Television
Inside the consumer machine
Eddie CockrellLike all good satire, The Gruen Transfer admires the industry that it seeks to lampoon and draws out the comedy with a measure of affection.
Romcom from madcap biography
EDDIE COCKRELLPick of the day: The Mindy Project, 7.30pm, SBS Viceland.
Just your regular serial killer?
EDDIE COCKRELLPick of the day: American Ripper, 7.30pm, History Channel.
Tipping the balance in war
EDDIE COCKRELLPick of the day: Turn: Washington’s Spies, 7.40pm, Showcase.
Daring to stare
GRAEME BLUNDELLCan eye contact alone heal a broken relationship? Look Me in the Eye, with Ray Martin, is riveting social-experiment TV.
Imagining life when AI dominates
EDDIE COCKRELLPick of the day: Year Million, 9:30pm, National Geographic.
Weight isn’t all about lifestyle
Eddie CockrellThe Obesity Myth paints a compelling picture of the despair experienced by sufferers of this killer disease.
Restored doco recalls walk-off
EDDIE COCKRELLPick of the day: The Unlucky Australians, streaming on ABC iview.
How to conquer Winterfell
Tom WhippleVisitors are flocking to the 500-year-old doors of a key location in Game of Thrones.
Morning glory
Graeme BlundellThe two Kates return to the ABC for ‘sassy swipes’ at the flakiness of breakfast TV.
No Escobar, but still addictive
Justin BurkeThe new season of Narcos promises to add up to another highly engaging instalment.
Stoners may get joint giggling
Justin BurkePick of the day: Disjointed, The Mist, streaming on Netflix.
GoT: Jon’s new name revealed
Justin BurkeSPOILER ALERT: Expectations for the season finale will be exceeded with twists, revelations and the death of a major character.
GoT: A battle of ice and fire
Justin BurkeSPOILER ALERT: Men and beasts alike fall in the battle with the undead in this penultimate episode.
Body on the beach
Graeme BlundellThe second series of Jane Campion’s Top of the Lake finds its hero in Sydney, dealing with a surprise find in Bondi.
Trapped in a strange dystopia
Justin BurkeAnother excellent series makes the jump from SBS On Demand to the main channel: this time, the eight-part Norwegian dystopian thriller Valkyrien.
Lure of gold tempts intern
Justin BurkePick of the Day: Ouro: Amazon Gold. Streaming on SBS On Demand.
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Human vagaries after disaster
RITA CLARKECo3’s The Zone is a hard-hitting exploration of a community confronted with the aftermath of a natural disaster.
Mining for meaning in opera
CHRIS BOYDThe character of the mother in Patricia Cornelius’s Big Heart is so unreal, she has to be a metaphor for something.
Meet the keeper of our treasures
MATTHEW WESTWOODThe incoming boss of Australia’s film and sound archive wants to bring its gems to our fingertips.
Car opens season in La Boheme
RHIAN DEUTROMSoprano Nicole Car will help open London’s opera season tonight in La Boheme at the Royal Opera House.
Diversity of skill in abundance
cameron peggThere are no fewer than six circus shows to navigate in this year’s Brisbane Festival 2017.
Talking in class
JANE CORNWELLGlaswegian comic Kevin Bridges is brushing up on his Strine as he returns down under for the Just for Laughs festival.
The return of kitsch
Christopher AllenWere the 1990s as miserable and disoriented as this NGV retrospective makes them appear?
