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My playlists are now full of Royel Otis, Teenage Dads and Ball Park Music songs. Two weeks after Groovin the Moo, I still go back and look at the videos I took. For those who couldn’t go this time, fear not! Here comes your review so you know what to expect for next year’s festival. […]
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“Suzume” is an immersive, emotional journey that artistically encapsulates the essence of what every remarkable piece of art aspires to: eliciting profound feelings from its audience. At the center of this emotional maelstrom is Suzume, a seemingly ordinary Japanese schoolgirl, who has her world upended by an enigmatic door. Her ensuing quest across the beautiful […]
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This review was carried out by Maddy Piggott as part of our ongoing partnership with Dendy Cinema. If any UC student wishes to get involved with film review opportunities, please reach out to us at [email protected]. I have a confession to make. I genuinely love bad movies and I also love playing D&D. So, when this […]
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This review was carried out by Yasmine Killeen as part of our ongoing partnership with Dendy Cinema. If any UC student wishes to get involved with film review opportunities please reach out to us at [email protected]. Throughout the film the protagonist is frequently asked: “When is it going to end?” I was asking myself the same thing during the first two acts of John Wick […]
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They’re ready for stardom. They’re ready for fame. They’re ready for their close-up. The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert is rapidly becoming one of my favourite movies of all time. A funny, lively, and heart-warming comedy involving two drag queens and a trans woman travelling through the hot, dusty Australian desert? Yeah, it definitely got me hooked! One of the things I loved about […]
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Canberra has shown its love for home grown electronic duo Peking Duk at their 10th March gig at UC Refectory. Four years after their biggest ever tour, Adam Hyde and Reuben Styles are back on the road visiting capital cities and towns all over the country. The UC gig was a chance for the duo […]
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Photos supplied by Author and UCSnowsports Hello, I’m Hannah, one of the editors here at Curieux. I have been studying at UC for the fourth year of my BA Hons course in Creative and Professional Writing with International experience. I am a UK exchange student on placement in Australia from my home university of Bangor, North Wales, UK. As an exchange, I […]
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Conflux is Canberra’s longest-running spec fiction (sci fi, fantasy, alternative history and horror) convention. An annual convention for both new and established writers and artists, Conflux has a strong program of panels, discussions, workshops, competitions and social activities. Over the course of four days, Conflux 16: Visions of Time treated its guests to a charcuterie […]
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Videogames as a form of multimedia have been shown to prompt substantial critical engagement of a text, despite arguments otherwise (Chapman, 2013). Sid Meier’s sixth instalment of the Civilisation series (2016)is a turn-based strategy game, also known as a ‘4X’ game, representing exploration, expansion, exploitation and extermination (Ford, 2016). As the premise of the game […]
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On behalf of the Curieux editorial team, I’d like to thank Lucy Robson and Dendy Cinemas for hosting a wonderful screening of the latest release, Where the Crawdads sing, and for providing entry for Lloyd Ducksbury to review the film through their art. Wonderfully illustrated by Lloyd Ducksbury is a piece responding to the book […]
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