Review
Light years ahead
Julian TompkinAt 85, German artist Gerhard Richter feels time is running out. A GOMA show lets locals audiences share his vision.
Run back to the future
DAVID STRATTONBlade Runner 2049 is an impressive cinematic achievement and it would be rewarding to go back for a second viewing.
Self-made man
SOFIA GRONBECH WRIGHTFor a man who studied economics and public policy at uni, Joep Beving has quite a following as a classical musician.
The chameleon
Iain SheddenSinger St Vincent tells why her fifth album continues her knack of mixing the melancholy and the catchy.
Keep it real
Boris KachkaFilm directors may get the glory but, in our image-obsessed age, production designers shape our visual language.
Distinct impressions
CHRISTOPHER ALLENThe best of the work of Roberts, Streeton and Conder is largely responsive to local conditions, and is thus original.
Life is too short for remakes
Stephen RomeiFlatliners may be average, but I won’t call for the plug to be pulled. The same cannot be said for Kingsman.
Shadow play
Geordie WilliamsonMichelle de Kretser’s new novel is a moving reminder of the powerful forces that tattoo our DNA.
Art of survival
Jane CornwellCambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh’s tale of tragedy under the Khmer Rouge regime is an exercise in creative catharsis.
Glimmers of hope in darkness
Cefn RidoutHow well do we know our loved ones? Two graphic novels navigate these concerns in compelling but different ways.
Eclipsing the Bard
Aidan ColemanHamlet: Globe to Globe chronicles the years in which London’s Globe Theatre took the play to nearly every nation.
Flanagan goes one better
Sunil BadamiWhile some Booker winners struggle for acclaim with their next book, Richard Flanagan may have written a better one.
The hustle
Philippa HawkerHaving a post-Twilight Robert Pattinson on board helped a new feature film get off the ground.
A little history of music
DARRYN KINGA 24-Decade History of Popular Music is a performance-art drag show that feels, at times, like an epic house party.
Quest for meaning
Miriam CosicArtist Joseph Kosuth is coming to Australia, saying ‘explaining meaning in the world really is left to artists now’.
Bosch in a bad way
Graeme BlundellThe broody LA detective is a man on the edge, adding to the tension in this exceptional third season.
A mark of difference
Sonia WorfoldA facial birthmark was a challenge for a teenage girl but it transformed into a memento of a mother’s love.
Turnbull’s backstage pass
TIM DOUGLASEsther Hannaford probably wished she had on more than a bathrobe when the PM meet her backstage last Saturday.
Sheer pleasure for Trekkies
Justin BurkeThe previews were kept under wraps, but the verdict is now in: the new Star Trek series is unmissable television.
Drawn to the legend
Felicity PlunkettReinhard Kleist’s illustrated version of Nick Cave’s world is a confection made of characters Cave has channelled.
Insights of a bibliophile
Sophie QuickSex, thievery, piracy ... there’s many a good story in libraries but these are the topics in a book about libraries.
Conservator turned vivisector
BRONWYN WATSONPenny Byrne leads a double life: as a ceramics conservator and an artist who attacks and subverts pieces as artworks.
A pair of ragged claws
Stephen RomeiAuthors of books that have been turned into movies are part of a literary record their ghosts will resent.
Hacks to live (or die) by
Deirdre MackenHacking is the new dieting. But it’s also the new medicine, exercise routine and way to live into triple digits. ack
What resilience must look like
Christine JackmanLizzie Velasquez was 17 when she stumbled across a YouTube clip of herself, posted by a stranger and titled World’s Ugliest Woman.
Journey to the heart
ROSEMARY NEILLOnce, Nici Cumpston was closer to crime scenes than the art scene. Now she is driving a display of indigenous culture.
Outback of our nightmares
Graeme BlundellThe original Wake in Fright was a masterpiece that affronted Aussie audiences. The remake is just as uncompromising.
Actor’s life with infernos
Stephen Romei‘Actors are children who never wanted to stop playing, so they didn’t,’ says Steve Bisley in his cracking new book.
Welcome to the ‘sufferfest’
Toby FehilyThey push the limits of human endurance because they believe technology has made us weak. But the end result is cold comfort.
Really, Russell?
David FreeIts a strange order we have when we pay celebrity typists such as Russell Brand lavish sums to lecture us on the shallow culture we live in.
From the editor German artist Gerhard Richter about to become a household name in Oz
Reclusive octogenarian artist Gerhard Richter has had a hand in a GOMA exhibition, possibly his final major show.
Talent shines despite composer
STAFF WRITERSIf you ignore 20 minutes of this 80-minute CD, you will be rewarded by Cislowska and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
This (memorialised) life
Carol D. ParkI want my tiny grandchild to know about my life, to have a record of our family history: so I’m writing it down.
Mr Robot returns
Justin BurkeMr Robot fans, the wait is over. After a cliffhanger finale, hacker Elliot Alderson is back.
From the stage to the big screen
Philippa HawkerBack To Back Theatre will debut on TV screens next year with the show, Oddlands.
Hard early life gave rocker grit
Like many rockers of his generation, Tom Petty set out on his career path after seeing the Beatles on television.
All the trimmings
PHILIPPA HAWKERJill Bilcock knows what she wants — the ‘innovative, unusual and visually extraordinary’ — and shuns the ‘bogus’.
Review Editorial
Battle of sexes not over yet
Tim DouglasEmma Stone as Billie Jean King sheds light on a fascinating era in history, one that still has a long way to go.
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Drawn to the legend
Felicity PlunkettReinhard Kleist’s illustrated version of Nick Cave’s world is a confection made of characters Cave has channelled.
Insights of a bibliophile
Sophie QuickSex, thievery, piracy ... there’s many a good story in libraries but these are the topics in a book about libraries.
Conservator turned vivisector
BRONWYN WATSONPenny Byrne leads a double life: as a ceramics conservator and an artist who attacks and subverts pieces as artworks.
What resilience must look like
Christine JackmanLizzie Velasquez was 17 when she stumbled across a YouTube clip of herself, posted by a stranger and titled World’s Ugliest Woman.
Journey to the heart
ROSEMARY NEILLOnce, Nici Cumpston was closer to crime scenes than the art scene. Now she is driving a display of indigenous culture.
Outback of our nightmares
Graeme BlundellThe original Wake in Fright was a masterpiece that affronted Aussie audiences. The remake is just as uncompromising.
Welcome to the ‘sufferfest’
Toby FehilyThey push the limits of human endurance because they believe technology has made us weak. But the end result is cold comfort.
Really, Russell?
David FreeIts a strange order we have when we pay celebrity typists such as Russell Brand lavish sums to lecture us on the shallow culture we live in.
Talent shines despite composer
STAFF WRITERSIf you ignore 20 minutes of this 80-minute CD, you will be rewarded by Cislowska and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Run back to the future
DAVID STRATTONBlade Runner 2049 is an impressive cinematic achievement and it would be rewarding to go back for a second viewing.