Books & Poetry
‘A side of war you just don’t see’: Pip Williams explores love, art and trauma in The German Ward

A series of wartime sketches and paintings in the Australian War Memorial inspired the latest historical saga The German Ward from Dictionary of Lost Words author Pip Williams.

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Visual Art
‘If I could talk about it, I wouldn’t paint it’: The enigmatic Anna Platten returns

Fourteen years after her last survey exhibition, a rare showing of new work from Anna Platten sees the reclusive artist reckon with ageing and death in her own virtuosic, idiosyncratic style.

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Film & TV
John Malkovich puts his ‘gift of fury’ to work in dark spy comedy Wild Horse Nine

John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell descend on Easter Island for director Martin McDonagh’s latest film Wild Horse Nine. Ahead of its Adelaide Film Festival premiere, the film’s creatives reflect on its political subtext, and being only the second feature film made on the island.

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