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From the archive Suspended between life and death Richard Johnstone 16 November 2018 Peter Jackson’s vivid account of the Great War is also a tribute to the art of the cinema Books & arts Out of the danger zone Julie Rigg 2 November 2018 Cinema | Julie Rigg reviews Backtrack Boys and Beautiful Boy Books & arts The light and the dark Julie Rigg 3 October 2018 Cinema | Julie Rigg reviews Ladies in Black and Custody Books & arts How Spike does history Julie Rigg 31 August 2018 Cinema | BlacKkKlansman is a testament to Lee’s mastery of rapidly shifting moods

Books & arts Scenes from an old country Brian McFarlane 28 March 2018 Cinema | The British Film Festival has been an unexpected hit with Australian audiences Books & arts Pygmalion subverted Julie Rigg 7 March 2018 Cinema | Of this year’s Oscar contenders, Phantom Thread seems most likely to endure Books & arts Confounded expectations Julie Rigg 19 January 2018 Cinema | Archetypes are challenged in Warwick Thornton’s latest film Books & arts Demanding the impossible Tom O'Regan 8 November 2017 An appreciation of journalist, critic and film industry activist Sylvia Lawson, who died this week

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…