October
High-tech drones bring Dreamtime stories to life
Whadjuk artist Ilona McGuire has created a series of aerial displays to light up the night skies as part of this year’s Fremantle Biennale.
- Theo Chapman
Small sculptures with huge appeal open new gallery
The show will be the first to be staged at the new Woollahra Gallery at Redleaf, a restored mid-19th century mansion on Sydney’s harbour foreshore.
‘Antlers’ is a fresh take on eco-horror
Set in an Oregon wilderness scarred by large-scale coal mining, this horror-thriller is a stylish, well-made feature with enough metaphors to offset the bloodshed.
- John McDonald
Paul McCartney reflects on his life though his book ‘The Lyrics’
The legendary Beatle says his new two-volume career retrospective, which gives the personal details behind 154 songs, is ‘as close to an autobiography’ as he will write.
- Neil McCormick
How Campo brought the cup home for Australia
As the Wallabies begin their test campaign in Britain, here’s a look back at when, 30 years ago, the national team emerged triumphant, thanks to David Campese.
- James Curran
The race that stops the nation gets set to restart Australia
This year’s Melbourne Cup is likely to be the closest thing the country gets to celebrating a freedom day.
- Patrick Durkin
- Analysis
- Private equity
Song lyrics strike a chord with private equity
In the past month, Blackstone, KKR and Apollo have poured more than $US3 billion into buying song copyrights, as a revived music industry hums back towards CD-era revenue levels.
- Anna Nicolaou and Antoine Gara
Fake art victim chases defacto as fraudster claims bankruptcy
Alexander Stanowitsch is suing the defacto of the bankrupt former friend who defrauded him as he tries to regain more than $340,000 lost in an art fraud scam.
- Gabriella Coslovich
A Whiteley worth boasting about tops comeback sale
Unlike last month’s secret sale of a Brett Whiteley work, Smith & Singer is happy to tell the world about the one headlining its first sale in seven months.
- Gabriella Coslovich
- Opinion
- Streaming
What Succession gets right about the super-rich
From narcissistic children to third wives, here’s what the series gets right and wrong about billionaires.
- Helen Kirwan-Taylor
Come From Away review: a welcome rock of optimism
A musical about how the people of Gander, Newfoundland responded to the 7,000 strangers flown there after the 9/11 attacks holds lessons for our recovery from the COVID crisis.
- Michael Bailey
- Exclusive
- Review
The John Farnham-based musical that could go all the way to Broadway
Flushed with the success of producing ‘Hamilton’ at home and backed by a Silicon Valley private equity giant, Michael Cassel is mounting an assault on the home of musical theatre.
- Andrew Burke
Gun fired by Alec Baldwin kills woman on movie set
A prop firearm discharged by the veteran actor killed his director of photography and injured the director.
- Morgan Lee and Walter Berry
- Exclusive
- Performing arts
Sydney’s theatre conundrum: $80m to spend but nowhere to put it
Theatre producer Michael Cassel has $80 million to build a new theatre in Sydney’s CBD, but can’t find anywhere to spend it.
- Andrew Burke
- Exclusive
- Streaming
Bradley Trevor Greive: from paratrooper to Netflix star
The bestselling author is back with a new series on the wonder of nature, and what it can teach us about ourselves.
- Lauren Sams
Powerhouse Museum celebrates 50 years of ground-breaking pottery
The Powerhouse Museum celebrates work by three generations of renowned artists.
Seidlers’ royal vision finally plays out ahead of reopening
A glass-walled lobby at Sydney’s refurbished Theatre Royal will allow the vision of designers Harry and Penelope Seidler to be fully appreciated for the first time, when the theatre reopens in December.
- Michael Bailey
Ridley Scott’s new film, Last Duel, is one of the director’s best
This real life saga of the late Middle Ages has been slow to attract an audience, despite its quality and strong parallels with today’s politics.
- John McDonald
- Opinion
- Review
‘Dune’ is the sci-fi epic commodities traders have always wanted
Denis Villeneuve’s new film takes inspiration from an unlikely, unsexy corner of capitalism and has the drag-on effect of making markets compelling.
- Max Reyes
Death of live shows costs $1.4b, but streaming music revenue booms
Restrictions on live performances stripped $1.4 billion from the industry in 2020, with worse to come for 2021, but an uptick in streaming was a small consolation.
- Michael Bailey
