Hilary Mantel, Ali Smith and Tsitsi Dangarembga completed landmark series, Martin Amis turned to autofiction and Elena Ferrante returned to Naples – plus a host Continue Reading
Arts/Music/Film
The 40 best albums of 2020
The word “unprecedented” was thrown around a lot in 2020. And in many ways, yes, it was a year of firsts. We went through summer Continue Reading
The 50 best films of 2020
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” “Nomadland,” and “First Cow” have been named the best films of 2020 in IndieWire’s annual critics poll. By Zack Sharf The Continue Reading
Vale John le Carre’
British espionage writer John le Carré has died aged 89, following a short illness, his literary agent has said. The Spy Who Came In From Continue Reading
Vale Mungo MacCallum
Celebrating the contribution of an Australian media legend St Mungo’s Day came to Brunswick Heads a little late this year. Eight days late, and very Continue Reading
Tom Petty’s Wildflowers & All the Rest Faithfully Fulfills a Legend’s Vision
Review: A loving and extensive exploration into the late artist’s most raw and personal record The Lowdown: Few creative efforts ever reach the finish line Continue Reading
Midnight Oil’s new project allows first nations peoples to share their stories
This mini-album, this “project”, may be the first new music from Midnight Oil in some two decades, but its genesis goes back almost two decades Continue Reading
Fargo Season 4 Is a Thrilling and Timely Indictment of the American Dream
Noah Hawley’s fourth run finds the showrunner at his most ambitious by Jenn Adams The Pitch: Like the first fall of snow in an open Continue Reading
Ratched – Gothic glam wonder from a One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ “Prequel”
Sarah Paulson is brilliantly menacing as Nurse Ratched in Ryan Murphy’s latest Netflix series, which melds the 1975 film with his American Horror Story hallmarks Continue Reading
Goodfellas – still the greatest gangster movie ever made
On the 30th anniversary of the release of ‘Goodfellas’, Ed Power revisits the shocking and uproarious Scorsese classic that revitalised the gangster genre and transformed Continue Reading
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