Books & arts
25 May 2015
Books | David Thomson’s exploration of acting is never less than gripping, writes Brian McFarlane. But his implied question never quite gets answered
Books & arts
21 May 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson on Canberra’s last Electric Shadow, George Brandis and the Australia Council, and Testament of Youth and X+Y
Books & arts
21 May 2015
What might television look like in a year’s time, in a few years’ time, in a decade? Jock Given, Michael Brealey and Cathy Gray asked…
Books & arts
19 May 2015
Books | Martin Edmond’s dual biography of Rex Battarbee and Albert Namatjira illuminates a remarkable friendship, writes Eleanor Hogan
Books & arts
19 May 2015
Extract | After decades of stage and screen success, John McCallum and Googie Withers struck out in new directions in the late 1960s, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
15 May 2015
Books | A new biography captures Thea Astley’s idiosyncrasies and contradictions, and the qualities of her fiction, writes Susan Lever
Books & arts
14 May 2015
Books | Cass Sunstein and Reid Hastie want us to think differently about making decisions in groups. But there’s a small herd of elephants in the room, writes…
Books & arts
13 May 2015
Music | Jack Body’s last composition, Cries: A Border Town, was a work like no other, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
8 May 2015
Television | “Poverty porn” it isn’t, but the aims of Struggle Street still worry Jane Goodall
Books & arts
8 May 2015
The British Museum’s Indigenous Australia exhibition could change the conversation about relations between Indigenous people, museums and collections
Books & arts
5 May 2015
Television | Jane Goodall reviews the BBC’s Wolf Hall
Books & arts
23 April 2015
Books | Tony Windsor made an indelible mark on federal politics, writes Brett Evans. And he might be considering a comeback
Books & arts
20 April 2015
Books | Sara Dowse reviews the autobiography of the former Queensland premier
Books & arts
13 April 2015
Photography | A new exhibition makes illuminating connections across Australian photographic history, writes Richard Johnstone
Books & arts
8 April 2015
Music | Next to Van Morrison and Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell’s output has been small, writes Andrew Ford. But she is a different kind of composer and performer
Books & arts
7 April 2015
Television | There’s plenty to enjoy about Stephen Oliver’s survey of TV humour, writes Jane Goodall. But how uniquely Australian is the phenomenon…
Books & arts
2 April 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Leviathan and Selma
Books & arts
1 April 2015
Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, now in its second screen version, recounts a remarkable life amid the upheavals of a century ago, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
30 March 2015
Books | Two new books highlight how Australian universities have changed in recent decades, writes Beverley Kingston
Books & arts
25 March 2015
Books | The self-described “storian” sells himself short in Gallipoli, writes David Stephens
Books & arts
21 March 2015
Books | Internet critic Andrew Keen might be the man for the times, but his new book fails to convince Ramon Lobato
Books & arts
20 March 2015
Books | The Islamic State seemed to appear out of nowhere, writes Matthew Gray, but its origins lie in decades of conflict and bad decisions
Books & arts
12 March 2015
Books | Susan Lever reviews James Bradley’s new novel about a future reshaped by a changing climate
Books & arts
12 March 2015
Books | Feel like a tourist in the land of finance? Tom Westland reviews John Lanchester’s visitor’s guide
Books & arts
10 March 2015
Music | Bass drum, crotales or tubular bells? Andrew Ford takes the best advice
Books & arts
4 March 2015
Books | A new account of a long war lays bare a series of miscalculations and misunderstandings, writes Tom Hyland
Books & arts
2 March 2015
Television | Jane Goodall reviews Fortitude and the second series of Broadchurch
Books & arts
27 February 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews the Oscar-winning Citizenfour
Books & arts
23 February 2015
Photography | Unlike conventional war photography, aftermath photographs record consequences and allow us to explore the significance of what’s depicted, writes…