Culture

  • A paper for the 'true believers'?

    The Labor National Herald: This is undoubtedly what the true believers have been waiting for. It is, sort of, what the headline on the cover of the first issue proclaims — "the first national Labor paper". A memo from

  • A look at the US ultraright

    The Aryan Nation: A Cross to Burn SBS TV Monday, May 29, 11.55pm (11.25 in SA) Reviewed by Norm Dixon This short report, produced for a Utah news program, kicks off a week of programs on SBS that look into racist and far right groups and

  • Pioneers of Australian feminism

    Votes For Women: The Australian Story By Kirsten Lees Allen and Unwin, 1995. $24.95(pb) Reviewed by Bernie Brian The next time Paul Keating promotes his minimalist republic with little or no change to the Constitution, we should remind him

  • Art and environment in the South Pacific

    Until June 3, an exhibition of "Contemporary Art of the South Pacific" is being held at the Gallery of the Alliance Francaise de Sydney. TABAH SILAU, a Papua New Guinean painter, activist and member of the provincial government of Madang, spoke to

  • Spy film with a twist

    Les Patriotes Directed by Eric Rochant At the Academy Twin in Sydney and Cinema Como in Melbourne from May 25 Reviewed by Jennifer Thompson Many fawning journalistic words have been written about Israel's secret service agency, the

  • A study in applied alienation

    Amateur Written, directed and produced by Hal Hartley Starring Isabelle Huppert, Martin Donovan and Elina Lowensohn Screening at the Sydney Film Festival Reviewed by Barry Healy Here is the strange world of Amateur: an ex-nun writing

  • Not gripping, listening

    Not gripping, listening Higher Learning (soundtrack) Various artists Epic Records Reviewed by Sean Moysey For me the soundtrack to the movie Higher Learning parallels a triple-J play list. It puts rap from performers like Ice Cube and

  • Speaking clearly

    Speaking clearly Speak Quiet, Speak Strong The Cutting Edge: SBS TV Tuesday, May 23, 8.30pm (8 SA) Reviewed by Lou Stanley and Kath Gelber Speak Quiet, Speak Strong is a lot louder than its title. The program documents Aboriginal and

  • The Rhythm of Time

    The Rhythm of Time There's an inner thing in every man, Do you know this thing my friend? It has withstood the blows of a million years, And will do so to the end. It was born when time did not exist, And it grew up out of life,

  • Thinking art in Wollongong

    WOLLONGONG — Mary-Anne Breeze (Mez), Walter Brecely and Tania Daniels are three young artists who met last year in Goulburn while completing an associate diploma; they all now study art at Wollongong University. In April

  • An eloquent defence of Aboriginal self-determination

    Aboriginal Autonomy: Issues and Strategies By H.C. Coombs Cambridge University Press, 1994. 251 pp., $25 (pb) Reviewed by Chris Martin Perhaps the most influential and eloquent white advocate of Aboriginal self-determination, H.C. "Nugget"

  • A treat from Africa

    Sebe Valanga Khoza and Safika Larrikin Entertainment Reviewed by Norm Dixon Sebe is South African exile, now resident in Australia, Valanga Khoza's debut album. It showcases Khoza's lyrical traditional and contemporary African folk music.