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Clive Paget -
1 day 20 hours ago
ABC’s Fran Kelly gets it warts and all from the director of The Great Gatsby.
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The legendary performer will appear on stage with an old pal from the Sound of Music.
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Clive Paget -
May 15, 2013
The June issue focuses on the glorious musical tradition that is British music.
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Clive Paget -
May 8, 2013
Wanted: the top 100 musical soundtracks or pieces of classical music used in films.
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Lynden Barber -
May 8, 2013
Searing study of 9/11’s effect on a man caught in the culture wars.
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Lynden Barber -
May 2, 2013
A sensitive subject with a satisfyingly Scandinavian chill.
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Lynden Barber -
May 2, 2013
Redgrave can’t redeem this fluff for the silver-haired screen.
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Alice Tynan -
May 2, 2013
Kiss the rains down in Africa: a cinematic masterpiece.
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Clive Paget -
May 1, 2013
Hollywood legend and one of the first crossover stars passes away at 91.
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Clive Paget -
Apr 23, 2013
In an ANZAC Day special, we salute the 10 greatest war films of all time and the music that defined them.
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Melissa Lesnie -
Apr 18, 2013
The voice behind Ang Lee’s blockbuster brings Indian classical music to the Sydney Opera House.
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Clive Paget -
Apr 16, 2013
The new issue reveals how Stravinsky’s controversial yet hugely influential masterpiece changed the world.
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Clive Paget -
Apr 7, 2013
Influential and much loved award winning arranger of Advance Australia Fair passes away at the age of 84.
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Melissa Lesnie -
Mar 26, 2013
The prolific French composer is moving into grittier territory with films like Zero Dark Thirty, and although Rust and Bone isn’t a walk in the park his signature sparse, eloquent orchestration remains largely unchanged.
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Lynden Barber -
Mar 26, 2013
This tale of love blooming from tragedy just doesn’t have legs.
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Clive Paget -
Mar 25, 2013
An upcoming documentary film features a remarkable orchestra from Paraguay where young musicians play instruments made from rubbish.
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Clive Paget -
Mar 25, 2013
Landfill Harmonic is an upcoming documentary film about a remarkable orchestra where musicians play instruments made from rubbish. The documentary features “The Recycled Orchestra”, the creation of Favio Chavez, a landfill worker and musician and focuses on Chavez and an inspiring group of children beating the odds in poverty stricken Cateura, Paraguay.
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Clive Paget -
Mar 18, 2013
Limelight presents the 39 Archibald finalists. The arts dominate proceedings as in many years with the most striking entries in 2013 including portraits of violinist Warren Ellis as well as actors Bille Brown, Hugo Weaving, Asher Keddie (entitled Love Face), Naomi Watts, Toni Collette and burlesque artist Venus Vamp. The portrait of writer Tara Moss has won the Packing Room Prize. The exhibition of the finalists runs from March 23 to June 2.
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Clive Paget -
Mar 14, 2013
Arts community broadly welcomes National Cultural Policy initiatives – plus a stack of cash.
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Melissa Lesnie -
Feb 25, 2013
Dishy French pianist Alexandre Tharaud makes his acting debut in Amour.