celluloid relapse: la gloire of pagnol’s fanny trilogy (or lack thereof)
Winter brings with it many opportunities for sequestering oneself in basements, drinking red wine and absorbing vast quantities of French cinema. Chance such as this also presents itself in tandem with the prospect of justifying introverted and potentially anti-social behavior. Indeed, who needs friends with the likes of Louis Malle, François Truffaut and Juliette Binoche [...]
lip lit: ruby j. murray, running dogs (+giveaway)
Running Dogs is the debut novel by Australian author Ruby J. Murray, and is about the complex friendship between two women living in Jakarta. In the present day, it follows Diana, an Australian woman who has taken up a job working for an aid agency. From the beginning, Diana is haunted by the presence of [...]
giveaway: human rights arts and film festival
The Human Rights Arts and Film Festival is heading to Canberra from the 28 – 30th May and as a sponsor, lip has three double passes to giveaway to each screening at the National Film & Sound Archive! Simply email courtney@lipmag.com with the name of the film you would like to see and why! Only winners will be [...]
theatre review: the glass menagerie
For his last show as the Artistic Director of State Theatre Company of SA, Adam Cook has selected a well-known and much loved author. Tennessee Williams once described The Glass Menagerie as the saddest play he’d ever written. To depict that kind of emotion on the stage as a farewell would be a stunning departure, [...]
album review: gin wigmore, gravel & wine
Virginia “Gin” Wigmore, Queen of the Wild Frontier. Record number two from this New Zealand native, Gravel & Wine, has already topped the album charts in her homeland. It’s an album full of unique energy; distinctive in the sense that it’s rare for an album to exude such excitable danger alongside its pop friendliness. Should [...]
Sartorial Musings : Second-Hand Tips
Now, just to clarify; the tips themselves are not second-hand. I am just going to helpfully give you some tips for shopping in second-hand clothing stores. But I can see how the title was a bit misleading. Anyway. I have pretty much been shopping second-hand since I was in the womb (well, I was inside [...]
dvd review: the skin i live in
The Skin I Live In is a provocative film. While some people will find elements of it titillating, others will no doubt find it extreme and even grotesque. It is a difficult film, a suspense-filled drama that is initially shrouded in many layers of ambiguity. The dramatic build-up does reach a serious climax, as all [...]
q&a: mildlife
It’s an exciting time for General Pants Co.’s Major Label! It’s their second birthday and they’ve just signed Melbourne band, Mildlife, with their single, ‘Milk Wool’. Lip had a chat to Tom Shanahan about electro music, advice from fatcats, and David Bowie in Labyrinth! Describe your sound in five words or less. Post-prog-yacht-rocktronica-no-fi. How many [...]
lip lit: isobelle carmody, metro winds
I don’t like reading fantasy. It is not that I don’t have an imagination; it is simply a matter of plausibility. I don’t find fantasy plausible and I would much rather read about something with some connection to the real world (no matter how small) than something set in a completely different world. I was [...]
ep review: eliza hull, dawn
The debut EP from Melbourne’s Eliza Hull is precisely certain of what it is and what it should sound like. Dawn rarely deviates from its intent, but why should it? As a work crafted over three years from an artist new to solo musicianship, it’s a strong message. A love note of sorts; to tenderness, [...]
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