Category Archives: Film

The Tall Man of Palm Island

Posted on April 8, 2012 by

A few weeks ago, a boxful of DVD’s that I’d ordered from Australia arrived and, in the evenings after work, we settled down to watch the televised adaptation of Christos Tsiolkas’s The Slap.  I’d enjoyed the book immensely; I thought its … Continue reading →

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Don’t Forget, Darwin, Christmas is Coming Soon!

Posted on December 5, 2011 by
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Christmas Spirit

Posted on November 27, 2011 by

Darwinians, mark your calendars.  Top Enders and outsiders, make your reservations.  Christmas is coming to town.  And you do not want to miss it this year. On December 7, at the Chan Contemporary Art Space in Darwin’s CBD, Miyarrka Media … Continue reading →

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On the Way to Melbourne

Posted on July 27, 2011 by

Whew.  Day three in Melbourne already. Thanks to everyone who responded with advice on telecommunication options.  I’m now finally set up with a great mobile wi-fi modem that slips in my shirt pocket and makes me a mobile hotspot wherever … Continue reading →

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Margo or, The Making of an Exhibition

Posted on July 10, 2011 by

There are a couple of laugh-out-loud moments in Andrew Pike’s documentary, Emily in Japan: the making of an exhibition (Ronin Films, 2008).  They are good laughs, not nasty laughs, and they tell the viewer a lot of the dual focus … Continue reading →

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Eating Our Shadows

Posted on June 5, 2011 by

Four years ago this week, in 2007, I was touring through community based art centres in the Northern Territory and Western Australia, buoyed by the recent outpourings of support for the art centres that had emerged from the Senate Inquiry … Continue reading →

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“There’s No Such Thing As Post-Colonialism”

Posted on April 24, 2011 by

Over the past week or so I’ve been surprised at how much I’m enjoying reading Thomas Keneally’s Australians: Origins to Eureka (Allen & Unwin, 2010).  He’s no Inga Clendinnen, even in the early pages, but I wasn’t really expecting that. … Continue reading →

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Crocodile Dreaming

Posted on February 20, 2011 by

Last night we finally settled down to watch the DVD of Darlene Johnson’s 2007 film Crocodile Dreaming.  Johnson is a documentary filmmaker of note, whose earlier work includes Stolen Generations (2001), Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (a 2002 short about the … Continue reading →

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Bindi Cole and the Sistagirls

Posted on February 6, 2011 by

We thought it would be really interesting for people to know that there’s Indigenous people, you know, who live the traditional cultures but who are gay, lesbian, transgender, whatever label you want to give it. –Foxxy Empire Last Tuesday the … Continue reading →

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A Bookful of Art full of Soul

Posted on October 17, 2010 by

The ABC presentation of Hetti Perkins Art + Soul has but one episode left to air, after which it will be released on DVD.  The reviews and comments I’ve read have been uniformly wonderful.  Much praise has been awarded to … Continue reading →

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