CULTURE: Film criticism
CULTURE
A Port for the Soul: Aki Kaurismäki’s 'Le Havre'
Helen Garner
A watchman strolling late one night on the wharves of the French port of Le Havre raps his stick on the side of a container, and hears the...
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CULTURE
Citizen Kael: Brian Kellow’s 'Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark'
Christos Tsiolkas
The day after I finished reading Brian Kellow’s Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark (Viking, 432pp; $39.00), I watched John Cassavetes’ Faces...
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A Story of Spin: Stephen Frears’ 'The Queen'
Adrian Martin
It's the type of bold mixture we have not seen on a big or small screen since Kennedy Miller's local epic The Dismissal: on the one hand,...
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Clive James
There are more bad director’s movies than bad producer’s movies.–ANON A standard piece of Hollywood wisdom would have us believe there are...
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The War on Whingeing has begun, and @GMegalogenis must be breaking some kind of record on his blog today: http://t.co/V4OiQotJ #13hourslater
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 10:20pm
Now free online – Robert Manne spends one morning with @TurnbullMalcolm, the leader plenty of voters still want: http://t.co/vrCExhRy
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 7:25pm
“I want to know if my hair is just like yours” – the boy who patted Obama's head. Via @ShortlistDaily: http://t.co/uHe1c6cX
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 4:11pm
Thrillseeker of the year. Wing-suited man jumps out of chopper, no chute, from 2400ft: (video) http://t.co/CcI8xlFu
Thursday, 24 May 2012 - 4:05pm
