The existential bonds that transpire between a mother and child are indisputably, in the vast majority of cases, deeply embedded in the mother’s and child’s psyche forever. Veritably unbreakable (Or are they?) Such beautiful and poignant considerations are definingly, heartbreakingly and at-times […]
I love a film based on a novel and Claire Denis’ latest film, Stars At Noon, is an updated version of Denis Johnson’s 1986 Nicaragua set novel. French auteur, Claire Denis, is venturing into Graham Greene territory here – espionage and dirty […]
Bryan Hartas is one of the Forgotten Australians … but it was not always so. Until the age of seven he was loved and cared for by his mother, Alice Jean Ferguson. Bryan’s life changed when his father beat his mother so […]
Millie Lies Low is a drama comedy filmed in Wellington, Aotearoa, New Zealand. It may not carry an abundance of dialogue but this character-driven story of emotions and facial expressions says it all. The storyline holds your attention from beginning to end […]
Kinton Bay, a (fictional) town on the idyllic New South Wales coastline, like many towns in Australia and across the world, harbours a plethora of sordid and seemingly elusive secrets. These potent secrets, in addition to toxic mindsets and attitudes of folk […]
I thought that nothing could top my 2021 reading year. Yet 2022 has managed to produce a bumper crop of original and endearing stories for me to love.There were thrillers aplenty, some lovely contemporary stories, enchanting Australian rural romance and a swathe […]
Travel to a foreign locale (specifically in this instance Rome) can lead to imagining and then portraying oneself as a new person, even a better person. Further, romantic entanglements forged in foreign environs are not always as they first seem. That is, […]
In its 70th year, The Mousetrap, is the longest running play in the world. This beloved classic, written by Agatha Christie, is the ultimate whodunnit which has kept audiences from around the globe on the edge of their seats. Every time we […]
When Romanian American Holocaust survivor, the eternally brave and defiant Elie Wiesel, spoke of the Holocaust, he reminded the world that “For the dead and the living we must bear witness”. Elie additionally stated, of all injustices throughout the world, that “We […]
On a balmy Brisbane evening She Society were lucky enough to be invited to Opening Night of the Brisbane International Film Festival. The event was at The Powerhouse and our dress code was rhinestones. There was plenty of glitter and sequins on […]
It has been a while since I attended a musical theatre production so on Friday the 21st the opening night of Queensland’s Musical Theatre production of The Producers, a new Mel Brooks musical was an absolute tonic! It was a packed house […]
On Saturday the 22nd I was delighted to meet up with my author friend and writing tutor Dr Sue Woolfe with her partner, playwright Gordon Graham. They flew to Brisbane for the final performance of Gordon’s renowned play and since turned movie, […]
The heady, exuberant, and even poignant days of being a teenager, are undeniably a vehement springboard to life as an adult. The teenage years are, further, a testament to the fact that youthful idealism and thought are forever bound up in one’s […]
Every now and again I receive a new film to review that absolutely blows me away. This year Everything In Between is that film. It was filmed entirely in Sydney and directed by Nadi Sha. It truly is a gem of a […]
It’s been so long since I’ve been able to visit the Concert Hall for a performance from our fabulous Queensland Symphony Orchestra. With the borders opening up around the world I’ve been travelling quite a bit and making up for lost time. […]
At first glance, the buzzingly modern and indulgent Gold Coast, Queensland, encompassing sublime and eternally summery vistas, is a universe away from a sleepy, yet visually radiantly dream-like and ethereal, English village. Further, a village established in fraught medieval times, and presided […]
Thankfully for readers the world over, Mexican-Canadian (she was born and raised in Mexico and migrated to Canada when she was twenty-three) author, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, didn’t listen to those in the publishing industry who told Silvia patronisingly and somewhat harshly that books […]
Australia is currently seen by many across the globe as a shining beacon of opportunity for all, as having equality among it’s citizens, as being a land of great wealth, having expansive beauty and being a radiantly fair and just society with […]
Opening night @ Opera Queensland once again demonstrated their brilliant skill, twice in one night. Two Women, Two Moments, Two Lives Changed Forever, the basis of the two stories now being told in operatic voice at the wonderful Concert Hall at Queensland’s […]
Secrets in one’s life that are at one-time held perilously loosely (despite the belief that the eternal silencing of the secrets are an iron-clad guarantee) have a habitual way of unerringly flowing, ultimately unobstructed, out into the open. Additionally, the seemingly sturdy, […]
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