An intense, confronting read
A review of The Winter Road by Kate Holden
Authored by journalist Kate Holden, The Winter Road is the winner of the 2021 Walkley...
A Q&A with visual artist Tracey Samios
Tracey Samios is a visual artist, working mainly in acrylics, pastels and linocut printmaking. Her artwork is a mixed bag varying in styles from...
Head down to the theatre
The 1812 Theatre
The History Boys.
The 1812 Theatre’s October production was Alan Bennett’s The History Boys.
A story of a mythical boys grammar school in the...
Restless-ly tense and funny French thriller
Restless
Starring Frack Gastambide, Michaël Abiteboul and Simon Abkarian
Rated MA15+
4.5/5
A French remake of the South Korean film A Hard Day, Restless is a compelling, darkly...
Goodbye from Brad Battin
As I write my final State of Affairs column, I am saddened that I will no longer get to represent your amazing communities....
“Reader Development” Roundtable
This is the first in a series of three articles featuring the 2022 Cities of Literature Meeting hosted by Melbourne, our own UNESCO City...
What’s on in theatres
Peter Kemp has listed theatre productions being presented in the Dandenong Ranges.
The Bakery at 1812 Theatre presents The History Boys
The play opens in Cutlers’...
A Q&A with Selby Community House manager Yvette Hayes
1. What is something people don't know about you?
I always wanted to be a hippy, growing my own vegetables and living off the land....
CARTOON: Goodbye Uncle Jack Charles
This week the Star Mail's resident cartoonist pays tribute to Indigenous Australian icon Uncle Jack Charles.
Eleven years later, looking back on the saddest children’s books
Back on January 26, 2011, I published an article titled “The Saddest Children's Books”, recommending some of the books that help young readers understand...
FILM REVIEW: Spiderhead is half a good movie
Spiderhead
Starring Miles Teller, Chris Hemsworth and Jurnee Smollett
Rated MA15+
3/5
A science fiction psychological thriller directed by Joseph Kosinski, Spiderhead epitomises the phrase “it gets better...
‘Dual’ a sadly insubstantial sci-fi satire
Dual
Starring Karen Gillan, Karen Gillan and Aaron Paul
Rated M
3/5
Dual is a sadly insubstantial sci-fi satire.
Sarah (Karen Gillan), a terminally ill woman, has herself cloned...
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