Brendan Fraser delivers a revelatory, tour-de-force performance in ‘The Whale’, the latest offering from Darren Aronofsky, Director of modern classics including ‘Black Swan’ and ‘Requiem for a Dream’. Based on the stage play by Samuel D Hunter, this, at times, confronting drama is a moving character-study of a sensitive soul battling his demons and seeking redemption.
FUSE is absolutely thrilled to be this year’s media sponsor for the 2023 Mardi Gras Film Festival On Tour, which will be showing at the National Fim and Sound Archive in Acton.
The remastered works of Stephen Cummins will premiere at the Mardi Gras Film Festival during Sydney WorldPride on 21 February 2023 and screen at Arc Cinema in Canberra at the NFSA in Canberra on 26 March 2023.
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Head and shoulders shot of two young men (Simon Hunt and Stephen Cummins) side by side looking directly at camera.
Stephen Cummins’ 9 short films – created between 1984 and 1995 – map the changing politics of representation of the human body during that decade.
While his initial Super 8 experiments used the body as landscape and canvas, an increasing po...
Making their Canberra debut as part of WorldPride, gifted British polymath, non-binary, poet, recording artist, novelist, and playwright Kae Tempest brings their extraordinary spoken-word performance to the Canberra Theatre for one night only.
Set in a fantastical realm - part cocktail bar, part jungle - KING interrogates the power systems that oppress the natural development of male sexuality and identity.
Felicity Nicol sits down with director, choreographer and creator, Shaun Parker for a deep dive into the jungle-like cocktail bar setting of KING: Parker’s latest dance-theatre masterpiece, created in collaboration with internationally acclaimed Bulgarian singer-songwriter Ivo Dimchev, who performs his seductive score live on stage, in the role of cabaret crooner.
It is being hailed as the ‘must-see’ show of Sydney WorldP...
Mett Ethan, our FUSE64 cover guy. The buzz around Ethan’s upcoming performance at Canberra’s FreshOut on Saturday 11 March 2023 has got us all pretty excited, so we thought we’d have a quick chat with this fresh faced up-and-coming banger.
Netflix has given fans a early 2023 gift and has shared with a never-before-seen clip from Heartstopper season one to celebrate the new year. In March 2022, LGBTQ+ TV enthusiasts were finally treated to the eight-episode young adult series based on Alice Oseman’s graphic novel of the same name.
I Wanna Dance with Somebody charts the life of global superstar Whitney Houston in an epic narrative of talent and struggle. The film lays bare the complexities of her rise and life in the spotlight, including toxic relationships with her parents, substance use and her husband Bobby Brown.
It also depicts Houston’s intimate friendship – and romance – with her early girlfriend, assistant and creative director, Robyn Crawford.
Although Houston’s relationship with Crawford has been public knowledge for some time, biopics of queer musicians from Cole Porter (Night and Day, 1946 and De-Lovely,...
If you’re a fan of ‘The Voice’, you’ve probably already heard of the amazingly talented Ellen Reed, who is heading to the Fresh Out stage and gracing the cover of this issue of FUSE Magazine.
