Culture

  • An attempt to 'save' the family

    Wifework: What Marriage Really Means for WomenBy Susan MaushartText Publishing, Melbourne, 2001269 pages, $24.95 REVIEW BY ANGELA LUVERA Prime Minister John Howard's assertion that the family is the best welfare unit reflects his government's

  • Focus on activist theatre

    CANBERRA — The changing face of politics and grass roots activism are addressed in four works in the Festival of the Contemporary Arts theatre program. Canberra's fifth Festival of the Contemporary Arts (FoCA5) is being held from

  • Would politicians survive Big Brother?

    BY SEAN WALSH & SARAH PEART MELBOURNE — Would politicians survive Big Brother? This was the contentious and very important question posed at a Green Left Weekly fundraising evening held in the Brunswick Town Hall on August 23 and attended by 100

  • 'Every person is an artist'

    In the hands of a people's movement, culture can be a fine weapon. That was certainly proven the case on August 17 when the Indonesian military repressed a people's carnival organised by the national cultural network, JAKER, in

  • Long live the river!

    SYDNEY — Former Communist Party of Australia member and ex-councillor on Liverpool council Don Symes declares: "I've been fighting for the Georges River since the 1940s!". He recalls when the Georges River surrounds were designated as "greenspace",

  • Scenes from a racist state

    Not in my GardenVideo '48Documentary video, in Arabic/Hebrew (with English subtitles)US$55 individuals, US$100 institutions and groupsSend cheques to PO Box 41199, Jaffa 61411, IsraelEmail <[email protected]> REVIEWED BY MALIK MIAH

  • John Pilger: demolishing global myths

    DAVID CROMWELL talked to London-based Australian journalist John Pilger about his latest television documentary, The New Rulers of the World, which examines the real meaning of the "global economy", including the virtually unknown and bloody history

  • A tribute to the Kurds

    A Time for Drunken HorsesWritten and directed by Bahman GhobadiShowing at Dendy and Palace cinemas, Sydney and Melbourne. REVIEW BY ANDREA MYLES& OWEN RICHARDS A Time for Drunken Horses tells the story of life in modern Kurdistan, a territory in

  • 'I just hate banks'

    The BankWith David Wenham and Anthony LaPagliaWritten and directed by Robert ConnollyIn major cinemas from September 6. REVIEWED BY SEAN HEALY "Taut psychological thrillers" are two bob a dozen. So are ones with a nasty rich businessperson as

  • The trials of growing up a working-class Catholic

    REVIEW BY SARAH STEPHEN LiamDirected by Stephen FrearsScreenplay by Jimmy McGovernStarring Anthony Borrows, Megan Burns, Ian Hart and Claire HackettShowing at Dendy and Palace cinemas nationally Liam, the latest film scripted by Jimmy

  • Art for freedom

    Just ArtShowing August 8-1531 Woods Street, Darwin REVIEW BY JO ELLIS Opened by Dadang Christano on August 8, this eclectic collection of artworks by local and international artists, explored the themes of democracy, peace and freedom. Taring