Jazzworx! Music Institute, plus special guest vocalist Melissa Western.

San Cisco

The Yard Apes

I may be still flushed with enthusiasm after seeing Neil Diamond at Perth Oval last night but I saw what, in the cold light of day, still feels like the best concert I've ever been to.

Forty experts from the Asia-Pacific will train animal workers to spot virus outbreaks before they even begin, in a new government-funded scheme to reduce the risk of another virus crisis.

Metadata has not provided any evidence the allegedly falsified annual report was downloaded from the City of Sydney website by anyone in Energy Minister Angus Taylor's office, NSW police confirm.

Widespread soaking rain in the New South Wales Central West has upped farmers' confidence for a bumper winter cropping season.

Coronavirus deaths decrease in New York but rise everywhere else in the country.

A major redevelopment in Sydney's north west is given the go-ahead days after the announcement of an expedited approvals program — prompting criticism that the process seemed "predetermined".

A NSW health district has collated its data from recent weeks and it shows a clear picture of how COVID-19 arrived and spread in the west of the state.

Amber Christie, 49, has been reported missing by her family and friends after failing to return to her Evans Head home from a Sunday afternoon walk.

More than 40 people are searching the Evans Head area, which includes thick scrub and bushland.

Scores of crew members on the Ruby Princess celebrated with a party on the day it docked in Sydney unaware of the public health disaster that was about to happen.

Epidemiologist Kelly-Anne Ressler Ressler says her colleagues at NSW Health "were working very hard" and that if they could have their time over to deal with the Ruby Princess's arrival again "it would be very different" during evidence at the special commission of inquiry on May 6, 2020.

When police launched a youth outreach program in Dubbo six months ago, they would have been happy to see charge rates drop by 10 per cent. But Project Walwaay has wildly exceeded expectations.

Farmers want a 30 cent to 40-cent levy imposed on dairy products to ensure the industry has a future.

A film of extremes - the softest, gooiest heart, the broadest almost offensive humour, the roughest romance, the most touching romance, Mental is a little bit, well, mental.

Arbitrage segues smoothly into a psychological thriller, seamlessly weaving the financial finagling into the slow decline and fall of Robert Miller's moral universe.

Martin McDonagh's follow up to "In Bruges" has energy and witty dialogue, but gets too weird and eccentric for its own good.

A movie about a disabled man's experience with a sex surrogate - but so much more than that! The Sessions is about an amazing man who looks for love and meaning in a life that would leave many broken.

Tony has a completely nutty brainwave and the movie now clicks fearlessly into Wag The Dog (Barry Levinson) territory and becomes more than the sum of its parts - a tense rescue thriller and a great satire of Hollywood's always tenuous grip on reality!

The Rumble Review, featuring grumpy old men, robots and easy pickings for a jewel thief.

So, wine as a subject is all about heritage, soil and the climate (roughly, 'terroir'), about family and honour. Oh, and wine critics and huge amounts of money. What a great setting for drama -every theme known to Greek tragedy is here in this complex, sadly elegiac movie.

The latest Bond... James Bond.

The wonderful The Angels' Share reminds us that Loach's best work is always lit with flashes of humour as well as brilliant ensemble work between actors.

A John Hughes-esq teen coming-of-age film where the outcasts are the interesting folk and a shy wallflower with a mysterious past can shine.

A teen romance, heavily influenced by the hit TV show Glee, Pitch Perfect features teams of acapella singing groups competing for the crown with some college romance sprinkled in.

The plot such as it is the usual bourgeois breakdown and the final act is a shambles more like a dud war movie than a delicious comedy.

A sweet, gentle story about a sweet, gentle man who loves books, loved uni, and is looking for love in all the wrong places.

As we left the theatre after seeing this 90-minute show, a young male voice behind me was effusive. "I learned more about world history than I did in the entirety of my school career!" he declared loudly.

Side Effects is many things, and finally becomes a full throttle thriller moving ahead at great pace and no little intricacy.

This is a film at once calm, cold and scary.

It's an American classic. A masterpiece of modern theatre. Written by one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century Arthur Miller.

What makes us happy? It's an elusive pursuit for us humans and the psychological underpinnings of happiness are the subject of much research.

Every week Drive sends a listener to the Festival Films to be their deckchair reviewer. Here's what our reviewer thought of Jappeloup.

This week's Deckchair Review is from Robyn Westbrook for the film Mood Indigo.

It was a full house for the opening night of The Gilded Cage, Somerville's latest film, a thoroughly relaxing and charming adult family comedy.

Deckchair Reviewer John Gilby reviews one of the year's most acclaimed films, 12 Years a Slave.

Deckchair Reviewer, Denise, gives her review of 'A Hijacking', currently showing at Perth International Film Festival's Joondalup Pines.

The latest film from Oscar winning director Asghar Farhadi is our Deckchair Review this week - The Past.

Geoff's Picture Show (and Geoff) review the latest Alexander Payne film, Nebraska.

Geoff Hutchison reviews the most talked about film of the year - 12 Years a Slave.

One man's epic fight to stay alive is the premise of 'All is Lost'. Deckchair Reviewer Daniel tells us what he thought of the latest Robert Redford thriller.

Geoff Hutchison reviews 'Her' starring Joaquin Pheonix, Amy Adams and Scarlett Johansson as the voice of Samantha.

Nick and Meg escape to Paris in a bid to save their marriage. Will they survive? Geoff Hutchison reviews the latest Roger Michell film, Le Week-end.

Bell Shakespeare's Henry V continues its regional tour through NSW and Queensland before it opens for a four-week season at the Sydney Opera House on October 21.

The devastating effect of mental illness on family life is not the most likely material for a rock musical (or a great night out), but Next to Normal is one of the best productions all year.

Australian consumers are slowly opening up to the idea of eating a different kind of poultry the black-skinned chicken.

The Natural Resources Access Regulator (NRAR) has cleared New South Wales irrigators who were accused of illegal pumping during an embargo that was put in place after recent rain.

Smoking rates have dropped massively since the 70s down from 40 per cent to only 14 per cent but some areas of the country are not getting the message.