Baldwin broods, Streep lights up

IT'S COMPLICATED (M) 3/5 118 minutes Jim Schembri Reviewer

Adultshop fends off Sexyland

PERTH pornography chain Adultshop.com has appointed accounting firm Pitcher Partners to conduct a strategic review of its business to help it "unlock the value of its assets" and fend off a hostile takeover bid from Melbourne rival Sexyland, which it says is too cheap.

Illuminating a dark continent

Amid a chaos of broken toys and puppets, My Darling Patricia takes a child's-eye view, reports Robin Usher.

Lessons to last a lifetime

A teenager's connection with school is the major factor for success in young adulthood, writes Caroline Milburn.

Around the galleries

WHAT Liu Xiao Xian: From East to West

Artful dodger

He led police a merry dance. Now Keith Hahn has confessed to one of Sydney's most mysterious art thefts, writes LES KENNEDY.

Childhood mysteries evocatively explored

LITTLE COVER-UPS Alison Burton, Kalli Rolfe Contemporary Art at Chapman & Bailey, 350 Johnston Street, Abbotsford, until Saturday. kallirolfecontemporaryart.com SMALL WORLD Meg Williams, [MARS] Melbourne Art Rooms, 418 Bay Street, Port Melbourne, until Sunday marsgallery.com.au