IN 2002, Damien Oliver rode the Irish-trained Media Puzzle to Melbourne Cup victory. Next day, he attended the funeral of his beloved older brother Jason (Daniel McPherson), killed when his horse fell in barrier trials…
NONE of the husband candidates Allie (Anna Faris) has bed-tested have matched her selection criteria. A magazine article suggests that the magic maximum is 20. Her score is 19. So if the next guy she…
IN “Tabloid”, documentarist Errol Morris lets the people involved tell what British print media in the 1970s called the “Kidnapped Mormon Story”, a cheque-book journalism jumble of fantasy, reality, love, despair, exploitation. Joyce McKinney, a…
FOUR stars for this Tasmanian-grown eco-thriller forgives little visual moments that, while their validity doesn’t withstand close examination, don’t diminish a beautiful, exciting, tense and involving film. In a strong characterisation, Willem Dafoe stars as…
RICHARD Avoade’s adaptation of Joe Dunthorne’s novel of transition from childhood’s innocence to the confusion and turmoils of adolescence may resonate with film-goers. Only child Oliver (Craig Roberts) is determined to cease being virgin before…
ACT Liberal arts spokesperson VICKI DUNNE reminds the ANU what the School of Music means to Canberra
Music student ROHAN MOORE, of Save Our SOM, says there have been no wins for the School of Music
CANBERRA’S musical heavyweights are throwing a free concert for the ACT community tonight to show the ANU what they can do. Organiser of the concert, pianist and masters student at the university, Andrew Rumsey, told…
THE ACT Division of the National Tertiary Education Union has condemned today’s announcement by the ANU of a possible fund-raising consortium as a case of exploiting community goodwill. NTEU said it was “a useful distraction…
