Fitzroyalty

Hyperlocal news about Melbourne's first suburb: Fitzroy 3065

Lindenwarrah

When in Milawa over the weekend I stayed at Lindenwarrah on Saturday night and also ate at their restaurant. The room was large and comfortable but some diminishing factors became evident. The bathroom was nice but seemingly retro fitted, so that water flowed out under the shower door into the middle of the floor, where the lowest point of the floor was (despite the drain being in the shower.…

Une Vieille Maitresse

Tonight I went to ACMI to see the premier of Une Vieille Maitresse (An Old Mistress), the new film by French director Catherine Breillat, whose work I deeply admire.

The film stars Asia Argento as a deeply disturbed woman in the early nineteenth century who enjoys the attention of aristocratic men but whose life becomes meaningless after the death of her daughter and her estrangement from her lover (her daughter’s father).…

presence and absence

What happens when a business or organisation vacates its physical premises but its website continues? Well, apart from me wasting my time thinking about it? Existential displacement and confusion? I don’t know.

Recently the Fresh art space vacated 63 Brunswick St Fitzroy but its website has not changed.…

Homeland

After seeing Laurie Anderson in conversation on Tuesday night I went to her first performance of Homeland at Hamer Hall last night. It was a wonderful show and performance, and the enormous applause at the end drew Anderson back for a special encore performance of her early song Let X = X.…