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Nowhere near Hollywood
Culture
There is a special sort of loneliness about sitting in a cinema on your own. Over the past year, I have frequently found myself watching an Australian movie as the sole member of an audience and, on three occasions, with only one other person in the cinema. …
The Heart and Mind of Bob Katter
essay
Adventures in Katterland
Catherine Titasey’s ‘My Island Homicide’
Books
A surprising number of Australians don’t realise that the Torres Strait Islands are part of Australia. There are almost 300 of them stretching north of Cape York. Their administration is centred on Thursday Island, or TI as it is known. It’s …
Bowing to the bard
Culture
John Bell’s ‘On Shakespeare’
After life
Culture
Wim Wenders’ ‘Pina’ and Alain Corneau’s ‘Love Crime’
The better self?
Society
Germaine Greer and ‘The Female Eunuch’
The whirling dervish
Politics
On Tony Abbott
‘Manhood for Amateurs’ by Michael Chabon
Culture
There’s something of the eternal kid about Michael Chabon. Whereas other serious writers have outgrown Marvel comics, Star Trek and the rock songs of their youth, Chabon’s nostalgic sensibility is still deeply rooted in popular culture. If …
‘Barley Patch’ by Gerald Murnane
Culture
Giramondo Publishing, 320pp; $27.95
More than picong
arts
Patrick French’s ‘The World Is What It Is’
