Concrete Playground

With a weekly listenership of 1.7 million and a strong following since 1995, the popular weekly hour-long radio program This American Life is due to make its debut in Australian cinemas. Filmed on a stage in New York City, This American Life — Live! is a packed show featuring stories...

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Bel Ami is the adaptation of a nineteenth century French novel by Guy de Maupassant. And before you get all judgey about nineteenth century novels, you should keep in mind that while the Victorians were drinking tea and worrying about exposing their ankles, the French were all about sex, drugs,...

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Fitz (Jason Priestly), a devilishly handsome low-life of a used car salesman, is missing something. After years of womanising and substance abusing, he's on the hunt for his long-lost conscience. Fitz just didn't think he'd find him sitting at the office desk opposite his.Never much concerned with ending his sleazy...

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Why is it the most controversial topics that make us laugh the hardest?Perhaps it’s catharsis. Perhaps it’s because we dare not make the jokes ourselves. In either case, Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest film The Dictator requires no introduction. But let’s just say, Baron Cohen’s newest creation - supreme leader General...

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Boaz Yakin's 'Safe' follows the two-headed mission of former special forces operative Luke Wright (Jason Stratham) as he sets out to outwit Chinese Triads and the Russian Mafia. 12-year old Mei (Catherine Chan) is Wright's unlikely sidekick: a girl who holds potentially deadly knowledge.Mei has been gifted with mathematical genius,...

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Usually when we see a teenage romance at the heart of a film we’re watching a film made for teens. Goodbye First Love is no such film. The young lovers Camille and Sullivan do not kiss under the speckled light of a disco ball at prom. Mia Hansen-Love's third film...

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Thailand's floating cinema blows its drive-in counterparts out of the water. Designed by Beijing-based architect Ole Scheeren, the Archipelago Cinema and Six Senses Resort hosted the final screenings of the Film on the Rocks Yao Noi Festival early last month.Moviegoers were transported by boat to their floating seats, which were...

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Bored, retired American goth rock star Cheyenne (Sean Penn) is living in an enormous mansion in Dublin with his carefree wife of 35 years, Jane (Frances McDormand). When he learns of the death of his estranged father, Cheyenne returns to America, at which time he begins to find out information about himself...

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Through their Fresh Ink program, the Australian Theatre for Young People (ATYP) has been giving Australia's finest emerging writers space to play on stage, page, film and online.Their latest development under the banner of the Voices Project is worth checking out. It takes two heartbreaking monologues about first love and...

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Prepare your handlebar moustaches and jokes about rich mahogany; Ron Burgundy is returning in a sequel to 2004's Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Appearing on the Conan O'Brien show on Wednesday night, Will Ferrell, in full Burgundy costume accompanied by his jazz flute, announced that a deal had been struck between...

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Inspired by real-life events, David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method delves into the corrupt relationship triangle between aspiring psychiatrist Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), his renowned mentor Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and their unbalanced patient, Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley).Studying psychiatry under Freud in pre-WWI Zurich and Vienna, Jung becomes seduced by both...

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The Kook is a short film made on a small budget that's taking the US independent film festivals by storm (and walking away with all the awards too). Already given the Official Selection title at a number of festivals, including Austin, New Orleans, Riverrun and Slamdance, the film is set...

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