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Kim Edwards

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Kiss Chasey

By Kim Edwards ⋅ April 23, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

There is nothing as nerve-wracking as trying out new comedy material on an audience for the first time. Successful comedy is such a reciprocal thing’audiences are so unpredictable and timing is everything.
Cameron Marshall’s stand-up show Kiss Chasey opened to a quiet reception, but there is certainly room to grow and develop this little tale of [...]

Tideland

By Kim Edwards ⋅ August 7, 2006 ⋅ One comment

It’s beautiful and terrible. I’m so glad I saw it’and I don’t think I’ll ever want to watch it again.
Tideland is the latest addition to cult director Terry Gilliam’s fascinating oeuvre, and like many of his movies such as Brazil, 12 Monkeys and the ill-fated and incomplete The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, it is [...]

Takeshis’

By Kim Edwards ⋅ August 7, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

The film title’s apostrophe is deliberate’the plural made possessive. Takeshi is Kitano Takeshi, one of Japan’s foremost film writers, directors and stars. The name of his new movie not only loosely translates as Takeshi dies, but also suggests the film belongs to multiple Takeshis. And so it does.
Takeshis’ is a remarkable piece of work that [...]

Animation Shorts Programme 1

By Kim Edwards ⋅ August 6, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment

Kooky, poignant, violent, hilarious’there’s always something for all tastes in MIFF’s animation program, as reflected by the large and diverse afternoon audience that attended.
The dozen shorts included crazy Japanese Funny Pets in seizure-inducing Technicolour; pretty but hollow The Footsteps of Water, Mr Schwartz, Mr Hazen & Mr Horlocker where the butterfly effect has hilarious results; [...]

Geraldine Quinn: Bad Ambassador

By Kim Edwards ⋅ April 20, 2006 ⋅ One comment

Meet Gerry, the self-proclaimed Pete Townsend of cabaret - singer, song writer, guitarist, and one very funny young lady. If an early night in the season is any indication, her approach to the cabaret genre is pleasantly casual and chatty, and some of the best moments in her latest show, Bad Ambassador, spring from witty [...]

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