Pub test: the republic
First things first, say punters in Matt Thistlethwaite’s electorate
August 2014
Arts & Letters
Virtually pointless
At the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale, ‘Augmented Australia’ fails to impress
The 'Augmented Australia' app in action. © Alexander Mayes Photography
August 2014
‘Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist’, an incomplete portrait
This nostalgic documentary about the eminent designer raises more questions than it answers
‘The Old Man and the Gun’ and the outlaw Robert Redford
David Lowery’s new film pays too much tribute to the Sundance Kid
The magnificently messy ‘House of Cards’
The show that made Netflix a major player comes to a satisfying and ludicrous end
Must we choose between climate-change action and freedom of speech?
The science is clear, but the way forward is not
Art Gallery NSW’s Michael Brand
Adventures in the artefact business
Australia’s $60 billion submarine dilemma
A decision on our underwater fleet cannot be put off much longer
The women of Papua New Guinea’s village courts
Being a magistrate in the Eastern Highlands is not for the faint of heart‘The Old Man and the Gun’ and the outlaw Robert Redford
David Lowery’s new film pays too much tribute to the Sundance Kid
Eddie Perfect goes to Broadway
The Australian composer has two musicals – ‘Beetlejuice’ and ‘King Kong’ – opening in New York
A bigger, shinier cage: Julia Holter’s ‘Aviary’
A classically schooled composer seeks shelter from the cacophony of modern life
Barron Field and the myth of terra nullius
How a minor poet made a major historical error
Two worlds at the 16th Venice Architecture Biennale
The consumption of space, land and habitat is Australia’s focus at the world’s pre-eminent architecture event
Walking the Wukalina Walk
A new four-day tour in Tasmania is owned and guided by Aboriginal people
Murcutt’s mosque
The Australian Islamic Centre is notable for what it isn’t as much as for what it is
Twelve of a kind
Why is Australia planning so many new casinos?‘Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist’, an incomplete portrait
This nostalgic documentary about the eminent designer raises more questions than it answersThe magnificently messy ‘House of Cards’
The show that made Netflix a major player comes to a satisfying and ludicrous end
The ScoMo Express backfires
The PM’s farcical bus tour cements spin over substance as his brand
Twisted sisters: Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Suspiria’
Sentimentality ruins the magic of this otherwise unsettling and actively cruel film
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