Culture

  • Growth industry

    Growth industry "Uranium is a growth industry",Says the Mining Maggot, always smilin' —You're sure to get a growth out of it, you idiot!Just look at the people from the Marshall Islands! Denis Kevans

  • Escaping the white-picket cage

    Review by Sean Healy The Truman ShowDirected by Peter WeirWith Jim Carrey and Ed HarrisNow showing at cinemas everywhere This is one film where you have to try to forget who the star is, and what he represents in Hollywood-land — this is not a

  • Still walking, still waiting

    Walking with my SistersProduced and directed by Bronwyn KiddWednesday, October 14, 8pmSBS Review by Margaret Allum In April 1997, the native title deal between the NSW government and four sisters of the Arakwal people of Cape Byron was hailed as

  • Ethnicity, class and sexuality collide head on

    Ethnicity, class and sexuality collide head on Head OnDirected by Ana KokkinosWith Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Elena Mandalis and Maria MercedisAdapted from the book Loaded by Christos Tsiolkas By Conrad Barnettand Natalie Wood Ari (Alex

  • Sibling rivalries and strengths

    RadianceDirected by Rachel PerkinsWith Rachael Maza, Deborah Mailman and Trisha Morton-ThomasDistributed by PolyGramScreening nationally from October 8 Review by Francesca Davis An isolated house in rural Queensland is haunted by the ghosts of the

  • In My Bed

    My lover is an activista revolutionary socialist.He's mastered the art of dialectica well trained comrade, life is hectic.He chooses words with venomwith the accuracy of LeninI do enjoy our polemicsthough the pace is somewhat franticand he can be

  • Pantsdown: political protest through satire

    Pantsdown: political protest through satire"On October 3, Pauline Hanson will be out of office. After that I'm more than happy to fade into obscurity, returning in 10 years time to tour the RSL club circuit, doing my Hits of the

  • The secret word on Groucho

    The secret word on GrouchoNo, they didn't confuse him with Karl. In 1953 the FBI really did want to know if Groucho Marx was a member of the Communist Party. Apparently the bureau was not familiar with Groucho's famous motto, "I

  • Another outstanding Brecht production

    Another outstanding Brecht production The Caucasian Chalk CircleBy Bertolt BrechtDirected by Michael KantorBelvoir St Theatre, SydneyUntil October 25 Review by Brendan Doyle In this centenary year of his birth, commentators have cast doubts on

  • Dark nights in the valley

    Dark nights in the valley In the Winter DarkDirected by James BogleWith Brenda Blethyn, Ray Barrett, Miranda Otto and Richard RoxburghAt major cinemas Review by Margaret Allanand Francesca Davis Something sinister is out there. It mutilates

  • Bradbury's Loggerheads on ABC TV

    Bradbury's Loggerheads on ABC TV Controversial environmental film-maker David Bradbury explores the forest debate in his latest film, Loggerheads, screening on Tuesday, September 29, 8.30pm, on ABC TV. Bradbury highlights the distinction between

  • How Thatcher smashed the unions

    Inside CowleyBy Alan ThornettPorcupine Press, London, 1998408pp (pb), £17.45 Review by James Vassilopoulos Inside Cowley contains a thousand lessons for trade union militants. It explains how British PM Margaret Thatcher got away with taming