The Transit Lounge

Eating Animals
Jonathan Safran Foer
Hamish Hamilton rrp $32.95

By Amy Goodhew

I didn’t want to read this book. I was happy, blissfully ignorant in fact, reveling in the occasional bacon binge and guilt free meat lovers pizza. I enjoyed Safran Foer’s earlier work ‘Everything is Illuminated’ so I clicked on a link when I read that his latest work had turned Natalie Portman vegan. What she had to say about the book was powerful and frankly - I was spooked. What did this book say that was so powerful about what we eat?

Reviewed by Amy Goodhew

Starring: George Clooney, Meryl Streep, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray
Director: Wes Anderson
Genre: Comedy/children

You can spot a Wes Anderson film at 20 paces. Yellow futura font, classic 70’s folk rock soundtrack, highly stylized shot composition and a cast including, but not limited to, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Adrien Brody and Owen Wilson.

The fact that Anderson’s latest film is animated does not detract from the notoriously particular film maker’s style in the least. In fact, the medium seems to have given Anderson the freedom the explore his imagination in fresh new directions, revelling in autumnal tones and gloriously handmade looking characters.

Reviewed by Natalie Shymko

Starring: Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo, Geoffrey Rush
Director: Rachel Perkins
Genre: Comedy/Musical

This Aussie home grown musical is set in the summer of 1965.  The story follows a young man named Wille (Rocky McKenzie) growing up in Broome who is in love with a beautiful girl named Rosie (Jessica Mauboy).  Willie cannot bring himself to tell Rosie how he feels.   Willie’s mother sends him to a boarding school in Perth which is run by a Father Benedictus (Geoffrey Rush), however after being punished for being rebellious Willie runs away on an adventurous journey that ultimately leads him back home accompanied by his uncle (Ernie Dingo).