Inside Story

Books & arts Reviewing Indigenous history in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Maria Nugent & Shino Konishi 4 December 2009 The convenors of the “Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Reviewed” conference look at the film’s engagement with Indigenous history Books & arts Beyond the checkpoints Sylvia Lawson 3 November 2009 Sylvia Lawson discusses this year’s Palestinian film festival Books & arts All in the family Sylvia Lawson 23 September 2009 Sylvia Lawson reviews Beautiful Kate and Blessed Books & arts Half-forgotten, and given back Sylvia Lawson 25 August 2009 Robert Connolly’s Balibo draws together more than three decades of committed investigation and writing

Books & arts Rough justice Sylvia Lawson 11 March 2009 Sylvia Lawson reviews Laurent Cantet’s The Class and David Field’s The Combination Books & arts Drama on and off the screen Tina Kaufman 21 January 2009 Screen Australia arrives in the world amid a renewed debate about the film industry Essays & reportage The shattered silence Sylvia Lawson 6 January 2009 We are constantly delivered a double miracle: Aboriginal survival, and the Aboriginal will to forgive us all and share it, writes Sylvia Lawson Essays & reportage Luhrmann, us, and them Dean Ashenden 18 December 2008 Two films made sixty years apart are a reminder of how hard it is to tell the story of Australia, writes Dean Ashenden