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Private Lives
# 607
Sep 13
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John McDonald
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Sydney Contemporary Art Fair 2025
With hundreds of others, I stood at the entrance of the Sydney Contemporary Art Fair last Wednesday, at the conclusion of the VIP preview, watching the…
Sep 12
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John McDonald
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The Roses
Watching The Roses, makes one want to take another look at its notorious forerunner, The War of the Roses (1989).
Sep 8
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John McDonald
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Muted Tributes
# 606
Sep 5
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John McDonald
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Honey Don't!
To understand why Ethan Coen should suddenly decide to stop working with his brother, Joel, to make a trilogy of lesbian B-movies, doesn’t require much…
Sep 3
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John McDonald
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Classics from the Golden Age of Utopia
As a title, Classics From the Golden Age of Utopia feels like something Bill Collins might have dreamt up for a festival of old Hollywood movies.
Sep 2
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John McDonald
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August 2025
Strike!
# 605
Aug 30
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John McDonald
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The Thread
At 75, Daniel Auteuil is an actor at the peak of his powers.
Aug 28
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John McDonald
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White Rabbit: Tender Comrade
It’s not easy being gay in the People’s Republic of China, but then it’s not easy being anything that deviates from the government’s official standard…
Aug 27
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John McDonald
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Small Homelands
# 604
Aug 24
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John McDonald
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Eddington
If you needed further convincing that the United States is spiralling into total madness, Eddington is the film you’ve been waiting for.
Aug 21
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John McDonald
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Cerith Wyn Evans ...in light of the visible
These are lean times for the Museum of Contemporary Art and there are no bright prospects on the horizon – which is slightly ironic given that the…
Aug 20
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John McDonald
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