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This collection of four stage plays, all separately published before, is introduced by an essay on "The Werther Effect." Although linked by a common theme of self-murder they should not be misunderstood as attempts to glamorise the act. The first play, entitled "Hamlet + Ophelia = ?," is deliberately provocative. It is hoped, however, that the protagonists of this angry little piece are seen to be impetuous and childish, rather than noble or deep. The second play, "Games for Married Couples," is less about seppuku than it is about the despair of child-less marriage. It is not much happier...

"Dutch Tilt, Aussie Auteur: The Films of Rolf de
Heer" is an auteur analysis of the twelve feature
films directed (mostly written and produced) by
Holland-born Australian Rolf de Heer. From the
childrens story about the restoration of a Tiger
Moth biplane, "Tail of a Tiger" (1984), to his
breakout cult sensation "Bad Boy Bubby" (1993)
which "tore Venice apart," to the first Aboriginal
Australian language film "Ten Canoes" (2006) which
scooped the pool at the AFI awards and won the
Special Jury prize at Cannes Film Festival, de Heer
has been consistently unpredictable. However,...

In this bold and cheeky meditation on religion, middle-aged muscleman, uncertain Catholic and wanna-be academic Sterling de Bortoli is a self-described Octaroon: a one-eighth Aboriginal Australian. Neither black nor white this part-blood Blackfella struggles with concepts of identity, moving between the two worlds but not really belonging to either. Thus he pursues a frustrated, anarchic, homeless existence in Canberra and Melbourne, until, through the influence of the Anti-Christ, his Dark Lord Maria, he travels to Islamic Morocco. Its a land completely foreign to his Dreamtime totem, and...