Films
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Film review: in My Salinger Year, hope and optimism win out
Rakoff’s sole responsibility was to read the constant stream of fan mail sent to its most famous client, JD Salinger,…
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From Nitram to Penguin Bloom: Australian films to look out for in 2021
With the taste of Christmas lunch and festive beverages still lingering on our palettes, it’s time to embrace the possibilities…
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Review: David Byrne’s American Utopia is a film honouring the love of the live performance
We had travelled south from Brisbane to see show number 141 of a 143-date world tour of David Byrne’s American…
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‘A state of wonder’: the day our little lion man finally arrived
We travelled by taxi to a nearby Travelodge, John and I each holding one of Saroo’s hands as he sat…
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From B student to billionaire: the man who built Netflix
Dispassionate sackings. Konrad Marshall Good Weekend in The Age “Sunshining” failure. Reed Hastings, the man who built the world’s most…
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Guide to the Classics: The Secret Garden and the healing power of nature
First published in 1911, after being serialised in The American Magazine, it was dismissed by one critic at the time…
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Ennio Morricone: a versatile composer with a distinct sound
The maestro left this world on July 6 but his work is sure to move generations of music and film…
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In My Blood It Runs challenges the ‘inevitability’ of Indigenous youth incarceration
As he sat by his father’s side, he stated the purpose of his visit: Lilly Brown The Conversation I come…
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‘Just Mercy’ is now free to stream through June to help educate people on systemic racism
“Just Mercy,” released in theaters on January 10, tells the true story of Bryan Stevenson (Jordan), a civil-rights attorney who…
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Five films that explore what it feels like to truly grieve
Most of us know what the characters on screen are going through, we understand the disorientating swell of feelings and…
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The week’s best TV, film, books and music
Classic TV – Parks and Recreation BBC This brilliant sitcom has back in the news in recent weeks, after its…
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Planet of the Humans
Michael Moore presents Planet of the Humans, a documentary that dares to say what no one else will this Earth…
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In times of crisis, we turn to the arts.
Staying indoors and washing our hands may keep us alive, but the Australian government needs to protect the arts in…
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The films that defy censorship
In 1989 the blooming cinema industry in Sudan came crashing down like the Berlin Wall. Kaleem Aftab BBC On 1…
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“Parasite” Just Made Oscars History, Becoming The First Foreign-Language Film To Win Best Picture
The South Korean film Parasite earned the top prize at Sunday’s Academy Awards in Hollywood, making Oscar history by becoming…
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Kirk Douglas, Indomitable Icon of Hollywood’s Golden Age, Dies at 103
Kirk Douglas, the son of a ragman who channeled a deep, personal anger through a chiseled jaw and steely blue…
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