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FILM REVIEWS

Conversations with My Gardener

A seemingly simple story of a friendship between two men is extremely moving and unexpectedly beautiful.

Tell No One

In essence, it's The Fugitive with a whiff of Hitchcock's Vertigo and a strong shot of Gallic insouciance.

PHOTO GALLERIES

Tokyo Hiltons

She couldn't make it to Rwanda, so Paris Hilton has joined sister Nicky for a peace-keeping mission in Japan.

There is no pot of gold at end of Rainbows

Radiohead An experiment by Radiohead to allow fans to determine the price of their latest album may have backfired.

Urban nominated for Country Music Award

The Aussie singer hopes to repeat his ARIA success at the world's major country awards.

GIG PREVIEWS

The McClymonts

In mini dresses and sky-high stilettos, the McClymonts don't look like your old-style country music sister act.

CD REVIEWS

The Piper at the Gates Of Dawn

Pink Floyd's genre-defining 1967 album revisited in this 40th anniversary box set.

Trioli quits radio for full-time television career

Virginia Trioli The morning radio presenter Virginia Trioli has resigned from 702 ABC to work full-time in television next year.

Broadcaster to boycott AFIs over awards snub

The ABC will boycott this year's AFI Awards after organisers split the presentation of key television categories.

TV REVIEWS

Airline

If nothing else, this program teaches the art of tolerance in the face of complete and utter jerks.

My Brilliant Brain

Nurture thoroughly trumps nature in the first episode of this captivating series about the human brain.

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Back, in a torrent of words

Richard Roxburgh For his return to the stage, Richard Roxburgh has chosen a role that takes him on a giddy ride into the mind of a writer, reports Clare Morgan.

The Iceman cometh amid debate over how he went

Otzi the ice man For 10 years Angelika Fleckinger has had an intimate relationship with a most unusual man.

ARTS PREVIEWS & REVIEWS

Gilgamesh

Plastic wrestling greats and a seven-metre mudpit help re-enact the world's oldest written story.

2,000 Feet Away

Anthony Weigh's collection of nine scenes has yet to cohere into an effective play.

Aussie winemaker named world's best

South Australian vigneron Michael Fragos says there's no secret behind being named the world's best winemaker.

If only they could bottle it

Stars who launch their own food and wine labels play to a tough audience in Australia.

BAR REVIEWS

Mocean Underground

Vintage fixtures give the place an agreeably louche and familiar feel, like an upscale bachelor pad.

RESTAURANT REVIEWS

Melayu

Just when you've run the gamut of Anzac Parade eateries, up pops another Indo-flavoured pit stop.

Python has a nose for an engaging travel tale

Michael Palin From deep in the belly of the Star City casino ballroom, a sea of garish carpet and halogen lights, came a question.

Gun fires blasts of compassion

Last century was the worst for wars ever. Deborah Cameron finds an artist who cares.

BOOK REVIEWS

The Ghost

There's something strangely satisfying about really big, all-encompassing conspiracy theories.

Unimagined

A fascinating insight into what it is like to grow up as a Pakistani Muslim in modern Britain.