Cirrus@Austlit

'Like Michael Mann (Heat) and Paul Schrader (First Reformed), the work of director Justin Kurzel can largely be characterised as variations on the same, recurring theme. Drawing upon true crime, national myths and Shakespeare, his films have continually fed into an ongoing interrogation of disturbed, white men and their path to radicalisation.' (Introduction)

'A show about one of Australia's first Indigenous Olympians, who fought at the 1964 Tokyo games, will make its debut on Monday at the Adelaide Festival.

'The play shines a light on the boxer's out-of-the-ring struggle for recognition.' (Introduction)

'For Gooniyandi man Mervyn Street, who was born under a tree on Louisa Downs station in the Kimberley, painting and drawing has long been an important part of his life.' (Introduction)

'When Kathy Lette was growing up in Sydney's southern suburbs in the 1970s, she says boys had two nicknames for women: bush pigs or maggots.' (Introduction)