The boldest translations of book to film usually make for the best cinema, argues Brian McFarlane
02 May 13 Comments (0)Tales of the unexpected
The world’s largest refugee settlement is now telling its own stories, writes Clar Ni Chonghaile
Comments (0)Old medium, new century
By the end of the year, Australia’s cinema industry will no longer be a film industry. Jock Given looks at what this means for storytelling on the big screen
30 Apr 13 Comments (2)Such a bloody wonderful place
Sylvia Lawson reviews John Hughes’s documentary about the poet Judith Wright, and Pablo Larraín’s No
28 Apr 13 Comments (1)Ken Loach’s dreamland
The renowned director’s new film, which uses the socialist mood of 1945 to assail the world Margaret Thatcher created, is bad history and worse politics, says David Hayes
Comments (0)Taking flight
Sylvia Lawson reviews Rust and Bone and looks at the continuing controversy over Zero Dark Thirty
04 Apr 13 Comments (1)
Vast landscapes in tumult
Sylvia Lawson on Sergei Bondarchuk’s War and Peace and the French film-maker Chris Marker
06 Sep 12 Comments (0)Living places
Sylvia Lawson reviews Elena and Where Do We Go Now? and Hysteria, and pays tribute to Paul Willemen
25 Jul 12 Comments (0)
Unwasted moments
Sylvia Lawson reviews Silent Souls, Wish You Were Here and Love Letters from Teralba Road
30 May 12 Comments (0)How weird does this mob still seem?
Impossibly remote in many ways, the late fifties are portrayed with verve and nuance in John O’Grady’s bestselling novel, writes Brian McFarlane
01 May 12 Comments (0)
Boring is good
Margin Call is a reminder that finance is both necessary and dangerous, writes John Quiggin
08 Mar 12 Comments (0)Fragments of a modern Iran
Sylvia Lawson reviews A Separation and The Artist and pays tribute to producer Martin Williams
07 Mar 12 Comments (1)Along the pot-holed track
Visiting Alice Springs opens up other journeys captured on film and in prose and poetry, writes Sylvia Lawson in this extract from her new book
16 Feb 12 Comments (2)
