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Dark Waters Review – A Mere Theatrical Presentation of a Wikipedia Article

March 12, 2020

It is highly likely you have the poisonous chemical PFOA, used in the production of Teflon, in your system. 99% of people in the US have it. This is a fact shown in Dark Waters, the film based on the t...

Queen & Slim Review – Love Takes the Wheel in Lena Waithe’s Powerfully Political Outlaw Love Story

Hagan Osborne

March 12, 2020

Reviews

For Black Americans, being pulled over by police risks more than just an expensive fine. It becomes a matter of life and death. The manner whereby police interaction can escalate into gunfire has been a ...

For Sama Review – A Challenging and Utterly Gripping Documentary

Christopher Spencer

February 19, 2020

Reviews

In For Sama, you are Waad Al-Kateab, a young journalist born and living in Syria. You were once idealistic and free-spirited, in love with a doctor named Hamza. You once had a beautiful home together, ready to...

An Interview With Henry Rollins: Politics. People. Travel.

Travis Akbar

February 14, 2020

Banter

Disclaimer: Sadly, I haven’t had the time to publish this interview which has been sitting in my inbox for a couple of weeks now. If I had, you would have read it before Trump’s failed impeachment, and gone on...

2020: The Future of Australian Arts Needs Your Help Right Now

Andrew F Peirce

January 3, 2020

Culture

Another year, another doom and gloom report for the state of Australian arts. I’m writing this before the box office wrap up reports have been written, but at a glance, it’s obvious that Australian films g...

The Fires of Australia: The Importance of Being a Public Servant

Andrew F Peirce

December 20, 2019

Unity

On December 14th 2014, Man Haron Monis entered the Sydney Lindt Café and engaged in an act of domestic terrorism, holding 18 people hostage. By the end of the siege the following day, two people had lost their...

Tackling Casual Classism: the Last Allowable Prejudice

Travis Johnson

July 5, 2019

Culture

So, turns out classism, particularly in the arts, is a major trigger for me. I mean, sure, it's always been a bugbear. I'm constantly amazed at the assumption of relative wealth, privilege and access in th...

We Are in the Endgame Now.

Andrew F Peirce

May 22, 2019

Culture

There’s been a wealth of introspection in the past few days from media outlets who all predicted the wrong result for the Australian election. ‘How did they all get it so wrong’ is a phrase that’s been bandied...

The Realm Review – Fantastic Political Thrills

Travis Akbar

May 22, 2019

Reviews

The Realm is based around Antonio de la Torre’s character Manuel Lopez-Vidal: a high-class politician whose life begins to stream out of control when and his party and his corrupt business dealings threaten to...

Don’s Party Review – Labor Loss Through the Ages

Travis Johnson

May 22, 2019

Reviews

Originally the plan was to write about Don’s Party before the federal election on the weekend. That didn’t pan out. Perhaps subconsciously I knew that writing about it after the numbers were in would be more p...

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An Interview With Henry Rollins: Politics. People. Travel.

Interview with The Leunig Fragments Director Kasimir Burgess – On Idols, Filmmaking, and Becoming Michael Leunig

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Dark Waters Review – A Mere Theatrical Presentation of a Wikipedia Article

Queen & Slim Review – Love Takes the Wheel in Lena Waithe’s Powerfully Political Outlaw Love Story

For Sama Review – A Challenging and Utterly Gripping Documentary

An Interview With Henry Rollins: Politics. People. Travel.

2020: The Future of Australian Arts Needs Your Help Right Now

The Fires of Australia: The Importance of Being a Public Servant

Tackling Casual Classism: the Last Allowable Prejudice

We Are in the Endgame Now.

The Realm Review – Fantastic Political Thrills

Don’s Party Review – Labor Loss Through the Ages

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