Section: Arts And Culture
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ARTS AND CULTURE
One time we were in a meeting when a very important person proposed a very stupid idea. We knew our uncivil friend would pop a gasket, and he did, albeit in memorably incisive fashion. The silence that followed was a remarkable sound.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Chenoah Ellis
- 24 June 2008
1 Comment
Sky is gigantic in Cloncurry .. And the sun sets ever so late .. The bars are open all night .. So the drunks can get drunker .. And their anger turn to hate
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Richard White
- 20 June 2008
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Apophatic theology emphasises
what we do not know about the great mysteries. Sweet Sorrow is a map for the mystery of death, but just as maps of old warned
'here there be dragons', this account cautions, 'here there
be questions'.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Tim Kroenert
- 19 June 2008
2 Comments
Unfinished Sky succeeds as a sweetly observed, cross-cultural love story. Themes regarding human trafficking and sexual slavery are exploited, not, it seems, from genuine concern, but in a misguided attempt to lend the film social clout.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Brian Matthews
- 18 June 2008
1 Comment
Things are Kafkaesque when you are caught in a labyrinth of
unmanageable and inexplicable circumstances. I sprang to the phone and a pleasant, robotic female voice told me how valuable I was and that I was sixth in the
queue.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Jeff Klooger
- 17 June 2008
2 Comments
We can no longer hope to know the simple satisfaction of hardship, amuse ourselves with subtler privations, pricking our thumbs on death's sharp edges .. Miracles happen almost every day, and money .. wants to be wasted.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Shahram Akbarzadeh
- 13 June 2008
Earlier this month, Islamic zealots the Defenders of Islam attacked a Muslim sect
they accuse of apostasy. In My Friend the Fanatic Sadanand Dhume falls
on his strength of constructing narratives to explore the rise of radicalism in Indonesia.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Rochelle Siemienowicz
- 12 June 2008
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Hope documents the fate of the people-smuggling vessel SIEV-X and the 353 people who died when it sank en route to Australia. The film suggests a parliamentary inquiry is essential into the Howard Government's handling of the tragedy.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Roger Trowbridge
- 11 June 2008
1 Comment
I knew little about Chinese politics, but it suited me to be seen as a 'leftie', and a green hat with a red star
left little room for political ambiguity. What appeared at first as wisps of hair were in fact the legs
of a large creature attempting to step off the
peak of my cap.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
- Shane McCauley
- 10 June 2008
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How easy it is to fly.. when you close.. your eyes.. to shake off earth's.. muddied surface.
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ARTS AND CULTURE
Events such as the National Apology and the Northern Territory Intervention loom large in the collective memory. Many of the struggles faced by early 20th century activist Fred Maynard regarding the protection
of Indigenous rights remain with us today.
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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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