Sweet Sorrow

David Nicholls eschews the traditions of romance in narrative without falling prey to cynicism.

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Film review: Miss Juneteenth

Drawn from her own experiences growing up in Texas, Channing Godfrey Peoples crafts a beautiful love letter to womanhood, motherhood and African-American culture.

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Either Side of Midnight

Sam Midford opens the monologue for his weekly current affairs show by shooting himself in the head. It’s this heart-in-your-mouth scene that opens Either Side…

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Fallout

Can a single magazine article change international thinking? Can a magazine allow one article to be an entire issue? 

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Anxious People

Anxious People is described as “One bank robber. Seven strangers. And a really bad idea”. It is a blunt introduction to our everyday survival and…

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Film review: On The Rocks

Sofia Coppola has made some of the most distinctive pieces of cinema in the past 20 years. Sometimes her work has not enough meat on…

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Film review: The Translators

Stripping the story down to its basics plays to the advantage of this entertaining and murderless whodunnit.

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The Truth Hurts

Boe. Burma Born. Bright Boy. Brisbane Bred. Buranda Bellringer. Bold Barrister. Brave Book. The Truth Hurts reveals Andrew Boe’s philosophical development as a lawyer and contemporary thinker. …

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The Fatal Lure of Politics: The Life and Thought of Vere Gordon Childe

This historian’s radical portrayal showcases the two lives of Vere Gordon Childe – himself a radical archaeologist-Marxist political activist and perhaps one of Australia’s greatest…

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The Commando Way: A special forces commander’s lessons for life, leadership and success

Bram Connolly is a 20-year veteran of the Australian Defence Force, serving more than 15 years in the Special Forces during which he earned the…

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