Section: Arts And Culture
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 14 August 2008
What happens when a renegade architect goes head to head with the US government in an effort to gain permission to build houses out of garbage?
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Mountains and hills! Men bore, quarry and scalp them .. Fruit trees and cedars! Men spray them and clearfell them .. Beasts and cattle! Men extinguish or factory-farm them .. Creeping things and flying birds! Men wipe them out also.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Alexandra Coghlan
- 08 August 2008
2 Comments
That a woman was elected to the House of
Representatives in 1943 is remarkable. Enid Lyons' drive and endeavour led many to cast her as the political force and her husband Joe Lyons, Australia's tenth Prime Minister, as a figurehead.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 07 August 2008
Undercover female soldiers are sent into enemy territory during World War II to protect one of the Allies' best-kept secrets. The women must subject themselves to being exploited in order that they might exploit
their opponent.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Doyle
- 06 August 2008
19 Comments
Divorce is an incredibly powerful and painful chapter in millions of lives every year. Maybe we should create a public ritual for the end of a marriage by which we honour their brave
attempt and mourn the death of love and
hope.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jennifer Compton
- 05 August 2008
2 Comments
He told me it was called the Grievance Room. I looked askance ... He offered me the use of their Spirituality Centre. I declined. But made sure of their Smoke Zone.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
In Stop-Loss, A decorated, young soldier returns to his Texas hometown following his tour of duty in Iraq, only to find his life turned upside down when he is arbitrarily ordered to return back to duty by the Army. Eureka Street has ten double passes to give away
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- David Holdcroft
- 01 August 2008
3 Comments
Australia's story as a people building a nation despite hardship resonates with the experiences of asylum seekers surviving insurmountable odds to reach our shores. We deny this parallel to the cost of the entire community.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 31 July 2008
1 Comment
Cult filmmaker Romero fears that new media has, rather than democratising the news, led to increased
tribalism that is divisive rather than unifying. He articulates these fears in his latest high-concept zombie film, Diary of the Dead.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
The world seemed too untidy for the lyrics of a song
.. but he could build a conversation from quotations. ..
I wanted mountains, rivers, knowledge .. he stayed, confusing eloquence with revelation.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Shahram Akbarzadeh
- 25 July 2008
1 Comment
Muqtada al-Sadr's rhetoric against US occupation and the establishment of an armed militia saw him cast as a firebrand and rogue cleric in international media. This book contextualises his rapid rise to authority in post-Saddam Iraq.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 24 July 2008
Batman has no superpowers, but his rage against injustice elevates him to the realm of 'superhero'. He is dark and brutal, arguably a fascist, but prone to soul-searching. The Dark Knight may prove to be the best film of 2008.
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