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cinema
Books & arts
The sense of an adaptation
Brian McFarlane
25 May 2017
Cinema
|
The Sense of an Ending
reveals another way of translating fiction onto the screen
Books & arts
The adaptable Winifred Holtby
Brian McFarlane
20 March 2017
Out of the unpromising material of local government, Winifred Holtby created a fine novel that went on to be filmed three times
Books & arts
Hanging on
Brian McFarlane
8 February 2017
Cinema
| Kenneth Lonergan’s latest film steers clear of sentimentality and easy comedy
Books & arts
Comic turn
Brian McFarlane
22 January 2017
Cinema
| Like all good comedy,
The Edge of Seventeen
takes its job very seriously
Books & arts
Daughter, sister, friend, poet
Brian McFarlane
23 December 2016
Cinema
| Terence Davies’s
A Quiet Passion
captures Emily Dickinson in a rich social setting
Books & arts
Ken Loach’s wasteland
David Hayes
2 December 2016
Cinema
| The veteran director’s tender dive into the indignity of Britain’s welfare system tries too hard to avoid complication
From the archive
Once were a weird mob
Brett Evans
11 November 2016
How one of Britain’s greatest directors transferred John O’Grady’s sharply observed comic novel to the screen
Books & arts
Not suitable for children
Tanya Dalziell
4 October 2016
From the archive
| Helen Simpson’s
Under Capricorn
made a decades-long journey from novel to film to TV to DVD. Alfred Hitchcock’s version was a…
Books & arts
Whose utopia?
Madeleine O’Dea
22 September 2016
Fascinated by cities, Chinese artist and documentary-maker Cao Fei constantly returns to urban landscapes
Books & arts
History drawn towards myth
Sylvia Lawson
22 September 2016
Cinema
| Clint Eastwood’s
Sully
reaches beyond its real-life plot
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
Everyone’s business
Sylvia Lawson
7 June 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Chasing Asylum
Books & arts
In a cold country
Sylvia Lawson
25 May 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Rams
and
The Man Who Knew Infinity
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
The edge of reality
Sylvia Lawson
8 April 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Son of Saul
and
The Daughter
Books & arts
Hindesight, 2016
Sylvia Lawson
29 February 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
views
Looking for Grace
through the lens of John Hinde’s classic analysis of Australian film
Books & arts
The thrill of the chase
Sylvia Lawson
3 February 2016
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
Spotlight
and
The Big Short
Essays & reportage
Kenneth Slessor goes to the movies
Tom O'Regan
4 January 2016
The celebrated poet invented his own way of writing about the films of the early sound era, says
Tom O’Regan
Books & arts
Newsfront revisited
Sylvia Lawson
15 December 2015
Cinema
| Philip Noyce’s 1978 feature was an antidote to the tasteful costume dramas of the reviving Australian film industry, writes
Sylvia Lawson
Books & arts
No surrender
Brian McFarlane
15 December 2015
Cinema
|
Suffragette
seems doubly overdue, writes
Brian McFarlane
International
Engineers of human souls
Linda Jaivin
5 November 2015
Xi Jinping has made clear the Party’s views about the role of artists, writes
Linda Jaivin
. But it’s unclear what they will mean in practice
Books & arts
Anthems of late capitalism
Andrew Ford
27 October 2015
Much of the James Bond style comes down to the music
Essays & reportage
Films for the times
Brian McFarlane
21 August 2015
Twenty great British films?
Brian McFarlane
explains how he chose them, and looks at one old and one new
Books & arts
The resolutely unpredictable Rolf de Heer
Brian McFarlane
12 August 2015
Books
| The best-ever account of an Australian director?
Brian McFarlane
reviews Jane Freebury’s survey of the director’s eclectic career
Essays & reportage
Dog eat cat: the push to rewild Australia
Brett Evans
16 July 2015
As the Threatened Species Summit opens in Melbourne,
Brett Evans
profiles a scientist film-maker who says “rewilding” is the best way to battle the invasive…
Books & arts
At the end of the line
Sylvia Lawson
25 June 2015
Cinema
|
Sylvia Lawson
looks back on this year’s Sydney Film Festival
Books & arts
The steady gaze
Sylvia Lawson
18 June 2015
Cinema
| From the Sydney Film Festival
Sylvia Lawson
reviews
The Pearl Button
and
The Look of Silence
Correspondents
In Mumbai, the contradictions and delights of hybridity and pastiche
Dennis Altman
16 June 2015
Now in its sixth year, the Kashish Queer Film Festival reflects an India that is changing regardless of lawmakers or the courts, reports
Dennis Altman
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