Culture

  • Left on line

    Left on line Free Roisin McAliskey! — Roisin is imprisoned in Holloway Prison, London, without formal charges and without bail. She awaiting a decision by the German government to seek her extradition. She is pregnant and has been

  • Chilean band a hit in Brisbane

    Chilean band a hit in Brisbane@box text intro = BRISBANE — Chilean band Illapu transformed the staid Performing Arts Complex Concert Hall into a Chilean carnival on April 13. The seven-piece ensemble left Chile,

  • New play by Frank Otis

    New play by Frank Otis MELBOURNE—As part of his recovery from a traumatic background of sexual assault and psychiatric illness, Frank Otis wrote his first play, And now I lay me down to sleep, which was produced last year and played to packed

  • A trip worth taking

    Get on the BusDirected by Spike LeeWritten by Reggie Rock BythewoodWith Charles Dutton, Ossie Davis, Andre Braugher, DeAundre Bonds, Thomas Byrd, Gabriel Casseus, Albert Hall, Harry Lennix, Hill Harper, Bernie Mac, Wendell Pierce, Roger Guenveur

  • Those who were and weren't too polite

    Suffrage Days: Stories From The Women's Suffrage MovementBy Sandra Stanley HoltonRoutledge, 1996. 309 pp., $39.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon The movement for the women's vote early in this century, argues Sandra Holton in Suffrage Days, is

  • Visible to all except the Australian government

    Children of the Resistance: The current situation in East Timor as seen through the eyes of two Australian touristsBy Rebecca Winters and Brian KellyAustralians for a Free East Timor, 1996. 36 pp., $6 Review by Jon Lamb Children of the

  • Zany underworld musical nonsense

    The Cabaret From HellWritten and Directed by Terry BurganThe Dispensary Cafe, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle The Devil's ratings are down. His cabaret show needs a lift, while God's Sunday gigs are sold out for eternity. How long can the

  • A grand sweep of history and class conflict

    A grand sweep of history and class conflict World's Endby T. Coraghessan BoyleBloomsbury, 1996. 456 pp., $16.95 (pb) Review by Phil Shannon If the obsessively introspective focus of most novels these days either puts you to sleep or has you

  • The banality of subjects in '90s theatre

    The Fertility of Objects and other playsBy Raimondo CorteseGriffin Theatre Company, The Stables, Sydney Review by Brendan Doyle "A compelling trilogy about the dangers of seduction." Sounds promising, doesn't it? But what we get from Raimondo

  • Muck worth the trouble

    Sometimes I wonder why I bother to visit the lounge room. Each week when I sit down with my local TV guide, there's less and less that takes my fancy. Days may go by without a program item worth circling in biro or the remote

  • Twenty years of poetry and struggle

    Juan Garrido, a dedicated and talented poet and political activist, has released his first collection of poetry in Australia, Twenty Years on the Rollcall of the Marginalised, in celebration of his 20 years of

  • A Hollywood surprise

    Devil's OwnDirected by Alan PakulaWith Brad Pitt, Harrison Ford, Margaret Colin, Treat Williams Review by Sean Healy When I first saw the shorts for this film, I thought, "Oh no, another Hollywood anti-republican film" and was sharpening my pen