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Books & arts
Two for the road — and two on the road
Brian McFarlane
11 August 2017
Cinema
| Two undemanding but shrewdly written films have hidden depths
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
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