Category: Events

MQFF Samantha Mugatsia as Kena and Sheila Munyiva as Ziki in Rafiki

Film Review: Rafiki

March 25 - Arts & Entertainment, Events, Film
Power-pop-electro anthems follow exuberant schoolgirl Kena (Samantha Mugatsia) as she skateboards through the busy streets of Nairobi in the 2018 Kenyan-drama film Rafiki. The tempo of the music beating at the same speed...
BalletLab Glory - Georges Antoni (Art Direction by 3 Deep)

Glory

March 19 - Arts & Entertainment, Dance, Events
Presented in celebration of BalletLab’s 20th anniversary year, the premiere of Glory will feature as part of Australia’s biggest festival of contemporary dance, Dance Massive. Glory evolved from movement experimentation ...
MQFF19 Papi Chulo APN

Film Review: Papi Chulo

March 17 - Arts & Entertainment, Events, Film
Immigration and a gay slur are some of a few English words known by Spanish labourer Ernesto (Alejandro Patiño), who comes into a position of employment for Los Angeles weatherman Sean (Matt Bomer) in the 2018 comedy-dra...
Australian Booty Candy Bowers

Australian Booty

March 13 - Arts & Entertainment, Events, Performance
From the sisters behind Hot Brown Honey and Sista She, comes another genre-defying feminist power show about self-love, Australian Booty – an entertaining mix of comedy, dance, fierce and hilarious hip-hop, critica...
AF19 Knife+Heart

Film Review: Knife+Heart

March 12 - Arts & Entertainment, Events, Film
Films involving the production of porn have varied in taste in the twenty two years since the release of Paul Thomas Anderson’s drama-comedy, Boogie Nights. Where focus has been on exploring the history of abuse experien...
AF19 Bertrand Mandico The Wild Boys

Film Review: The Wild Boys

March 11 - Arts & Entertainment, Events, Film
There is a deceptive oddness to Bertrand Mandico’s 2018 Queer Fantasy film The Wild Boys (Les Garcons Sauvages). On the one hand, we have a cautionary novella that explores the relationship between masculinity and violen...