Books & arts
Worlds beyond the window
Sylvia Lawson
26 November 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Two Days, One Night and Winter Sleep, and dips into three film festivals
Books & arts
Documentary? Just call it cinema
Sylvia Lawson
30 October 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews Rocking the Foundations, The 50-Year Argument and The Land Between
Books & arts
Ubiquitous Uncle Vanya
Brian McFarlane
2 October 2014
Brian McFarlane revisits Chekhov’s remarkable play, on screen and away from Russia
Books & arts
This is how it was
Sylvia Lawson
2 October 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Immigrant and Message from Mungo
Books & arts
La vita difficile
Angela Daly
30 September 2014
Away from the holiday playgrounds, Europe is running on low-paid labour, writes Angela Daly
Books & arts
The making of a great biography
Brian McFarlane
23 September 2014
Jonathan Croall’s new book reveals a talented researcher and writer at work, says Brian McFarlane
Books & arts
This is now, and the battles continue
Sylvia Lawson
5 June 2014
Sylvia Lawson on the Sydney Film Festival, My Sweet Pepper Land and Ida
Books & arts
Not so much the tale as its telling
Sylvia Lawson
5 March 2014
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Past and Utopia
Books & arts
Silence made visible
Sylvia Lawson
13 November 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews Ivan Sen’s masterly Mystery Road
Books & arts
Big world
Sylvia Lawson
17 October 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews The Turning, Gravity, Blue Jasmine, Stories We Tell and The Act of Killing
Books & arts
Between one geography and another
Sylvia Lawson
25 July 2013
Sylvia Lawson reviews Satellite Boy, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks and The Great Gatsby
From the archive
Watching The Back of Beyond
Sylvia Lawson
17 July 2013
This 1954 documentary has “a kind of radiance” that captivated audiences around the world
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