Scrambling out of the debris

CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson reviews A Prophet and Precious

25 Feb 10 | Comments (0)

The hole in their bucket

Media companies’ campaign against internet piracy suffered a major setback last week when a federal court judgement let internet service providers off the hook for their customers’ illegal downloads. But the copyright wars are more than just a matter for the courts, write Julian Thomas and Ramon Lobato

11 Feb 10 | Comments (3)

Complications

CINEMA | The Australian film industry might not be as stricken as some commentators suggest. Sylvia Lawson looks back at a year’s output

04 Feb 10 | Comments (0)

Reviewing Indigenous history in Baz Luhrmann’s Australia

CINEMA | On the eve of the “Baz Luhrmann’s Australia Reviewed” conference at the National Museum of Australia, convenors Shino Konishi and Maria Nugent survey responses to the film’s engagement with Indigenous history

04 Dec 09 | Comments (2)

Beyond the checkpoints

CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson discusses this year’s Palestinian film festival

03 Nov 09 | Comments (0)

All in the family

CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson reviews Beautiful Kate and Blessed

23 Sep 09 | Comments (0)

Half-forgotten, and given back

CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson discusses the debate around Robert Connolly’s Balibo

25 Aug 09 | Comments (0)

One way of seeing

CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson discusses the re-release of Ted Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright

05 Aug 09 | Comments (0)

At two festivals

CINEMA | Sylvia Lawson reviews highlights of the Sydney Film Festival and the soon-to-tour Arab Film Festival

07 Jul 09 | Comments (0)

The new black

Sylvia Lawson reviews Warwick Thornton’s Samson and Delilah and this year’s Message Sticks festival

19 May 09 | Comments (3)