Culture

  • A cheeky little (global) wine

    MondovinoWritten & directed by Jonathan Nossiter Opens in Sydney and Melbourne on September 15 REVIEW BY BRENDAN DOYLE Don't know your Beaujolais from your bubbly? You can still enjoy Mondovino in moderation. Corporate crooks, carping critics,

  • Freedom Festival 2005

    Freedom Festival 2005 is a national music event to raise awareness of Amnesty International Australia's Stop Violence Against Women campaign. International artists include Ursula Rucker (Philadelphia, US), Ben Mono (Munich, Germany) and Jah'licious

  • An anti-imperialist message from Bollywood

    The Rising: Ballad of Mangal PandeyDirected by Ketan MehtaStarring Aamir Khan, Toby Stephens, Rani Mukherjee, Amisha Patel and Coral BeedScreening nationally at selected cinemas REVIEW BY RAJIV RAWAT A strange North American silence seems to have

  • Death and transcendence

    Who dies?September 16-18 & 23-25, 8pm St Luke's Hall, 11 Stanmore Rd, Enmore$22/$15For bookings phone (02) 9747 1402 or email <[email protected]> Sydney's Kinetic Energy Theatre Company is celebrating its 30th birthday by

  • On the box

    Zygielbojm's Death — Follows the search for information about Szmul Zygielbojm, charismatic leader of the Jewish Socialist Bund Party in Poland who was active in the Jewish underground after the Germans invaded in 1939. SBS, Friday, September 16,

  • The tradition of class-struggle unionism

    Uncharted Waters: Social Responsibility in Australian Trade UnionsBy Greg MalloryBoolarong Press, Brisbane, 2005243 pages, $35 (pb) REVIEW BY JIM MCILROY In his foreword to Uncharted Waters, former NSW Builders Labourers Federation (BLF)

  • The struggles of maritime workers on the big screen

    Betrayed: The Story of Canadian Merchant Seamen Directed by Elaine Briere 55 minutes REVIEW BY CLINTON FERNANDES Betrayed is the latest documentary by renowned film-maker and photographer Elaine Briere. The film deals with the Canadian Seamen's

  • The forgotten story of Chavez Ravine

    REVIEW BY LANCE SELFA Chavez RavineRy Cooder with various artistsNonesuch Records (a division of Warner Music) Virtually every baseball fan knows that Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium is located in an area called Chavez Ravine. But few know Chavez

  • Minister at large

    Beholdthe ambassador of silenceaportfolio carrying grave responsibility in an age wherewordsspew like raw sewageintothecollective consciouswithsilencethe only insurancerealagainst the perverse influenceofpost truth double speakshut upplease Will

  • On the box

    Ladies First: Women Rebuild Rwanda — In 1994, women and girls made up 70% of the population in Rwanda — a result of the civil war and genocide that had devastated the country. They are now playing an unprecedented role in the country's

  • Corporate power threatening our health

    Selling Sickness: How Drug Companies are Turning Us All into PatientsBy Ray Moynihan & Alan CasselsAllen & Unwin, 2005254 pages, $26.95 (pb) REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Thirty years ago, the retiring head of the Merck pharmaceutical company told

  • On the box

    On the box — Orthodykes, Message Stick: Wayne Atkinson, Cutting Edge: Beslan, Grass, The Cirlce and The Mary G Show.