Can music be more orange?
Composer and multi-instrumentalist Yann Tiersen loves film scores but won't write to music to fit the picture.
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Craig Mathieson
Craig Mathieson has been the film critic for The Sunday Age since March 2012, having previously held the same position for Rolling Stone and The Bulletin. The former magazine editor writes widely on film, music and television, and is still able to quote sizeable chunks of the dialogue from Michael Mann's Heat.
Honeymoon over for Toadfish: Neighbours' dead bride Dee Bliss returns
In a move surpassed only by Ian Smith's unstoppable Harold, Dee Bliss is back in yet another "you wouldn't believe it" Neighbours moment.
Bad reputations: when off-screen action eclipses on-screen talent
Sienna Miller is not the first successful actor or filmmaker whose public reputation has threatened to overwhelm their work.
Lion is not a great film, but it's effective: review
Director Garth Davis makes a strong, directorial debut with Lion, drawing some fine performances from its cast.
A strange, solemn yet distinctive blockbuster
The film of Assassin's Creed is flawed but interesting – a mass-market blockbuster adaptation that has managed to sidestep complete mangling by a film studio.
The Edge of Seventeen review: a comical and complex portrait of the teens
Acerbic, cleanly shot and frank but not risque, Kelly Fremon Craig's film about the agonies of being a teenager is a welcome addition to the teen canon.
Why this movie deserves five stars, coming in above others
Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone sparkle in this musical romance that is film critic Craig Mathieson's pick for 2016.
Let's pray this TV fails to return in 2017
A new year, a promo featuring another bunch of bonkers MKR contestants; as 2016 rolls into 2017, we wonder if all TV traditions deserve another round.
Airbourne: loud and proud for Australian heavy rock
Airbourne are flying back to Australia on a mission to rock harder than ever before.
Hammond defends The Grand Tour sometimes being over-the-top
"I'm sure we'll be down there to abuse the Aussies at some point", promises Grand Tour co-host Richard Hammond.
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