Shot on an ultra low budget in Chile’s San Pedro de Atacama desert, Two Looks (Dos Mirados) is visually arresting. But it is also very slow-moving (no word is uttered until the 12th minute), very poorly subtitled (which is inexcusable, given how few words there actually are), and a little hard to understand.

The Showbags have got a lot to answer for. The drag troupe that have not only launched themselves on the international comedy circuit have also been a springboard for a busload of drag queens.  

An assassination plot, a randy King, a desperate housewife and a mad fortune-teller; any wonder Giuseppe Verdi’s, Un Ballo in Maschera (A Masked Ball) captures the imagination of opera lovers.

The St Kilda Film Festival celebrates its 25th anniversary this year and has 100 of Australia’s best short films to showcase.

The Kooks join Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs as part of a new breed of UK bands unafraid to bridge the gap between pop and indie.

One Love has firmly established itself as being one of the leading house nights Australia has to offer. 

Four years ago, when Estelle released the jaw-dropping single 1980, her future seemed bright.

Some years back I was dragged kicking and screaming to an in store promotional appearance for Queensland band, George.

Fluff up the tutus, the Ukraine’s national ballet company is touring Australia and New Zealand this year.

This excellent film, based on a true story, is part of the Audi Festival of German Films and this year’s Foreign Language Oscar winner. Karl Markovics will be recognised by fans of the early series of Inspector Rex and by anyone watching Austrian TV’s lame new offering Stockinger, but The Counterfeiters is no light entertainment.

With nary a stumble in dialogue nor a missed beat in the fast-paced humour, the four actors who star in Steven Dawson’s latest play, Four Queens 3: Who’s a Pretty Boy Then? notch up another successful performance for Outcast Theatre.

A performance called Naughty Show is guaranteed to catch the eye of smutty-minded audiences keen for a little sordidness. And while there’s a celebrated speech from Krum on his love of the ‘c’ word (yes, that one), his humour transcends smut: his interpretation of ‘naughty’ is much more sinister, but very very clever.

Taking a different slant on an aviation theme this comedy festival, Dean Arcuri in Now Boarding is the perfect entertainment for a long and comfortable flight.

Fasten your seatbelts because Beautiful People (Don’t Travel Economy) is a hilarious and at times scary ride on Sleazy Jet airlines.

This show had a lot of promise – Andrea Powell is the woman behind the much-loved Ethel Chop, and Gobbledygook's dramaturge (it’s a fancy theatre job, non-thespian readers) is the patron saint of sarcasm herself, Judith Lucy.