Author Archive
Equitable Pl
By Chris Hawthorne • Sep 11th, 2008 • Section: Featured, Laneways
Gone are the disjointed, eccentric facades that typify so many of Melbourne’s alleys - this is Equitable Pl: sleek, modern, and alluring.
Situated near the corner of Collins and Elizabeth, the laneway is sandwiched between two corporate monoliths. Its entrance has been refashioned to smother its incongruity, and, as such, you’d be forgiven for presuming this [...]
Melbourne Writers Festival
By Chris Hawthorne • Aug 21st, 2008 • Section: Billboard
Be sure to check out Melbourne’s latest literary talent at this year’s Melbourne Writers Festival. It’s a great blend of well-known authors and young up-and-comers.
Best of all, you don’t have far to travel - it’s all contained with the…
Film: Rock n Roll Nerd
By Chris Hawthorne • Aug 6th, 2008 • Section: Film, Reviews
His face is made-up. His voice primed. Eyes lined. Hair: wild and flailing. The shirt, unbuttoned. But unbuttoned perfectly. He is Tim Minchin, hero of Rhian Skirving’s feature documentary Rock n Roll Nerd.
Film: My Winnipeg
By Chris Hawthorne • Jul 30th, 2008 • Section: Film, Reviews
It’s weird, darkly funny, and intensely personal. Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg is a curious beast; a twisted cacophony of documentary, narrative and travelogue.
Carson Pl
By Chris Hawthorne • Jul 27th, 2008 • Section: Featured, Laneways
It’s unassuming, bedraggled, and the purest form of cul-de-sac. Carson Pl is one of Melbourne’s more barren alleys, and, to an extent, rightfully overlooked. But like most of Melbourne’s labyrinthine laneways, you can’t define them by their contents alone, and Carson Pl is more than the sum of its parts.
Situated just off Little Collins [...]
Melbourne International Film Festival ‘08
By Chris Hawthorne • Jul 20th, 2008 • Section: Billboard
July 25 - August 10 | Laneway’s Guide | Full Program
Laneway: Presgrave Pl
By Chris Hawthorne • Jul 14th, 2008 • Section: Featured, Laneways
From its offshoot byway Howey Place, Presgrave Place is little more than a hook shaped alley, littered with rubbish skips. It’s conspicuous in its very nature - if you don’t take the time to look, you won’t be rewarded.
Off the steely, handsome revere of Howey, Presgrave is like walking through the very border of Melbourne’s [...]
Wii Championships in Fed Square
By Chris Hawthorne • Jul 4th, 2008 • Section: Billboard
Since Nintendo launched their Wii console some 18 months ago (has it really been that long?), we’ve all been wondering one thing: how good am I? Well, thanks to ACMI, you now have a chance to showcase those skills against…
Art Deco at NGV
By Chris Hawthorne • Jun 10th, 2008 • Section: Billboard
If you’ve ever wondered what people used to wear, watch and listen to in the real bygone days - the halcyon art deco period - then NGV’s Melbourne Winter Masterpieces 2008: Art Deco could very well satisfy your curiosity.
From…
Local film’s unseen problem
By Chris Hawthorne • Jun 2nd, 2008 • Section: Culture
I’m standing in front of a cinema in Melbourne. It’s one of those megaplexes; bright, smells of popcorn and is full of kids. It’s too loud, it’s too glossy, and too noisy - it’s too everything. It’s a common predicament. It’s right in front of me. But in answering my question - what to watch [...]

