Richard Lowenstein – MRQE

Mystify: Michael Hutchence

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Michael Hutchence was flying high as the lead singer of the legendary rock band INXS until his untimely death in 1997. Richard Lowensteins documentary examines Hutchences deeply felt life through his many loves and demons.

He Died with a Felafel in His Hand

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A search for love, meaning and bathroom solitude. Danny goes through a series of shared housing experiences in a succession of cities on the east coast of Australia. Together these vignettes form a narrative that is surprisingly reflective.

Dogs in Space

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The place is Melbourne, Australia 1978. The punk phenomenon is sweeping the country and Dogs In Space, a punk group, are part of it. In a squat, in a dodgy suburb, live a ragtag collection of outcasts and don’t-wanna-be’s who survive on a diet of old TV space films, drugs and good music. And the satellite SKYLAB could crash through their roof at any moment…

Strikebound

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Via the New York Times: “…reconstructs the true story of a coal miners’ strike in the small town of Korumburra in the mid-30’s… based on the real-life story of two remarkable characters, Wattie Doig, a miner who became a militant Communist activist, and his wife, Agnes, who progressed from staunch Presbyterianism to membership in the Salvation Army and, finally, to labor organization.”