The Verdict
Stop insulting VFX artists! They’re making movies better
The monumental human effort that goes into making movies look good has been getting a bad rap lately.
- by Lee Tran Lam
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Help, I care more about the gift shops in galleries than the art
I’ve always been far more comfortable in the bright lights of the souvenir shop than in the hallowed halls of the gallery.
- by Cherie Gilmour
Three cheers for the best part of singing Happy Birthday
A few months ago, a friend told me one of the funniest stories I’ve heard. I’ve thought about it a lot since.
- by Rebecca Shaw
This is your last chance to watch the most underrated show on TV
In its sixth and final season, The Good Fight is still not getting the attention it deserves.
- by Meg Watson
Go ahead with your own life, leave me and Billy Joel alone
I used to be slightly embarrassed to tell people he was my favourite singer, all because of the tyranny of the tastemakers.
- by Ben Pobjie
We’ve forgotten how to read long novels – and we’ll pay the price
I’m making a pitch for Great Big Books – for those literary whoppers that make unashamedly large claims on our time and attention.
- by David Free
High school is not sexy, enough with the glamour teen dramas
Catching a private jet to the Maldives instead of going to Questacon for a school excursion? Please.
- by Patrick Lenton
Forget Christmas. Spooky season is the most wonderful time of the year
The movies are better, the TV’s better, and the coffee’s better: Halloween must be approaching.
- by Robert Moran
Why the rush? Watch the TV credits, you might be surprised
The credits of a film or TV show are part of the experience, a cinematic after-dinner mint.
- by Deirdre Fidge
Persuasion and prejudice? Austen purists have ruined the year’s best adaption
Netflix’s Persuasion is not only not that bad, it’s also good, brilliant even.
- by Cherie Gilmour
Why do we need to BeReal? Reality is depressing
I saw the best minds of my generation, sitting on office chairs, wearing cardigans, toiling endlessly under the yoke of capitalism.
- by Patrick Lenton