A web of lies
We may never know when Morrison knew, but there’s no doubt he has lied
July 2014
Arts & Letters
‘All the Light We Cannot See’ by Anthony Doerr
HarperCollins; $29.99
Its own reward: ‘The Virtues’
Topping February’s streaming highlights is a four-part series examining trauma and addiction, propelled by Stephen Graham’s affecting performance
‘Fragile Monsters’ by Catherine Menon
Memories of the Malayan Emergency resurface when a mathematician returns to her home country, in the British author’s debut novelIn light of recent events
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The composition of emotion: Rose Riebl
The pianist and contemporary classical composer bringing a virtuosic touch to minimalism
Pride and prejudice: ‘It’s a Sin’
‘Years and Years’ creator Russell T. Davies turns his attention to the despair, anger and protective humour of the gay community in HIV/AIDS-era Britain
Drawn to the drift: Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’
The award-winning film about America’s itinerants steers away from the darker stories of the working poor
Listening to country: ‘Fractures & Frequencies’ and ‘Infractions’
Elegiac installations from Megan Cope and Rachel O’Reilly at UNSW Galleries call for an understanding of the land as a living entity under threat
‘The Committed’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The philosophical thriller sequel to ‘The Sympathizer’ sends its Vietnamese protagonists to the Paris underworld
‘For the first time’ by Black Country, New Road
The debut from the latest British Art School Band delivers perfect pop with arch lyrics that owe a debt to Jarvis Cocker‘Fragile Monsters’ by Catherine Menon
Memories of the Malayan Emergency resurface when a mathematician returns to her home country, in the British author’s debut novel
‘TIWI’ at the National Gallery of Victoria
A must-see exhibition of Tiwi art from Bathurst and Melville islands, in which historical and contemporary media and imagery fuseIts own reward: ‘The Virtues’
Topping February’s streaming highlights is a four-part series examining trauma and addiction, propelled by Stephen Graham’s affecting performance
Celebrity misinformation
The Foo Fighters’ AIDS denialism should be on the record
Small glories: ‘Minari’
Childhood memories are suffused with an adult’s insight in Lee Isaac Chung’s semi-autobiographical film
Tumbled Pie
On Eddie McGuire, racism and ‘doing better’
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