Books & arts
1 April 2015
Vera Brittain’s Testament of Youth, now in its second screen version, recounts a remarkable life amid the upheavals of a century ago, writes Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
27 February 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews the Oscar-winning Citizenfour
Books & arts
28 January 2015
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Wild, Birdman and The Imitation Game
Books & arts
18 December 2014
Cinema | Sylvia Lawson reviews Particle Fever, The Dark Horse and Finding Vivian Maier, and farewells Margaret and David
Books & arts
26 November 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Two Days, One Night and Winter Sleep, and dips into three film festivals
Books & arts
30 October 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Rocking the Foundations, The 50-Year Argument and The Land Between
Books & arts
2 October 2014
Brian McFarlane revisits Chekhov’s remarkable play, on screen and away from Russia
Books & arts
2 October 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Immigrant and Message from Mungo
Books & arts
30 September 2014
Away from the holiday playgrounds, Europe is running on low-paid labour, writes Angela Daly
Books & arts
23 September 2014
Jonathan Croall’s new book reveals a talented researcher and writer at work, says Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
20 August 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Once My Mother and A Most Wanted Man
Books & arts
30 July 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Charlie’s Country
Books & arts
17 July 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Omar and Calvary
Books & arts
20 June 2014
Sylvia Lawson reports from the Sydney Film Festival
Books & arts
5 June 2014
Sylvia Lawson on the Sydney Film Festival, My Sweet Pepper Land and Ida
Books & arts
15 May 2014
Sylvia Lawson looks at National Film and Sound Archive cuts and reviews The Grand Budapest Hotel and Healing
Books & arts
7 May 2014
Does the future of entertainment lie with superstars or in the “long tail”?
Books & arts
26 April 2014
In London, Brian McFarlane reviews three valiant attempts to make the transition from celluloid to the theatre
Books & arts
3 April 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Hannah Arendt, The Missing Picture, Tracks and The Great Beauty
Books & arts
5 March 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Past and Utopia
Books & arts
6 February 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Wolf of Wall Street and Inside Llewyn Davis
Books & arts
16 January 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Railway Man, Philomena and American Hustle
Books & arts
12 December 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews Fallout, The Darkside and After May
Retrospective
13 November 2013
Ivan Sen’s Mystery Road reviewed
Books & arts
17 October 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Turning, Gravity, Blue Jasmine, Stories We Tell and The Act of Killing
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
2 October 2013
The film and TV landscape has changed forever. Annabelle Sheehan reviews a timely guidebook
Books & arts
12 September 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Gatekeepers and The Rocket
Books & arts
22 August 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews Sue Milliken’s account of a career in Australian film-making
Books & arts
25 July 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews Satellite Boy, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks and The Great Gatsby