Books & arts
9 October 2013
By the time Ken G. Hall filmed Dad Rudd M.P., his film-making had come to reflect international popular culture as well as Australian traditions, writes Julieanne Lamond
Books & arts
4 October 2013
Wrestling with evil might have less value than exploring the interplay of humanity’s crimes, follies and tragedies, writes R.J.B. Bosworth
Books & arts
3 October 2013
John Besemeres reviews a remarkable book and recounts the career of its equally remarkable author
Books & arts
2 October 2013
The film and TV landscape has changed forever. Annabelle Sheehan reviews a timely guidebook
Books & arts
25 September 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews Muriel Spark’s The Mandelbaum Gate
Books & arts
15 September 2013
We’re still living in Wagner’s world, writes Andrew Ford
Books & arts
13 September 2013
Journalism is increasingly becoming a matter of selecting from an avalanche of material, writes Scott Bridges
Books & arts
12 September 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Gatekeepers and The Rocket
Books & arts
11 September 2013
Lesley Russell reviews a sweeping account of the United States in the twenty-first century by New Yorker writer George Packer
Books & arts
11 September 2013
Ramon Lobato reviews two manifestos responding to the commercialisation of the web
Books & arts
10 September 2013
Filling the knowledge gap will only take us so far in dealing with Australia’s leadership problems, writes Helena Liu
Books & arts
6 September 2013
Scott Ewing reviews an indispensable guide to a world constantly being measured and surveyed
Books & arts
6 September 2013
What can Australians do? They used to make radios, TV sets and Volkswagens, writes Jock Given. After 2016, they won’t even be making Falcons
Books & arts
5 September 2013
Kerry O’Brien’s interview with Clive James was about as good as it gets
Books & arts
2 September 2013
It’s time for harder thinking about Labor’s strengths and weaknesses, says Frank Bongiorno
Books & arts
30 August 2013
Readers and journalists are mostly missing from two recent books about the troubles at Fairfax, writes Sybil Nolan
Books & arts
27 August 2013
Widely watched and highly profitable, Chinese Central TV is also in many ways dysfunctional, writes Kerry Brown
Books & arts
25 August 2013
“Cyber war” has more in common with the war on obesity than the second world war, says Thomas Rid. Emily Crawford reviews his new book
Books & arts
22 August 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews Sue Milliken’s account of a career in Australian film-making
Books & arts
22 August 2013
Despite the global financial crisis and high-profile scandals, money continues to flow at the highest end of the art auction market. Anna Cristina Pertierra looks at why
Books & arts
18 August 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews B.S. Johnson’s Christie Malry’s Own Double-Entry
Books & arts
15 August 2013
Does misogyny in politics reflect a deeper problem in the character of political debate, asks Jane Goodall
Books & arts
12 August 2013
Why do writers and visual artists seem less interested in living composers than composers are in them, wonders Andrew Ford
Books & arts
29 July 2013
Annabelle Sheehan reviews a new account of the revolution in American TV that began on HBO
Books & arts
25 July 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews Satellite Boy, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks and The Great Gatsby
Books & arts
14 July 2013
Richard Johnstone reviews Mark McShane’s Séance on a Wet Afternoon
Books & arts
14 July 2013
Andrew Ford on the long careers of composers Pierre Boulez and Henri Dutilleux
Books & arts
2 July 2013
A new account of Poland’s experience of the second world war helps fill a blank page in our historical consciousness, writes John Besemeres
Books & arts
27 June 2013
Sylvia Lawson looks back at the 2013 Sydney Film Festival
Books & arts
24 June 2013
Fergal Davis reviews a vivid account of the human cost of the Guantanamo Bay trials