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Books & arts
Books & arts
The book of the film of the book
Brian McFarlane
3 August 2016
Brian McFarlane
reviews Whit Stillman’s
Love and Friendship
Books & arts
The choice that matters
Sylvia Lawson
22 July 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Goldstone
and
The Measure of a Man
.
Books & arts
The fax of life for film-makers
Brian McFarlane
22 July 2016
Books
| This collaborative account shows how films, almost miraculously, get to the screen, writes
Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
A story told over and over
Jane Goodall
18 July 2016
Television
|
Game of Thrones
brings to the screen qualities we associate with Aeschylus and Sophocles, writes
Jane Goodall
Books & arts
Schwarzkopf and the Nazis
Andrew Ford
5 July 2016
How do we reconcile an artist’s views with her work?
Books & arts
Contradictory counsel
Tony Blackshield
1 July 2016
Books
| A new biography of Sydney lawyer and sometime politician Tom Hughes details a remarkable career, writes
Tony Blackshield
Books & arts
What it means to be British
Jane Goodall
27 June 2016
Television
| Who are these people, and how different are they?
Books & arts
Judge by the hands, not by the eyes
Brett Evans
24 June 2016
Books
| Maurizio Viroli wants us to take a fresh look at the political philosophy of Niccolò Machiavelli, writes
Brett Evans
Books & arts
Thrillingly alive while history was made
Evan Williams
24 June 2016
Books
| Thornton McCamish’s unconventional biography of writer Alan Moorehead succeeds beautifully, writes
Evan Williams
Books & arts
Blindsided on Q&A
Jane Goodall
8 June 2016
Television
| The audience starred when the national broadcaster went to Tamworth, writes
Jane Goodall
Books & arts
Everyone’s business
Sylvia Lawson
7 June 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Chasing Asylum
Books & arts
Cartoonists go back to class
Robert Phiddian
7 June 2016
Books
| A new collection of cartoons reveals a struggle to find the comic essence of Malcolm Turnbull, writes
Robert Phiddian
Books & arts
Cruel beauty
Andrew Ford
2 June 2016
Composers might sometimes be envied by other artists, but music has a paradoxical limitation, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & arts
Is this such a man?
Peter Crowley
2 June 2016
Books
| Angus McMillan’s name has become attached to at least one massacre in Victoria’s Gippsland region, writes
Peter Crowley
. But does the…
Books & arts
On literary awards
Susan Lever
30 May 2016
Australia’s array of awards shows there are good and bad ways of recognising great writing, argues
Susan Lever
Books & arts
In a cold country
Sylvia Lawson
25 May 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Rams
and
The Man Who Knew Infinity
Books & arts
Uncommonly good?
Frank Bongiorno
23 May 2016
Books
| He’s level-headed, dogged and hard-working, writes
Frank Bongiorno
. And maybe that’s enough, whether Labor wins or not
Books & arts
The battle for India’s soul
Bob Smith
20 May 2016
Books
| Two new books throw light on the social and religious forces swirling around Narendra Modi’s Indian government, writes
Bob Smith
Books & arts
The baritone’s party piece
Andrew Ford
10 May 2016
Music
| Each singer must find his own voice for Peter Maxwell Davies’s best-known work, writes
Andrew Ford
Books & arts
The Brief Encounter that goes on and on…
Brian McFarlane
3 May 2016
Cinema
| Has any other film resonated across the decades in so many cultural fields?
Brian McFarlane
investigates the
Brief Encounter
phenomenon
Books & arts
Believers, doubters and disbelievers
Janna Thompson
20 April 2016
Books
| Transcendence, meaning, social purpose: religion has gripped a remarkable range of thinkers, says
Janna Thompson
Books & arts
On the brink of war
Brian McFarlane
20 April 2016
Books
| Helen Simonson offers a panoramic yet finely detailed view of a society heading for upheaval, writes
Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
Untangling a new era for land rights
Michael Dillon
15 April 2016
Books
| The land rights debate has entered a new era, writes
Michael Dillon
, and Leon Terrill is an informed and engaging guide
Books & arts
The edge of reality
Sylvia Lawson
8 April 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Son of Saul
and
The Daughter
Books & arts
How they invented the prime minister
Norman Abjorensen
8 April 2016
Books
| The Australian prime ministership was created out of almost nothing during the first five decades of the twentieth century, writes
Norman Abjorensen
Books & arts
Raising the standards
Andrew Ford
6 April 2016
Music
| The jazz standard ain’t what it used to be, writes
Andrew Ford
. In the case of Bill Frisell’s new album, that’s definitely a good thing
Books & arts
An “ordinary guy” in extraordinary times
Tom Hyland
1 April 2016
Books
| David Kilcullen helps us make sense of the madness unleashed by Islamic State, writes
Tom Hyland.
But he’s less convincing about what we should do next
Books & arts
Pride and Prejudice in the warzone
Jane Goodall
24 March 2016
Television
| It’s
War and Peace
’s turn for another BBC adaptation, writes
Jane Goodall
. But perhaps some temptations should be resisted
Books & arts
Intimate histories
Carolyn Holbrook
21 March 2016
Books
| Anna Clark gives academic historians plenty to think about, writes
Carolyn Holbrook
Books & arts
One Sunday in March
Kerry Ryan
21 March 2016
Kerry Ryan
keeps his options open at WOMADelaide
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