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Culture
December 3, 2009Nowhere near Hollywood
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. …
Books
September 1, 2013Catherine Titasey’s ‘My Island Homicide’
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 …
essay
April 1, 2013The Heart and Mind of Bob Katter
Adventures in Katterland
Culture
October 6, 2011Bowing to the bard
John Bell’s ‘On Shakespeare’
Culture
August 1, 2011After life
Wim Wenders’ ‘Pina’ and Alain Corneau’s ‘Love Crime’
Society
February 25, 2010The better self?
Germaine Greer and ‘The Female Eunuch’
Politics
January 28, 2010The whirling dervish
On Tony Abbott
Culture
November 5, 2009‘Manhood for Amateurs’ by Michael Chabon
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 …
Culture
October 1, 2009‘Barley Patch’ by Gerald Murnane
Giramondo Publishing, 320pp; $27.95
arts
July 2, 2008More than picong
Patrick French’s ‘The World Is What It Is’
