section: Arts And Culture
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 05 June 2008
The magic of Flight of the Red Balloon is its delicate approach
to exposition. Details are revealed gradually, like a photo blooming in a
darkroom. Simon's carefree childishness shines in contrast with the complexity of the adults' lives.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Dimitrios Bouras
- 04 June 2008
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In Australia I had never been taunted because of my migrant
father, but after moving to Greece I was ridiculed and bullied because I was half-foreign, and because my mother was
entirely so. I began to do my best to deny her existence.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Water colour petals grow into a crowd .. They populate the dustproof draft of an afternoon under the offices .. a saint shall guide anyone towards a meditation on
the whole picture .. the Central Business District.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Alexandra Coghlan
- 30 May 2008
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A change of British statutes in 1815 gave mental illness a new public face that was unequivocally female. Mad, Bad and Sad is a new study that charts the role of madness as a barometer of the values, concerns and morals of its day.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
The supernatural elements in The Orphanage provide an allegory for Laura's grief for her lost son. But it's the tangible, human elements that will leave both mind and gut churning late into the night. Be prepared to lose sleep.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Gabrielle Bridges
- 28 May 2008
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One of the teenage mums writes poetry. The Goths are into dragons and wizards. A girl in a wheelchair says, 'Melanie. A novel.' A tattooed youth drawls, 'Sean. Dirty realism.' Reading work aloud is voluntary but most are keen.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Treachery tumult happiness hope.. Maddening fits of loneliness..
the satirist in him self-abusive.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Margaret Woodward
- 23 May 2008
University education is predominantly text-based. The issue of whether there should be a stronger emphasis on the visual can be challenging, perhaps even threatening.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Hannah's tragic choices are underscored by her desire to neither deny nor conceal her Jewish roots. The questions regarding cultural identity, matrimonial propriety and parental instincts that pervade Un Secret are interesting, but are not articulated concisely.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 21 May 2008
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The ordered natural world of the garden is a place where disturbing thoughts can be annihilated, but only temporarily. Half a world away, brutal generals are using natural disaster to repress the weak and powerless.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Bernard Appassamy
- 21 May 2008
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Before the advent of imported ready-to-wear in the late '70s, Mauritians had all their clothes and furnishings custom-made. Hassan's was the oldest fabric shop on the island and, in its heyday, the biggest. Hassan was a mountain-like figure, always on my horizon
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Heidi Ross and Margaret McCarthy
- 20 May 2008
8 Comments
It's hard to make things rhyme.. When you're running short of time.. But you try to relax.. Cut the TV, phone and fax.. Play your favourite instrumental, light a taper.
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