Arts Review
Brüno: Another series of pranks at everyone’s expense
By Hiram Lee, July 27, 2009
The latest film from Sacha Baron Cohen finds the comedian pranking unsuspecting victims with a new, provocative character.
Moon: Back to the future in science fiction
By William Moore, July 25, 2009
The new science fiction movie Moon, directed by Duncan Jones, was apparently released to coincide with and capitalize on the fortieth anniversary of the first landing of humans on the moon.
An interview with David N. Gibbs, author of First Do No Harm: Humanitarian Intervention and the Destruction of Yugoslavia
By Charles Bogle and Paul Mitchell, July 23, 2009
Earlier this month, the World Socialist Web Site posted a review of First Do No Harm: Humanitarian Intervention by David N. Gibbs, Associate Professor of History and Political Science at the Universit...
Darwin’s “endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful”
By Paul Mitchell, July 22, 2009
The current Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition is a fascinating exploration of the impact of Charles Darwin’s revolutionary theories on art in the late 19th century.
Sydney Film Festival 2009—Part 5
Several movies well worth revisiting
By Richard Phillips, July 17, 2009
This is the last in a series of articles on the 56th Sydney Film Festival. Parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 were posted on July 9, 10, 13 and 14 respectively.
Whatever Works: The results are unattractive
By David Walsh, July 15, 2009
The most recent effort from Woody Allen is a very poor film, unconvincingly and even cartoonishly written and performed, accomplished with little humor or grace.
Sydney Film Festival 2009—Part 4: Vital ingredients missing
By George Morley, July 14, 2009
This is the fourth in a series of articles on the 56th Sydney Film Festival.
Sydney Film Festival 2009—Part 3: Some perceptive documentaries
By Richard Phillips and Ismet Redzovic, July 13, 2009
This is the third in a series of articles on the Sydney Film Festival held June 3-14.
A sharp exposé of US “humanitarian intervention” in the former Yugoslavia—but some false conclusions
By Charles Bogle and Paul Mitchell, July 13, 2009
Professor David N. Gibbs is to be commended for writing the first full-length academic exposé of the “widely accepted consensus” that the Western powers intervened reluctantly in the Yugoslav con...
Public Enemies and a pivotal moment in American history
By Joanne Laurier, July 11, 2009
Based on material in Bryan Burrough’s Public Enemies: America’s Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34, Michael Mann’s new film chronicles John Dillinger’s spectacular and short...
Sydney Film Festival 2009—Part 2: Competition movies: largely passive reflections
By Ismet Redzovic, July 10, 2009
This is the second in a series of articles on the Sydney Film Festival held June 3-14.
New York City Opera threatened by economic crisis
By Fred Mazelis, July 9, 2009
The crisis facing the New York City Opera says a great deal about the current state of so-called “high” culture, those sections of the performing arts that are not always or even mostly profitable...
