Founding Editor and Publisher of the AU review. Currently based in Toronto, Canada. You can follow him on Twitter @larry_heath or on Instagram @larryheath.
While at SXSW, we caught up with Albert Hammond Jr. – an artist who needs no introduction. What was being introduced during the festival however, was AHJ’s fourth studio album Francis Trouble, an album that has recently seen him on tour with The Killers and further expanding his live set up on huge stages. I think the last time…
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Larry Heath talks to Sarah Daggar-Nickson, the director of the new film A Vigilante starring Olivia Wilde while at SXSW. Originally from Australia, Larry and Sarah talk about the development of the film, which see’s Wilde starring as a vigilante who helps victims escape their domestic abusers. ———- This content has recently been ported from…
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Larry Heath sat down with co-directors Paulinho Caruso and Teo Poppovic alongside star Daniel Furlan to talk the Brazillian comedy Neurotic Quest for Serenity, which premiered this week at SXSW. The trio talk about the making of the film, how Brazilian humour differs from the rest of the world, and why anyone, anywhere in the…
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Larry Heath caught up with actress Olivia Wilde while at SXSW to talk about about her role in the new film A Vigilante, where she stars as a vigilante who helps victims escape their domestic abusers. Directed by Australia’s Sarah Daggar-Nickson, A Vigilante held its world premiere earlier this week at SXSW. ———- This content…
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The anticipated comedy Blockers hits Australian screens later this month, and one of the stars in the film is Australia’s own Geraldine Viswanathan, who makes her US film debut in the role. While at the Red Carpet World Premiere at SXSW over the weekend, we caught up with Geraldine to talk about the role and…
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Earlier this week, I sat down with rising young stars Camila Mendes (Riverdale) and Brett Dier (Jane The Virgin), to talk about their roles in the brilliant new film The New Romantic, which premiered at SXSW in Austin, Texas. The indie film is Camila’s first feature film role and looks at the realities of dating…
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Earlier today at SXSW, the new documentary The Director and the Jedi held its premiere, with a few very special guests in attendance. The documentary is available as part of the home release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which is in stores this month. Mark’s hesitance with the evolution of the character and poignant…
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The fourth day of SXSW Film Festival kicked off with a special screening of the new documentary The Director and The Jedi, which is being released with the Blu-Ray home release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Mark’s hesitance with the evolution of the character and poignant scenes with Carrie Fisher proved highlights of the…
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The Head and the Heart‘s Jonathan Russell and Chris Zasche chat to the AU review’s Larry Heath about live on the road, touring with Grouplove, spending time in Australia and more… Performing at the first ever Sydney City Limits festival during this trip, the guys tell us how they perceived the event and how it compares…
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Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Olivia Noelle has been whipping up quite the amount of traction, thanks to a pop sensibility that has made her music catchy as hell, not to mention a live presence that has just continued to grow in strength and charm. We caught up with Olivia at SXSW, where she was scheduled to…
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If you thought the family in Animal Kingdom had problems, wait until you meet Australia’s newest dysfunctional family. In the new film from Director Clayton Jacobson, starring both himself and his brother Shane Jacobson, we spend some time getting to know the real life brothers as they play fictional brothers Jeff and Terry – reuniting…
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When in Australia recently for a very well received promo trip, British songwriter Jade Bird stopped by AU HQ in Sydney to have a chat with us about her debut trip Down Under. “Live is my thing,” she says of her upcoming shows through the UK. “I can have my banter and I can also have…
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It’s Day Three of SXSW, and from the launch of the first music venues that will run through the week, to a talk from a leader of innovation, and the world premiere of a Hollywood Blockbuster, it was the most jam-packed 24 hours yet at the festival, snaking through Austin, Texas with irrepressible energy. Vevo…
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At its SXSW premiere last night, we caught up with stars Blake Jenner and Jared Abrahamson, as well as Director Bart Layton to chat about their acclaimed new film American Animals. Read our review of the film HERE. The film is released in the US on 1st June 2018. ———- This content has recently been ported from…
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When Blockers was first announced, I met the concept with sceptism: three teenage girls (including Australia’s own Geraldine Viswanathan) agree to a “sex pact” for their Prom night. Friends since the first day of school, they’re all going to attempt to lose their virginity on the same night. However, their parents (John Cena, Leslie Mann…
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Announced last night, not long after his surprise appearance at the Westworld panel, the hero of the tech world, the man responsible for Tesla and SpaceX and his own voice on South Park (a rare claim to fame if there ever was one), Elon Musk packed the ACL Moody Theatre at SXSW today for a…
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American Animals is the scripted film debut from writer/director Bart Layton, who walked away with a BAFTA for his debut effort, the documentary The Imposter. Knowing he comes from a documentary background is unsurprising when you see this film, which screened at Sundance earlier this year to a good deal of critical acclaim, and continued…
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Fresh from shooting hot dog cannons at the Academy Awards (yes, that actually happened), we caught up with actor Armie Hammer at SXSW to talk about his work in the acclaimed film Final Portrait (which we gave four stars right here). We talk about the voyeuristic experience the movie employs, particularly in the scenes between Hammer…
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As has become tradition at SXSW, a major Hollywood film has announced a last minute premiere at the Austin, Texas festival. As many predicted (including ourselves), due to its large, unexpected presence at the festival, this year that film is Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One. Based on the global bestseller by Ernest Cline, the film…
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Kathryn Bigelow has already proven a competent and imaginative voice when tackling tough, complex subjects featuring the kind of gutsy brutality that doesn’t need excessive gore or sci-fi elements. She’s much more concerned with real-world situations, exploring human nature as a function of and reaction to extreme pressure; in some ways, it’s similar to the…
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A world inside the computer where man has never been. Never before now. The Electronic Gladiator, TRON, will be the next instalment of In The House at Event Cinemas George St in Sydney on Match 16th from 7pm! Tickets are only $15 (or $12 if you’re a Cinebuzz member) and selling quickly! Buy them here,…
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The beautiful, shoe gaze sounds and oft angelic voice of Totally Mild opened proceedings on Friday night at Sydney’s Factory Theatre after Lonelyspeck. They were there in support of Perfume Genius, who was making his first visit to our shores since the release of his critically acclaimed album No Shape. The timing felt quite appropriate,…
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Well, the time has come. After a year of incredible cinema, plenty of controversy and a few box office records along the way, the 90th Academy Awards airs in the US this Sunday night and in Australia around lunchtime on Monday, live on Channel Nine. In the first “post-Weinstein” Oscars, it’s a year where underrepresentation…
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British songwriter Jade Bird has recently wrapped up a successful Australian promo trip, her status as one of the must-watch artists of 2018 filtering out to this area of the globe. While in Sydney, Bird stopped by our office to introduce us further to her mesmerising sounds. Performing “Lottery” – her new single – on our…
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Next Friday, the SXSW (South by Southwest) Film and Interactive conference and festival kicks off in Austin, Texas… then the Music Mayhem starts the following Tuesday! We’re just days away from flying to the great city ourselves for our 9th consecutive year of coverage, so we thought we’d share with your our top nine festival tips in…
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Not too long ago, we enjoyed a night at the comfortable Ramada Plaza West Hollywood Hotel & Suites (read our review here), situated in the heart of West Hollywood – which puts you smack dab in the middle of all the action that Los Angeles has to offer. Traffic pending, it’s not far from the…
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While in Australia recently for a run of festival and headline shows, we checked in with longtime friends of the AU, Grouplove. Sitting with Christian Zucconi and Andrew Wessen in Sydney, the lads open up about how their trip back Down Under had treated the group. Coming off the back of their biggest US headline…
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Remember when V Festival (RIP) used to have those last minute intimate shows? Pixies at the Big Top comes immediately to mind. It feel like it’s been a long time since we have enjoyed major artists setting fans hearts racing by announcing a special show. Thankfully, the presence of Sydney City Limits filled the void…
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Just a 90 minute drive from Sydney, and about half an hour away from the beaches of the Central Coast, the Mercure Kooindah Waters Central Coast is an affordable, but luxurious getaway that sits alongside an 18 hole championship golf course (ranked in the Top 100 golf resort courses in Australia), an Endota day spa with…
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In the latest episode of my Podcast Jetlag, I talk about the Queen of the Skies, the Boeing 747. Here’s a transcript of some of the episode, in which we look at just how significant the introduction of the 747 was for the future of air travel. So significant in fact, that it may have…
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