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Friday, January 28 2011
The National Identity of Remote, Lethal Lands: the Australian Road Movie
Australian cinema has utilised the road movie as a means to express geographical concerns regarding isolation, suffocation and disillusionment with contemporary Australian life.
Wednesday, December 1 2010
Oprah, Australia, and Tourism: Defining 'Nation' as 'Product'
Since 2008, the "Oprah connection" has helped market Australia-the-product and illustrates an intriguing link among nations, television, film, and successful tourism.
Friday, June 18 2010
Pete Seeger... Un Hombre Sincero
These two documents transport listeners and viewers back to the heart of the civil rights era and reaffirm Seeger's creation of a truly global music of conscience that can transcend the limitations of its local translations.
Wednesday, June 9 2010
Funny Enough: An Interview with Tony Martin
Memoirist and comedian Tony Martin talks about commercial radio dumbasses and explains just what it is that makes Running with Scissors so darned unbelievable.
Friday, May 28 2010
The Calm Before 'The Tree of Life'
With The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick, the mysterious director no one knew about save for film buffs, will be on the tip of everybody's tongue come the awards season of 2011.
Columns
Wednesday, November 10 2010
Paul Robeson: A Resonant Voice That Will Never Be Fully Silenced
Modern day 'political' celebrities can't hold a candle to Paul Robeson, who always flaunted his politics even when it was perhaps most dangerous to do so.
Wednesday, October 18 2006
Reel Australia
Hummel used to dread, simply dread, Australian-made films. But a number of recently discovered intelligent, evocative films have her singing her creative countrymen's praises. Here are some movies you shouldn't miss.
Wednesday, April 10 2002
Australia's Need for Multicultural Politics
. . . in light of September 11th you can imagine the current of backlash, and why the Australian's government's harsh handling of the Tampa met public approval.
Reviews
Tuesday, March 27 2012
Dirty Three: 16 March 2012 - Melbourne, Australia
At their first hometown show in over two years, the instrumental rock trio proved that these days, the message isn’t the problem.
Tuesday, March 27 2012
San Cisco: Awkward
Australian quartet captures the vibe of sweet, sweet youth.
Friday, December 16 2011
Foo Fighters: 2 December 2011 - Melbourne, Australia
The band seemed awestruck at the magnitude of the crowd, drowning the band out while singing the chorus.
Monday, December 5 2011
'The Tree': The Story of a Young Culture in an Ancient Landscape
Julie Bertuccelli's touching family drama is heartfelt but not overly sentimental. It follows in the tradition of Australia cinema that contrasts childlike innocence with the power of nature.
Blogs
Tuesday, November 8 2011
Harvest - Taking Australia to A New Dimension
This weekend's Harvest event in Melbourne sees Portishead return to Australia for the first time in 14 years.
Thursday, May 5 2011
A Happy Family from the Land of Oz
The country-pop singer Kasey Chambers’ Little Bird has already gone gold in Australia, but it won’t be released in America until July 14th on Sugar…
Monday, April 4 2011
'Tomorrow, When the War Began' Offers Meaningful Teen Bonding
Joss Whedon once claimed that he and his friends loved shows like Dawson’s Creek and Party of Five but that they really didn’t have enough…
Sunday, November 29 2009
TV can't measure up: Forensic Investigator
It's hard to ignore the popularity of police procedural television shows, more specifically, those dealing in forensics and crime scene investigation. Investigators, police, and other…
Monday, September 21 2009
Lovesong by Elizabeth Jolley
I was reading a secondhand library-sale copy of Elizabeth Jolley's 1997 novel Lovesong when it came to me, somewhere around page 90, that this book…
News
Friday, April 20 2012
Australia’s Gotye hits it big in the desert
LOS ANGELES — Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Gotye had two big concerns ahead of his debut at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival last…
Wednesday, January 19 2011
Australian 'family' film leads short list of latest Blu-ray titles
An award-winning Australian crime drama, "Animal Kingdom," is among the small number of films released on Blu-ray this week. "Animal Kingdom" (Sony, 2010, $34.95) is…
Thursday, October 8 2009
'The Boys Are Back' , in Australia
After the success of "Shine" — the 1998 Down Under drama about a piano prodigy (Geoffrey Rush) with a personality disorder — its director, Scott…
Thursday, December 4 2008
If ‘Australia' renews your interest in the land Down Under, dive into these DVDs
With director Baz Luhrmann's epic "Australia" inspiring theatergoers worldwide with what the Aussie tourist board hopes is the sting of Outback wanderlust, it recalls 30…
Wednesday, November 26 2008
Hugh Jackman brings epic sexiness to film epic 'Australia'
"Australia," the audacious epic from visionary director Baz Luhrmann, is being hailed as the Pacific "Gone With the Wind." The movie's scintillating star, Hugh Jackman,…
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