Review
The Queen's Gambit, Addicted Australia look at life through a glass, darkly
Addiction is the drug in Netflix's riveting chess drama and SBS's gritty observational-documentary series.
- by Karl Quinn
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The Queen’s Gambit costumes make us want to toss our leggings
Costume designer Gabrielle Binder has made the dowdy world of chess gloriously fashionable in the hit Netflix drama.
- by Danielle Braff
The trip that reignited Steve Waugh's passion for cricket
In the 16 years since Steve Waugh has been retired from cricket, he hasn't picked up a bat. "Unless I'm playing fair dinkum, it's hard for me to play a social game," he says.
- by Bridget McManus
Comparisons between The Undoing and Big Little Lies fast coming undone
Hugely expensive, impeccably designed and cast, the Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant-starring prestige drama comes off as a tawdry throwback.
- by Craig Mathieson
Yesterday and today collide with brilliant effect in drama This Is Us
The Pearsons are ordinary people, inextricably bound to each other and the past in Dan Fogelman's drama, whose fifth season premieres next week.
- by Tom Ryan
Need a new dose of deep state conspiracy?
A breakout hit in 2018, TV spin-off Condor returns with a megaload of paranoia and high-wire tension.
- by Paul Kalina
All hail the divine madness of Australian comedy trio Aunty Donna
There’s a whiff of the Young Ones, a hint of Mighty Boosh, the lightest sprinkling of Tim and Eric; pinning down this comedy troupe is an impossible task.
- by Ben Pobjie
What happens when Sarah Cooper speaks in her own voice?
Sarah Cooper broke the internet with her lip-sync impersonations of Donald Trump; her Netflix special puts her talent for weird satire in sharp focus.
- by Jason Zinoman
'Move over, Karl': Big Mob Brekky is here to shake up morning TV
Over NAIDOC Week, the program will offer a mix of news, cooking, sport, promos, chat and humour, from an Indigenous perspective.
- by Bridget McManus
Hit new series Gangs of London is like Succession for psychos
The polished organised-crime drama begins with an act so extreme and depraved that it's easy to imagine viewers turning off straight away. They shouldn't.
- by Brad Newsome
For Georgia, Junior MasterChef is only the start of a culinary journey
"Just give it a go" is the advice the young contestant has for anyone who wants to pursue their love of cooking.
- by Ben Pobjie