THE highs and lows of Pasifika queer life are captured in an extremely personal film by Sione Tuívailala Monū at PICA art gallery.  Shot entirely on an iPhone, we get a voyeuristic glimpse into the lives of Monū and their friends – a mix of the mundane and the outrageously camp. Smoking, making a bag…

IT’S been 100 years since the release of Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid, but film critic Mark Naglazas says Chaplin’s movies and social commentary are more relevant than ever. To mark the film’s centenary, it has undergone a 4K restoration and will be re-released in select cinemas across the globe. The silent classic introduced the masses…

ON the eve of the 2020 Olympics in Japan, a prestigious exhibition at the WA Museum sheds light on the importance of sport in ancient Greek culture. Featuring one of the largest collection of Greek artefacts ever loaned by the British Museum, Ancient Greeks: Athletes, Warriors and Heroes is a fascinating look at the competitive…

ARMED with just a handycam and lots of passion, Perth’s Antonio Traverso took to the streets of Santiago to document an art phenomenon born during the riots and civil unrest of the ‘estallido social’. Chile has been a democracy since 1990, but the legacy of General Pinochet’s dictatorship looms large, and in 2019 many citizens were…

THOR, Hulk and Superman will take a back seat at the Perth Comic Arts Festival next Saturday (July 3). Instead there will be a focus on local comic-making talent with artist talks, workshops and a comic market and exhibition. The free annual PCAF was first held in 2018 at Edith Cowan University, and after missing…

FLASH Gordon, haute-couture and mummy issues collide in the mind-boggling Beginning at the End (of Capitalism). The one-woman show features Phoebe Sullivan performing in a green screen studio, with the audience able to watch her without effects or on huge screens with retro sci-fi backdrops, aliens and laser beams. “The easiest way to think of it…

Perth artist Jo Darvall in her studio. PERTH artist Jo Darvall left her family behind and jumped in the car to go painting in the depths of Wandoo National Park. She had been selected to create an artwork for the York Botanical Art Prize, and soon became seduced by the majestic and slightly magical wandoo…

• The Truck is one of the great movies showing at the 10th Iranian Film Festival Australia in Perth. IN recent years Iran has become a hot-bed of Middle Eastern cinema, scooping up oscars and critical praise for its thought-provoking and entertaining movies. If this year’s Iranian Film Festival in Perth is anything to go…