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Avatar: Fire and Ash
If proof were required that the most successful and popular films are not necessarily the best, look no further than James Cameron’s Avatar series.
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After Bondi
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Dec 18
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Westwood/Kawakubo
“Fashion is not art,” Rei Kawakubo of Commes des Garçons told an interviewer in 2015.
Dec 15
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Twiggy
If you’ve ever felt nostalgic about Woody Allen, thinking fondly of his early funny films before he became a social pariah, a 1967 interview with Twiggy…
Dec 12
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In the Service of Story
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Dec 9
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Harrie Fasher: Before Dawn
Harrie Fasher announced her arrival as a force in Australian art in the 2017 Sculpture by the Sea at Bondi, with a large-scale work called The Last…
Dec 4
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November 2025
The Running Man
British director, Edgar Wright, says he read Stephen King’s 1982 novel, The Running Man, when he was a teenager.
Nov 26
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The Courage of our Conniptions
A couple of weeks ago, The Australian asked me whether our art museums had lost the courage to show genuinely controversial works.
Nov 24
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Euan Macleod: Glacier
For more than 50 years Euan Macleod has been visiting the Haupapa Tasman Glacier in New Zealand’s South Island.
Nov 21
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Bugonia
Teddy is worried about the bees.
Nov 18
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Culture Club
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Nov 14
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Our Story: Aboriginal Chinese People in Australia
Our Story: Aboriginal Chinese People in Australia at the National Museum of Australia, is an exhibition I’ve been aiming to write about for six months.
Nov 11
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