Books & Arts
27 April 2023
Two men, five books, one film
Essays & Reportage
24 April 2023
A busy industry was waiting impatiently for the revival of Australian feature film-making in the early 1970s
Books & Arts
22 November 2022
Rationalism and magical thinking contend in The Wonder
Essays & Reportage
21 November 2022
What did we learn about juries from the abrupt conclusion to last month’s trial of a ministerial staffer?
Essays & Reportage
3 November 2022
While Melburnians watch The Lost City of Melbourne, Sydneysiders debate Barangaroo
Essays & Reportage
24 October 2022
Despite its extremes, Mparntwe Alice Springs still maintains a grip
From the archive
28 September 2022
What explains the Belgian novelist’s enduring popularity?
National Affairs
8 December 2021
Why has the National Film and Sound Archive suddenly found political favour?
Books & Arts
8 October 2021
Lockdown has been a chance to compare on-screen treatments of the former British PM, and a documentary about his friendship with director Alexander Korda
Essays & Reportage
23 July 2021
It’s crunch time for Australia’s film and sound heritage
Books & Arts
7 July 2021
Molly Reynolds has documented a remarkable half-century career
Books & Arts
3 June 2021
Three films tackle dementia is very different ways
Books & Arts
11 April 2021
Cinema | Gary Oldman brings screenwriter Herman J. Mankiewicz to vivid life
Essays & Reportage
19 March 2021
Mark Baker recalls an encounter with David Gulpilil in 1998
Books & Arts
10 March 2021
Cinema | Sam Neill stands out among a strong cast in Roger Michell’s Blackbird
Books & Arts
11 February 2021
Books | A lifetimes’s flirting with danger lay behind the fictions of Graham Greene
Books & Arts
15 December 2020
Cinema | Like all the best cinematic remakes, Rams stands on its own feet
Books & Arts
26 November 2020
Books | Film critic David Thomson offers an idiosyncratic take on some of cinema’s greatest directors
Books & Arts
5 November 2020
Books | Are Australians unusually prone to bad language?
Books & Arts
30 October 2020
Cinema | What went wrong with this update of Hitchcock’s classic?
Books & Arts
9 September 2020
Music | Zelig-like, sitarist Ravi Shankar became a global celebrity
Books & Arts
29 July 2020
Cinema | A White, White Day reviewed, and film news from Brisbane and Melbourne
Books & Arts
10 July 2020
Cinema | An unlikely coupling produces a vivid two hours of cinematic storytelling
Books & Arts
18 June 2020
Cinema | A new documentary highlights a milestone in the fight for women’s rights
Books & Arts
15 June 2020
Cinema | Back from a different kind of isolation, our critic catches up on Hearts and Bones, Motherless Brooklyn and the screen landscape
Books & Arts
2 June 2020
Did Australian drama really go missing during the 1960s, as the standard accounts of theatre history assume?
Books & Arts
29 May 2020
Books | The big screen offers a unique perspective on the past
Books & Arts
20 May 2020
Australian-based production is beginning its slow recovery
Essays & Reportage
23 April 2020
It’s an unsettling time to watch Stanley Kramer’s classic, On the Beach
Books & Arts
1 April 2020
Cinema | Dealt with harshly by many critics, this remake has its strengths