Culture

By Lauren Paynter On a late Monday evening in April, Parisians and tourists alike, stood in a sombre silence as Notre-Dame de Paris – ‘Our Lady of Paris’ – was ablaze in fire. The world watched in horror as 400 firefighters desperately tried to save the cathedral. Although the spire and roof collapsed, the main structure of the cathedral has largely been saved and preserved, along with the two towers. Currently, work is being done to save and retrieve valuable artwork and cultural artefacts inside Notre-Dame. Regardless, a spectacularly devastating blaze was responsible for polluting the Paris skyline.   For centuries, Notre-Dame – as well as being a place of

By Aponi Kailash Review from a Fly-On-The-Wall     Where else can you see Darth Vader high-fiving Luke Skywalker, three Jokers having a gossip or Iron Man alive and well... too soon?    The Melbourne Oz Comic-Con has a truly unique atmosphere. It is exhilarating to be around so many people that are energetic and passionate about the creative. Just walking to the venue from a nearby tram stop then down the long hallway at the Exhibition and Convention Centre, I immediately had the urge to smile. This weekend-long annual extravaganza is full of events and sights that make your

Thunder Road (2018) is an indie film about emotionally volatile small-town police officer Jim Arnauld (Jim Cummings) grieving the death of his mother and trying his best to raise his daughter by the same parental standards impressed on him by her. A significant element to the film, present from the very beginning, is the absence of the song that gives the film its title, one which has great significance to Jim. Although this may seem counterintuitive it actually makes a great deal of sense in the context of the song being a source of solace for Jim that fails him