The season’s best criminal drama, comedy capers, horror and true crime viewing, from ‘I’ll Be Gone in the Dark’ to ‘Longlegs’ While the cinema is cranking out air-conditioning, buttery popcorn and ...

The author reflects on the line from Szymborska that reminded him death isn’t as irresistible as it might seem A friend, Harry, used to proudly exclaim: “I’m going to live forever and you can’t prove ...

Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winning take on a rags-to-riches story set in the sex industry, and Guan Hu’s energetic, heartfelt story of a tough guy and a wild dog Sean Baker’s latest film, the Palme d’Or ...

A reissue of the New Zealand author’s 1962 abstract classic of trans-oceanic passage and postcolonial melancholy Not far into The Edge of the Alphabet ( Fitzcarraldo), Janet Frame’s recently reissued ...

Ukiyo-e prints at the NGA and a monumental video installation at the AGNSW provide rewards beyond gallery blockbusters When he was just nine years of age, the Japanese-American artist Masami Teraoka ...

What can you do when a democratically elected president turns autocratic? Murderous, even? When the political system seems broken beyond repair? Leila de Lima, former Philippines senator and secretary ...

Role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons updates its rules – and its views on orcs’ inherent evil – to mark its 50th anniversary Since its origin as a set of photocopied booklets made in a small Wisconsin ...

A twin biography that tells us more about its podcasting and bestselling American author than its celebrated subjects This book is supposedly about the writers Joan Didion and Eve Babitz, but there is ...

Like meerkats with binoculars, Landcare Victoria Twitchathon participants compete to spot the most birds in six hours The Coranderrk Currawongs have some stiff competition in this year’s Landcare ...

The latest book from one of our most compelling writers finds her contemplating old age through the lens of a grandson’s footy team Riding the boundary line between personal reflection, fiction and ...

The limited legalisation of psychedelic-assisted therapy permits it in medicalised and hospital settings, but will that work for everyone? “I’m not sure this is the right theatre,” the man said.

The first piece I ever played with my trio was Felix Mendelssohn’s Piano Trio No. 1. Composed in the “serious” key of D minor, it opens with a sweeping cello melody accompanied by quietly agitated ...