CATHERINE STEEL relishes a compelling novel about Augustus’s right hand man, but misses the politics, the cultural shifts, and more detail about his restoration of Rome
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TONY BURKE speaks to JOEL McIVER, co-author of the biography of bluesman John Mayall
A misfit couple unhappily ever after, a dead man walking, dodgy journos, and trench art trucking
New releases from Javon Jackson, IZE Trio, and Mal Waldron Trio
PAUL DONOVAN applauds an intriguing multi-layered depiction, dominated by a stunning impersonation of Marilyn herself
EWAN CAMERON marvels at the impossible ambition, realised with dreamlike finesse of translating Italo Calvino to the stage
Triple 9 (15)
Directed by John Hillcoat
3/5
In this brutal thriller, Australian John Hillcoat’s driving direction carries you fast and furiously over illogical elements and several standard characterisations in Matt Cook’s violence-ridden screenplay.
The setting is Atlanta — which, if anything like the grim city pictured here, is well worth avoiding — where a bunch of crooked cops and former special services soldiers has to try and pull off a near-impossible heist for a ruthless Russian mobster.
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