Australian Book Review

June-July 2018, no. 402

June-July 2018, no. 402

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Commentary

'The drama of it: Television comedy's new aesthetic' by James McNamara

by James McNamara

Film

Peter Goldsworthy reviews 'Hitler and Film: The Führer’s hidden passion' by Bill Niven

by Peter Goldsworthy

Commentary

'Witch-hunt or a great awakening?: Tensions surrounding the #MeToo movement' by Felicity Chaplin

by Felicity Chaplin

Critic of the Month

Critic of the Month with Brenda Niall

Poet of the Month

Poet of the Month with Philip Mead

Poetry

Dennis Haskell reviews 'Hard Horizons' by Geoff Page and 'The Left Hand Mirror' by Ron Pretty

by Dennis Haskell

Poetry

Judith Bishop reviews 'Zanzibar Light' by Philip Mead

by Judith Bishop

Memoir

Susan Sheridan reviews 'Do Oysters Get Bored?: A curious life' by Rozanna Lilley

by Susan Sheridan

True Crime

Johanna Leggatt reviews 'Waiting for Elijah' by Kate Wild

by Johanna Leggatt

Biology

Lauren Fuge reviews 'The Story of Shit' by Midas Dekkers, translated by Nancy Forest-Flier

Psychology

Nick Haslam reviews 'The Lost Boys: Inside Muzafer Sherif’s Robbers Cave experiment' by Gina Perry

Philosophy

Benjamin Madden reviews 'Enlightenment Now: The case for reason, science, humanism and progress' by Steven Pinker

by Benjamin Madden

Memoir

Paul Morgan reviews 'The year everything changed: 2001' by Phillipa McGuinness

Film

2018 Australian Book Review Film Survey

by Hidden Author

Film

Varun Ghosh reviews 'Making a Meal of It: Writing about film' by Brian McFarlane

Film

Suzy Freeman-Greene review 'Beyond the Silver Screen: A history of women, filmmaking and film culture in Australia 1920–1990' by Mary Tomsic

by Suzy Freeman-Greene

Film

Jake Wilson reviews 'Warner Bros: The Making of an American movie studio' by David Thomson

Commentary

'The Brodie set" Muriel Spark’s "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie"' by Sally Grant

Film

Desley Deacon reviews 'Reinventing Hollywood: How 1940s filmmakers changed movie storytelling' by David Bordwell

by Desley Deacon

Film

Philippa Hawker reviews '"La Parisienne" in Cinema: Between art and life' by Felicity Chaplin

by Philippa Hawker

Fiction

Joachim Redner reviews 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' by Alfred Döblin, translated by Michael Hofmann

by Joachim Redner

Fiction

Carol Middleton reviews 'The Bridge' by Enza Gandolfo

by Carol Middleton

Fiction

Geordie Williamson reviews 'Last Stories' by William Trevor

by Geordie Williamson

Fiction

Beejay Silcox reviews 'Census' by Jesse Ball

by Beejay Silcox

Fiction

Fiona Wright reviews 'Bohemia Beach' by Justine Ettler

by Fiona Wright

Fiction

Robert Dessaix reviews 'The Friendly Ones' by Philip Hensher

by Robert Dessaix

Poem

'Interruption: An Assay', a new poem by Jane Hirshfield

by Jane Hirshfield

Cultural Studies

Paul Giles reviews 'Love and Lament: An essay on the arts in Australia in the twentieth century' by Margaret Plant

Economics

Richard Walsh reviews 'Fair Share: Competing claims and Australia’s economic future' by Stephen Bell and Michael Keating

by Richard Walsh

Economics

Rémy Davison reviews 'The Big Four: The curious past and perilous future of the global accounting monopoly' by Ian D. Gow and Stuart Kells

by Rémy Davison

Letters

Letters to the Editor - June–July 2018

by Hidden Author

Advances

Note from the guest editor - James McNamara

by James McNamara

Advances

News from the Editor's Desk - June–July 2018

by Hidden Author

Commentary

On 'Black Panther' by Dilan Gunawardana

by Dilan Gunawardana

Society

Alecia Simmonds reviews 'Rape and Resistance: Understanding the complexities of sexual violation' by Linda Martín Alcoff

by Alecia Simmonds