Belvoir Street: Love Me Tender (Tom Holloway 2009)

There's a lot in this that's wonderful and quite a lot that's not integrated. The aggregated verdict, according to the proprietor of The Prophet Lebanese restaurant, is that it's a bit heavy. I loved the non-human performer, who managed to evoke vulnerable innocence to great effect.

Jasper Jones (Craig Silvey 2009)

Our next Book Group title, chosen because Craig Silvey had been in the newspapers the day of our last meeting as in the running for the Miles Franklin award and for something to do with his good looks.

DVD: Tokyo Story (Yasujiro Ozu 1953)

This is very long and I did nod off, but I can see why it's a classic.

STC: Stockholm (Bryony Lavery 2008)

Do we regret subscribing to the STC? Not so far! First Spring Awakening and now this excellent, if grim and scary two-hander. I wish I could say it was indulging a bleak view of human beings, but there's too much truth in it for that. As well as some lovely coups de théâtre (see if you can guess why the usher is standing where she is before the play starts).

The Best Australian Poems 2009 (Robert Adamson 2009)

I'm coming to this a bit late. Adamson's introduction is generous and modest.

Green Zone (Paul Greengrass 2010)

The Bourne Franchise's first cousin goes to Iraq with lots of adrenaline on the sound track and Matt Damon as the Honest Man of Action. It cries out for comparison to The Hurt Locker, and makes it crystal clear that the Oscar winner is about as apolitical as Leni Riefenstal's Olympia. Oh, and I loved it.

DVD: Brothers (Susanne Bier 2004)

This is the Danish movie that Jim Sheridan has remade for US moviegoers (who are presumed not to like furrin films). It's pretty good. According to the subtitles the little girl says 'shag' where in the trailer for the remake she says 'sleep with'. I probably won't see the remake.

The Alphabet of Light and Dark (Danielle Wood 2006)

Now for something completely different.

What's right: The future of Australian conservatism (Waleed Aly QE37)

My son said Waleed Aly was brilliant on Q&A on Monday night, particularly in reclaiming the designation 'conservative' from the likes of Miranda Devine.

The Men Who Stare at Goats (Grant Heslov 2009)

Beautiful desert images, but the combination of knowingly wacky comedy and the US occupation of Iraq just didn't work for me at all.

The Happiness of Kati (Jane Vejjajiva 2003, tr Prudence Borthwick 2006)

I don't remember who recommended this to me or why, so I'm looking forward to a surprise.

Truth (Peter Temple 2009)

Our next Book Group title. I took me three passes to understand the first sentence – that is the set of more or less syntactically related words that precede the first full stop.

My Generation (William Yang 2010)

Probably more accurately called The Glamorous and Otherwise Famous of My Generation, Mostly Gay (plus Patrick White), this is nonetheless sublime. Many intimate photos of Patrick White, Brett Whitely, Bob Adamson, Kate Fitzpatrick, Margaret Fink, Rex Cramphorn(e), 'Little Nell', Peter Tully, all in a range of moods and situations, combined with WY's mostly deadpan narration and some period music, tell a story that incorporates salacious gossip, behind the scenes revelations and deep melancholy. I hope this will have as long a life as his previous shows.