Culture

  • When utopia crumbles

    Revolutionary Road
    Directed by Sam Mendes
    Written by Justin Haythe and Richard Yates
    With Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio
    In cinemas

  • On the box

    Jerusalem Cuts — On May 14, 1948, eight hours before the British mandate over Palestine was to expire, Israel's future prime minister, David Ben-Gurion, declared independence for the state of Israel. SBS, Friday, February 20, 2.30pm. Blaktrax

  • One Aboriginal woman's story

    I Don’t Wanna Play House
    Written and performed by Tammy Anderson
    Original Production Direction John Bolton
    Q Theatre, 597 High Street, Penrith
    Feb 24-28
    Tickets 42/$37 Conc
    Bookings (02)4723 7600 PREVIEW BY YVONNE HELLMERS

  • On the box

    River of No Return — Frances Daingangan is a 45-year old mother of three who comes from the remote community of Ramingining in North East Arnhem land, and her dream came true when Rolf de Heer cast her in the lead female role of Nowalingu in Ten

  • Charles Darwin and materialist science

    February 12, 2009 is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Robert Darwin. His masterwork, On the Origin of Species, was published 150 years ago, in November 1859, initiating a revolution in science that continues to this day.

  • On the box

    Message Stick: The Apology — Looks at the anniversary of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's apology to the Stolen Generations. ABC, Sunday, February 8, 1.30pm. Dateline — Interview with former prime minister and now president of Israel, Shimon Peres,

  • Is there hope for the planet?

    Hell & High Water: Climate Change, Hope & the Human Condition
    By Alastair McIntosh
    Birlinn, 2008
    289 pages, $29.95

  • The battle continues

    Battle in Seattle
    Written and directed by Stuart Townsend
    with Woody Harrelson, Charlize Theron, Michelle Rodriguez and Andre Benjamin
    available on DVD

  • The good Germans?

    Valkyrie
    Directed by Bryan Singer
    Written by Christopher McQuarrie & Nathan Alexander
    With Tom Cruise & Kenneth Branaugh