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A pocket guide to Adelaide live music venues

Nov 4, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Helen Karakulak

Australia’s national Live Music Office is partnering with the council for the program, called Live and Local, to consult local musicians, venue owners and operators, creative businesses and audiences to develop long-term solutions to benefit the industry. It follows the council being told that reforms, not handouts, were needed to save Adelaide’s nightlife, at a roundtable the Lord Mayor hosted earlier this year for the live music and night-time entertainment industry.
AFF Review: The Girl with a Needle

Oct 31, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Jim Plouffe

A barrage of grotesque, intertwining faces appear during the opening of The Girl with the Needle. As they twist and contort, smiling and screaming, we are unable to distinguish any distinct facial features. This disturbing montage is just the beginning of a torrent of horrific realities in the film that convey the very real horrors faced by those who are imprisoned by poverty, war and conflict.
AFF Review: I’m Not Everything I Want to Be

Oct 31, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Jim Plouffe

I’m Not Everything I Want to Be opens with a phone call. Photographer Libuše Jarcovjáková, often referred to as the “Nan Goldin of Prague”, has been invited to showcase a major retrospective of her work in Paris, an exhibition that will result in her collaboration with Klára Tasovská – the filmmaker behind this innovative documentary.
Adelaide Film Festival Review: Pierce

Oct 31, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Jim Plouffe

Drawing from her own experiences, writer and director Nelicia Low centres Pierce on the story of a high school fencer Zijie (Liu Hsiu-Fu) who reconnects with his older brother, Zihan (Tsao Yu-Ning), after his release from juvenile prison. Zijie believes that a strong brotherly bond exists between the two. He seeks out of his older brother who provides him with advice for both his fencing and love life.
SALIFE Awards

Oct 30, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Jayde Vandborg

Get Ready to Shine at the SALIFE Awards, presented by Brand South Australia 2024!Are you ready for an epic night celebrating South Australia’s ‘absolute best’?
Buon appetito! Celebrating our Italian food culture

Oct 30, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Jayde Vandborg

WARNING: The following story was written with the help of Fulvia Caruso (or Zia Fulvia, as Zia is Italian for aunty), an 84-year-old Italian woman, so parts may be slightly exaggerated, in another time-honoured Italian tradition. When this reporter finally convinces her Zia Fulvia to sit down for an interview, it’s done over a plate of homemade gnocchi.
The Mercury has been rolling for 50 years

Oct 30, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Helen Karakulak

The Mercury was established in 1974 as the Media Resource Centre (MRC), with a legacy of running art-house cinema programs, industry support for filmmakers and a culturally rich and diverse film offering for audiences. Located on Morphett Street, the institution is a fixture of the West End art scene, neighbouring Nexus Arts and JamFactory. The Mercury’s story is one of resilience after it faced the prospect of shutting down in 2022 due to the state government knocking back its funding request.
The best places in Adelaide to watch a film

Oct 30, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Helen Karakulak

The Adelaide Film Festival in full swing so we visited the city's best places, from the historic to the modern, to sit back and watch. With all senses engaged, the cinema can become the backdrop of powerful memories. The nostalgic combination of popcorn butter scent and recurring ads that you can recall in their entirety are essential. Cinemas are a second home for some and a once-a-year occasion for others. Luckily, Adelaide has some of the finest establishments for people of any taste.
Behind the scenes of intimacy

Oct 30, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Helen Karakulak

In the evolving landscape of film and television, the role of an intimacy coordinator has emerged as a new but essential fixture on sets that involve sex scenes. The Australian documentary Make It Look Real, directed by Kate Blackmore, provides a raw, behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to create realistic and consensual intimacy on screen.
Find your new favourite indie-rock band at BigFest

Oct 30, 2024 | citymag.indaily.com.au | Helen Karakulak

Hugh Heidenreich is the producer behind Huge Events and has booked local bands to play on the balcony at The Gov for about a year now. “People need that opportunity to find out about their sound and practice and grow and have a good time before they start touring and going off, I think that needs to happen everywhere,” Hugh says.