Movies & TV

Movies & TV

Breakthrough: What does yours look like?

Coming to theatres on April 11, Breakthrough is this year’s Easter offering on the big screen. With a surprisingly star-studded cast for a faith-based movie that boldly addresses the power of...

News

Some dramas have no happy ending

It has been the Korean drama nobody could have seen coming. Ever since its early beginnings at the turn of the year, when a 28-year-old man submitted a request for help from the presidential Blue...

Movies & TV

The black holes of my heart

I remember being stunned the first time I watched Interstellar. If you’ve watched it too, it was the scene with the black hole that left me particularly speechless. I remember hitting pause on...

Movies & TV

Inception: What are we allowing into our minds?

Most people would remember Inception – the mind-bending, dream-within-a-dream film written, directed and co-produced by Christopher Nolan. Released in 2010 to huge commercial success, it...

Movies & TV

Storm Boy: We get by with a little help from each other

“I just want to quit the rat race and move to a cabin in the woods, a cave, or a secluded island – anywhere.” I don’t know what you feel about the word “adulting”, but...

Movies & TV

How to KonMari your spiritual life in 2019

If you haven’t noticed by now, January 2019 has been overtaken by a little Japanese lady by the name of Marie Kondo. Some of us might have known about her for years as the professional...

Culture

I was in Crazy Rich Asians, and it showed me how I want to live

Yes, that’s right. I was in Crazy Rich Asians, the movie that’s recently made history for minority representation with an almost all-Asian cast – and placed our little red dot on the...

Relationships

Pornography was my escape

I had my first girlfriend, A, at 18. It was wonderful. I loved her and accepted her for who she really was. We were happy until the day I realised that A was seeing someone else without my knowledge....

Culture

THIR.ST TALKS: Getting real with Hillsong Young & Free

Formed in 2012, Hillsong Young & Free is known for their contemporary electropop worship tunes that have been played in churches worldwide. Thir.st sat down with two of their members, Aodhán...