Israeli-Palestinian conflict
To sin by silence, when we should protest,
Makes cowards out of men. The human race
Has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised
Against injustice,...
A portrait of WW2 Italy
Echoes of War, by Australian author Tania Blanchard, is set in Calabria in Southern Italy, at the “toe” of the country's boot-shaped peninsula.
The...
Musical Joker a Surprising Success
Joker: Folie A Deux
Starring Joaquin Phoenix, Lady Gaga and Brendan Gleeson
Rated M
4/5
In Joker: Folie A Deux, Arthur Fleck (Joaquin Phoenix), aka Joker, awaits trial...
Dive into two local theatre performances
1812 Theatre
The Laramie Project
Matthew Shepard, an openly gay college student was tied to a fence post and brutally murdered in a prairie outside Laramie,...
Australia to join Poet Laureate family
In 2025 Australia will join the US, New Zealand, UK, Canada, Jamaica, Nigeria and appoint an official Poet Laureate.
Other countries such as Russia...
The work of a country doctor 100 years ago
In 1907 Dr Henry Vogler commenced medical practice at Yarra Glen, Queenstown and Kangaroo Ground, having graduated from the University of Melbourne in 1906...
Giving back to community
Celebrating this year's Love Your Bookshop Day, The Star Mail recently interviewed Matt and Claire, owners of The Book Barn, the “one stop shop”...
The Heaven’s Gate of 2024
Megalopolis
Starring Adam Driver, Giancarlo Esposito and Aubrey Plaza
M
2.5/5
In Megalopolis, a sci-fi epic drama and the passion project of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola, Cesar...
Three entertainments
Gemco Players Community Theatre
Hull Roamer
Hull roamer – A rehearsed Play Reading with songs and movement sequences.
An epic dark comedy about robot zombies in space,...
A page-turner with a shocking twist
The Ledge, by Melbourne-based author Christian White, is lauded as the “crime book of the year” and the “most exciting Christmas title of 2024”.
Commended...
The Substance is full of substance
The Substance
Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley and Dennis Quaid
R18+
4.5/5
Written and directed by Coralie Fargeat, The Substance is a bonkers, utterly brilliant sci-fi body horror...
Social media
Behind the perfectly filtered facade,
Our souls are silently screaming,
Chasing likes and validation,
Into a virtual abyss, teeming.
Patricia A Fleming, The Curse of Social Media
Clearly the...
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Final fire restrictions announced for parts of greater Melbourne
Fire restrictions will be in force across the whole state soon with the final Fire Danger Period (FDP) declared for the Yarra Ranges, Knox,...
