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Books & arts The adaptive eye Brian McFarlane 2 May 2013 The boldest translations of book to film usually make for the best cinema, argues Brian McFarlane Tales of the unexpected Clar Ni Chonghaile 2 May 2013 The world’s largest refugee settlement is now telling its own stories, writes Clar Ni Chonghaile Essays & reportage Old medium, new century Jock Given 30 April 2013 By the end of the year, Australia’s cinema industry will no longer be a film industry. Jock Given looks at what this means for storytelling on the big screen Books & arts Such a bloody wonderful place Sylvia Lawson 28 April 2013 Sylvia Lawson reviews John Hughes’s documentary about the poet Judith Wright, and Pablo Larraín’s No

Books & arts Living places Sylvia Lawson 25 July 2012 Sylvia Lawson reviews Elena and Where Do We Go Now? and Hysteria, and pays tribute to Paul Willemen Books & arts Small armies Sylvia Lawson 28 June 2012 A Sydney Film Festival postscript from Sylvia Lawson Books & arts Rough passages Sylvia Lawson 14 June 2012 Sylvia Lawson at the Sydney Film Festival Books & arts Unwasted moments Sylvia Lawson 30 May 2012 Sylvia Lawson reviews Silent Souls, Wish You Were Here and Love Letters from Teralba Road

Books & arts Going to the movies, writing about the movies Brian McFarlane 15 February 2012 Brian McFarlane on the life and work of the formidable American critic, Pauline Kael Books & arts Power play Sylvia Lawson 8 February 2012 Sylvia Lawson on Clint Eastwood’s J. Edgar and this year’s Australian film awards Books & arts Old-fashioned politics Sylvia Lawson 12 January 2012 Sylvia Lawson reviews The Iron Lady and The Ides of March Books & arts Real-life melodrama Richard Johnstone 12 January 2012 Richard Johnstone’s paperback of the month, Death and the Dolce Vita: The Dark Side of Rome in the 1950s