Craig Mathieson

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TV, music, and film critic for The Age/SMH and The Monthly. Creator of BINGE-R, which you should subscribe to right now. 📺📽️ Yes, it's on my list to watch.

Melbourne, Victoria
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Joined July 2016
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    Mar 14

    If self-isolation means you've exhausted your streaming choices, let me help. For the last 3+ years I've been reviewing streaming shows for my weekly BINGE-R e-mail. 220-odd reviews of scripted series on Netflix, Stan, Amazon, SBS, etc are listed here:

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  2. 16 hours ago

    The "When will Tom Hardy stop playing malignant brutes" brigade always seem to forget about THIS MEANS WAR. The man did a McG film. Let him be.

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  3. May 15

    Measured tick for period farce THE GREAT, which debuts 9pm tonight on Stan: exceptional baroque absurdity/cruelty, but vague on power's application and overly long. Elle Fanning and Nicholas Hoult are impeccable as contradictory and newlywed Russian rulers.

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  4. May 14

    Love the close contrast of period detail and modern camera rig in this BTS shot of Elle Fanning shooting THE GREAT.

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  5. May 13

    TV's need for live sport is on hold, but the docuseries about sport have never been better. My column from today's Age about Michael Jordan and THE LAST DANCE, elite cricket's bubble in THE TEST, and the games these shows play.

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  6. May 12

    For I wrote about the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney's NORMAL PEOPLE, a series where the half hour episodes feel "vividly compressed, akin to a potent memory". Plus some recent streaming hits, misses, and new seasons (BILLIONS will never die).

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  7. May 6

    Season 2 of RAMY starts May 29 on Stan and I am very much in favour of adding the formidable Mahershala Ali to the cast of this second generation immigrant comedy. Seek out S1 if you didn't catch it on release.

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  8. May 4

    The producers of NORMAL PEOPLE really missed a tie-in opportunity by not licensing a boxing-based exercise class for viewers who deeply want to beat the living daylights out of Jamie.

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  9. Apr 29

    Delving into HBO's terrific THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA with at 10am on : the warnings in alternate histories, family dynamics, and the perfect brittleness of Winona Ryder's performance.

    Coming up on w/: 📺 on The Plot Against America 🎞️ Actors on actors: shares her love for Sarah Jessica Parker 💪 Stuntwoman 👂10am on
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  10. Apr 28

    A brand name host who can anchor a hit reality show is one of a TV network's biggest assets. But the risks are enormous. For every Hamish Blake there's a Pete Evans. And a George Calomobaris. My column for The Age/SMH:

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  11. Apr 22

    HBO's adaptation of Philip Roth's THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA - a 1940s alternate history about the rise of fascism in the U.S. - is one of the best series of the year to date: vital, terrifying, and timely. My review for :

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  12. Apr 21

    3 Saoirse Ronan performances, 2 Bong Joon-ho films, PADDINGTON, PATERSON, and a truly brutal Indonesian action film... my list for of the 50 Best Movies currently on :

    Here is the mother of all guides to movies on : the top 50 films on the platform, picked by
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  13. Apr 20

    One of the best dramas of the year so far: starts 8.30 tonight, Foxtel Showcase.

    📺⏰ viewing alert: starting Sun 19/4 on Foxtel, MRS. AMERICA is a compelling, in the moment depiction of both sides of U.S. Second-wave feminism's battles in the '70s with tip-top performances, layered outlooks, and a timely reading of how movements grapple with power. Tune in.
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  14. Apr 19

    Foxtel reportedly calling their new streaming service Binge, which has the AFR checking who owns the rights to . I will not be taking questions at this time on the availability of .

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  15. Apr 17

    BITTER VICTORY (Nicholas Ray)

    Here's one for Film Twitter: What's a movie that you consider to be an underrated or little seen gem from a filmmaker that is otherwise well-known? What's your hidden fave that you feel slipped through the cracks that more people need to see?
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  16. Apr 15

    I loved every brain-bending leap, brutal twist, and encrypted emotion of DEVS, Alex Garland's inside-out sci-fi tech thriller via Hulu/Foxtel. My column from today's Age :

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  17. Apr 14

    One of the essential gangster films, John Mackenzie's THE LONG GOOD FRIDAY, is now up on : Bob Hoskins goes full Cagney as a late 70s London crime boss, with Helen Mirren by his side. Guy Ritchie dreams of making a film this good.

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  18. Apr 14

    The impact of Coronavirus on television production is now definitely starting to reach release schedules: S4 of both THE GOOD FIGHT and FARGO, due to air in the next fortnight on SBS, have been put back indefinitely.

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  19. Apr 13

    I got to write about "Anger's Not Enough", the immense new song that means the most to me right now, the band that inhabits it, Cable Ties, their new album and place in Melbourne's punk rock community and music lineage. My cover story from .

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  20. Apr 10

    For today's Spectrum I wrote about the new Strokes album, which is heavy on Julian Casablancas' new wave affections and leans a touch too much to the sombre.

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  21. Apr 8

    If you need a 20 minute comedy tonic in the middle of the day I can definitely recommend episode 4 of THE ILIZA SHLESINGER SKETCH SHOW on Netflix. Good show, great episode.

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