Parc. Not only are they opening Lane Cormick’s bold (and sometimes beautiful) photographic snapshots, they’re...

It is an often overlooked fact that punk and the do-it-yourself mentality went beyond just music to encompass publishing, clothes and of course film.

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To fish on our beautiful bay in winter, you need sea legs, cast iron guts, and a stiff, nautical beard (that covers your entire body). Thankfully though...

Listening to Phoenixis like listening to good advice. Their songs are ingrained with experience and a certain perspective that comes from never taking...

ThreeThousand isn’t sure what ‘lampworked borosilicate glass’ is, but we like the fact that Blanche Tilden’s line of jewellery...

The best cure for an art hangover is not to be found in alcohol abuse. Edie Sedgwick, for instance, got wild until everyone at The Factory had crossed...

Just when you thought you would never own a t-shirt with River Phoenix smokin' a rollie on it, THINK AGAIN. It's the Alphaville sale (on everything...

Happy tummy = not grumpy.

Batch (or Bach) in New Zealandish means a kind of holiday shack, rustic and familiar. Batch in Carlisle St is like a retreat...

Dainty, smart and elegant - Little Peninsula is like the new girl in your class whose natural grace is matched with just the right measure of shy humbleness...

With a menu that reads like the summer holiday movie program at a Hoyts Cinema, Goshen is a must-see for anyone whose knowledge of Korean cuisine is limited...

From its mid-20th century heyday to popular neo-noir incarnations, film noir has proven that deep down we're all gloomily romantic at heart. Noir maintains...

When Sir Mix-a-lot told us about the boy with low cash flow (the one who ain't down to throw and shakes their girl-like body on the floor that makes the...

The story of Deerhoof is a long and complex one. Punctuated by band members leaving and angels arriving (Satomi – singer), audiences have nevertheless...