11 February 2014

bite me

Bronwyn Fullerton / 11 February 2014

ATYP (Australian Theatre For Young People) deserves praise and recognition for their ongoing support for our young writers and actors, giving them an annual showcase called “The Voices Project”, which was successfully launched in 2011.

Hundreds of young writers, aged …

Cinema

dallas buyer’s club

Richard Cotter / 11 February 2014

Matthew McConnaughy’s Oscar nomination for Dallas Buyers Club is not only right and just for this particular project but a fitting tribute to an actor whose past eight films show a consistently excellent body of work.

His work has often …

Literature

then we take berlin

Richard Cotter / 11 February 2014

“What changed things forever, and most certainly for better, was the cunt.”

The pathetic epithet, malevolently and monstrously misogynist, is the catalyst for Aircraftman John Holderness to bypass basic training and be fast tracked into the secret service.

It’s just …