Category: News
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Ezra goes global | Article
Broaden your horizons one step at a time Ezra Magazine will be packing its bags and moving overseas to Europe in 2019. As long time readers will know, Ezra has been always about understanding the ‘why’. Why people create, write, photograph people, record music and put themselves out there. For Ezra Magazine, travelling to Europe in…
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Why do people create?
What does it mean to be creative? Does it mean that we need to create something original? Is it the power to source ideas and make something that is your own? Creativity has been a topic I have pondered over for the last several years. Through the many interviews with photographers, designers and artists I…
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Motherduck Cafe | Review
Nestled amongst the old buildings that line Cadell street in Goolwa, South Australia, Motherduck café is part of the growth of eateries around the state embracing wholesome foods and a chic, welcoming atmosphere. The renovated interior boasts a wooden-walled shelf and stripped back walls to reveal brick and mortar. Combined with chalkboard paint and Edison lights which…
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Life Is Strange | Review
Life Is Strange is an episodic drama/mystery that sets a platform for interactive and consequential games. If you take away the dynamics of Quantic Dream’s Heavy Rain or Beyond out of your mind and play Life Is Strange with a clean slate, you’ll enjoy it a little more. Let it grow on you for a…
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Madame Bovary | Review
Once again transitioned to film, Gustave Flaubert’s novel Madame Bovary is perfect base material for Australia’s Mia Wasikowska to portray young Emma who is in desperate need for attention, love and excitement in her seemingly dull life as a farm girl. Attracted to the intuition in others, the strong-willed and persistent character of Emma marries doctor…
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Review | AMY
It will move you, and make you realise that fame really isn’t everything. From Asif Kapadia’s documentary AMY, we are given a 128-minute glimpse into the life of a girl who had an incredible voice and sense of compassion for music, but ultimately succumbed to her addiction of alcohol. Kapadia combines archival footage such as home-videos and talk…
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Testament of Youth Review
[dropcap size=big]S[/dropcap]wedish star Alicia Vikander (A Royal Affair) stunningly brings to life Vera Brittain’s memoirs of England before, during and after the First World War. In the beginning we see Vera as an aspiring writer to be, with glazed eyes over Oxford and of the knowledge she hopes to attain. We see the flourishing hope of young love…
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REVIEW – Before I Go To Sleep
Before I Go To Sleep BY TANYSHA BOLGER – OCTOBER 7, 2014 New York Times bestseller, Before I Go To Sleep is S.J. Watson’s first novel, and what a début masterpiece it is. A psychological thriller, the novel takes the reader on a journey of finding whether the truth really is what it’s made out…
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‘A Perfect Contradiction’ Review
[videogallery video1=”youtube” url1=”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PaKr9gWqwl4?feature=player_detailpage&w=740&h=460]” image1=”” caption1=”” video2=”youtube” url2=”” image2=”” caption2=”” ] An Eclectic Ensemble TANYSHA BOLGER – AUGUST 6, 2014 Paloma Faith is an eccentric artist with a bellowing voice who shines brightly in her album ‘A Perfect Contradiction‘. It is energetic, vibrant and also casual at times. The beats are easy listening but her lyrics…
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The Fault in Our Stars | Review
The Fault in Our Stars is a story about learning to live, love and let go. The love that is shared between the two main characters, Hazel Grace (Shailene Woodley) and Augustus Waters (Ansel Elgort) is whimsical, dark and sometimes nihilistic. Their love tugs on your heart strings at the beginning then pulls them a little further every…