Robert Connolly’s film ‘Balibo’ relates events in 1975 in East Timor around the killing of Australian journalists who were reporting on … More
Category: Culture
‘Public Enemies’
No, its not about fundamentalist terrorists, email-faking public servants or even lying, scabrous politicians. The film ‘Public Enemies’ starring Johnny Depp, Christian Bale and Marion … More
Australian Portrait
The National Portrait Gallery, opened December 2008, has finally given Canberra a lakeside building to be proud of. Unlike the National … More
Wake in Fright Alright!
1971 movie ‘Wake in Fright’ (digital re-release) showing at the Chauvel in Sydney is a harrowing, surreal tale of outback life. A ‘bonded’ new school teacher serving in … More
On the Road: “Making Love? Do it longer”.
‘Revolutionary Road’ starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet as a modern couple in the 1950s trying to break away from the conformity … More
‘The Breaker’
Kit Denton’s 1973 book about the life of colonial (English born) horseman, soldier & poet, Harry ‘The Breaker’ Morant, isn’t … More
Plastic Jacko?
Anatomist Gunther Von Hagens, who is renowned for embalming cadavres in polyurethane, reckons he had an agreement with Michael Jackson … More
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