Culture

  • Guerrilla Girls: coming to a cinema near you

    The Guerrilla Girls were formed in 1985 after the Museum of Modern Art in New York held a blockbuster exhibition of 169 of the world's "most significant contemporary artists". All the artists whose work was on display were white, and

  • Australia and the atomic empire

    Australia's Bid for the Atomic BombBy Wayne Reynolds Melbourne University Press, 2000218pp, $32.95(pb) REVIEW BY JIM GREEN It has been known for many years that Australian governments considered, and pursued, the development of nuclear weapons

  • America's vengeful Vietnam fantasies

    REVIEW BY PHIL SHANNON Vietnam and Other American FantasiesBy H. Bruce FranklinUniversity of Massachusetts Press, 2000256 pp, $59.95 (hb) Elvis is alive and living in Los Angeles. Our planet is regularly visited by extraterrestrial beings who

  • A double indictment

    The Bogus WomanBy Kay AdsheadPerformer: Noma DumezweniBush Theatre, London REVIEW BY JONATHAN STRAUSS Detention of refugees, and their resistance to the inhumane situation in which this places them, is not confined to Australia. England also has

  • 3CR: on air and in the street for IWD

    MELBOURNE — Every year, community radio station 3CR serves a feast of women's programming, music and performance to celebrate International Women's Day. This year, 3CR's banquet will bigger than ever. It will kick off at

  • Stolen generations: 'It's not the past'

    Between Two WorldsAt the National ArchivesKelsey Crescent, Millner, DarwinTuesdays and Wednesdays 9am-noon, until May 31Group bookings at other times by appointment DARWIN — In 1939, the year Prime Minister John Howard was

  • Womadelaide: a different kind of globalisation

    ADELAIDE — The 2001 Womadelaide world music festival, held February 16-18, attracted a record 67,000 people. They braved high temperatures to hear an inspiring and exciting line-up of musicians from around the globe. Sierra

  • Sweet, sensual delight

    ChocolatWith Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Johnny Depp and Lena OlinDirected by Lasse HolstromPalace Cinemas, Sydney, other states to follow REVIEW BY MARGARET ALLUM I saw Chocolat on Valentine's Day. So too, it seemed, did a good