With BIG BROTHER making heroes out of arseholes it is not unreasonable to lose faith in the system that denotes good from bad, and meaningful from mediocre. Fortunately, issue minus 1 of LITMUS JOURNAL OF MELBOURNE focuses upon ‘The Uses Of Heroes’ with features on Evel Knievel, pirates, Anthony Lucas, dogs, Saul Williams and the little known box wars.
With a keen eye for the extraordinary lurking within the everyday and for humour in the humdrum, LITMUS finds good editorial angles like Kirstie Alley used to find cupcakes. It also has a cover that looks like Nicole Richie.
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Martha Marcy May MarleneWriter-director Sean Durkin’s debut feature is subtly, almost perfectly calibrated between idyllic and terrifying, all the way to its chillingly...
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WeekendThough it’s a small film, Weekend grabs at a lot of big ideas that will needle you long after it ends. Writer/director Andrew Haigh crafts...
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An interview with OFWGKTAComplete this sentence: If Odd Future were elected president, we would… Tyler – Make skateboarding legal and have a national titty...
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Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyWhere Ian Fleming’s espionage is flip and glamorous, John Le Carré’s is dreary and cynical; George Smiley is the anti-James Bond. Still,...
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Woollen Kits, ‘Woollen Kits’ ...If it was early nineties Spin magazine would no doubt be calling this ‘slacker’ rock and yes it has a loose and relaxed feel but...
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Poolside Boners: an owner’s manual ...Most of the men who read this publication are well through puberty, but not so far through it they’ve forgotten the sheer humiliation that...