Culture

  • Portraits from a time of genocide

    Portraits from a time of genocide Facing Death: Portraits from Cambodia's Killing FieldsAustralian Centre for Photography, Paddington (Sydney)Tues-Sat, 11am-6pm, until July 5. When Cambodian rebels and Vietnamese troops overthrew the Pol Pot

  • Poem: The reply of the orange-bellied parrot

    Poem: The reply of the orange-bellied parrot The reply of the orange-bellied parrot "... not the orange-bellied parrot. They're just trumped up corellas." — Jeff Kennett, Premier of Victoria. Hey, Jeff, it's that "not" that worries

  • Caught in the web of ASIO suspicion

    My Father's Son: The Last Knot UntiedBy Ric ThrossellMelbourne: em Press, 1997. 428 pp., $19.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Canberra author and former Commonwealth public servant Ric Throssell is one of many Australians to have fallen foul of

  • A story of the human spirit

    Some Mother's SonDirected by Terry GeorgeStarring Helen Mirren and Fionnula FlanaganNow screening in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Review by Michael Heany Any visitor to Northern Ireland who keeps at least half an eye open will notice that politics

  • ThanXX for the memories

    Turning Up 20Various artistsCommunity Radio 2XX$25 ($20 for 2XX subscribers) to 2XX, GPO Box 812, Canberra ACT 2601, or phone credit card details to (06) 249 4512. Review by Morgan O'Keefe Throughout 1996 Community Radio 2XX volunteers, staff

  • Taking a sharp pen to the born-to-rule machines

    The Crocodile ClubBy Kaz CookeAllen & Unwin, 1997. 230 pp., $14.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon The comic genius of Kaz Cooke has been let loose again with the paperback release of her novel, The Crocodile Club. There is no funnier cure than Kaz

  • Green Left's picks of Sydney Film Festival

    If you have the time and motivation, the annual Sydney Film Festival is an escapist experience par excellence. The 44th Sydney Film Festival will be presenting about 150 films, from 25 countries, over 15 days in June. Ticket

  • Forever changes

    The Fifth ElementStarring Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich and Gary OldmanDirected by Luc BessonNow showing in all major cinemas Review by James O'Donnell The Fifth Element is flawed. More than this, it is a whole procession of secondary flaws

  • Best film noir of the decade

    BoundSpecial preview presented by 2XX and SistaActJune 19, 8.15pmElectric Shadows CinemaTickets $15/12 for 2XX subscribers and concessionProceeds to 2XX Review by Tristan Ray The debut film of the Wachowski brothers, Andy and Larry, Bound, by

  • Poem: Distorted Dreams

    Poem: Distorted Dreams Distorted Dreams I sleep until morning.I dream through the night.I think of existenceAnd the beauty of life.My dreams are distortedBy what I have seen.I've read it in booksAnd saw it on TV.The destroying of my

  • A battler of history

    The People's Champion — Fred Paterson, Australia's Only Communist Party Member of ParliamentBy Ross FitzgeraldUniversity of Queensland Press, 1997.312 pp., $26.95 (pb) Review by John Nebauer In 1944, Fred Paterson was elected as the member for

  • Much is lost in the gloom

    TomorrowBy Ric ThrossellMelbourne: em Press, 1997. 289 pp., $19.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon Ric Throssell's latest novel is a fictional re-creation of the life of the Communist Party of Australia from the late '30s to the party's dissolution