Articles by James Harkness
MUGABE & THE WHITE AFRICAN
Mugabe and the White African is a profoundly affecting and important documentary. Directed by Lucy Bailey and ... Read more
CARNAGE
In Carnage, four well-to-do Brooklynites gather to resolve a pressing issue – their sons had a fight, teeth ... Read more
JOHN CARTER
Popular science-fiction owes a great deal to the fantastical works of author Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan). Most ... Read more
SHAME
Viewers are confronted with a fearless and frank depiction of sex addiction in Shame, the breathtaking sophomore ... Read more
TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY
In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, an ageing spy (Gary Oldman) is quietly brought out of retirement to ... Read more
HUGO
Over a career spanning more than four decades, Martin Scorsese (The Departed) has established himself as a ... Read more
THE THING
In 1982, John Carpenter’s The Thing – the second big-screen iteration of John W. Campbell Jr’s pulp ... Read more
THE HUNTER
Adapted from Julia Leigh’s critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Hunter stars Willem Dafoe as Martin, an enigmatic mercenary ... Read more
Fri September 30th, 2011 - 1 Comment
FRIGHT NIGHT
Having dazzled critics with Lars and the Real Girl (the oddly poignant tale of a socially inept ... Read more
Mon September 19th, 2011 - 2 Comments
SUBMARINE
Emboldened by fantasies of 'atavistic lovemaking' and heightened celebrity, 15-year-old Oliver Tate (Craig Roberts) sets out to ... Read more
Arts & Entertainment
Music
DEATH GRIPS - THE MONEY STORE
After attracting a lot of attention for ...
Read moreJULIA HOLTER - EKSTASIS
Swirling sounds of multiple melodies and many ...
Read moreTHE BLACK SEEDS - DUST AND DIRT
New Zealand reggae-soul hard hitters The Black ...
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Theatre
STRANGE INTERLUDE
Known as American dramatist Eugene O’Neill’s 1923 ...
Read moreWHEN DAD MARRIED FURY
When your banker dad who has a ...
Read moreREASONS TO BE PRETTY
Reasons To Be Pretty certainly opens with ...
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Events
SYDNEY WRITERS' FESTIVAL: your week sorted with our shortlist
May 14: National Biography Award It’s hard to ...
Read moreTHE WRITER'S PLAYROOM: BENITO DI FONZO
Playwright, poet and performer Benito Di Fonzo ...
Read moreWEATHER FESTIVAL
MY 21st birthday party involved a lot ...
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Comedy
BOB DOWNE'S 20 GOLDEN GREATS
Bob Downe is back and with him ...
Read moreTHEATRESPORTS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
Leave the maroon and blues at home ...
Read moreTOMMY DEAN
It’s hard to forget this United States-bred, ...
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Books
THE PRIVATE, THE PUBLIC, AND THE LINE IN BETWEEN
You know that old line, ‘whoever invokes ...
Read moreBEHIND THE LINES
Published in newspapers, journals and online, cartoons ...
Read moreAN EVENING WITH RICHARD DAWKINS
Richard Dawkins is not one to shy ...
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Exhibitions
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
While Harry Potter die-hards may still be ...
Read moreHUNTERS HILL ART EXHIBITION
Hunters Hill, the little suburb that could. ...
Read moreEXPOSED
It’s fitting that the Latin root for ...
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Movies
DARK SHADOWS
Every yahoo off the street knows you ...
Read moreTHE DICTATOR
Critics will tear this film apart. The ...
Read moreSYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL: INFINITE STORIES
When you’re faced with a film festival ...
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