Culture
Opinion
Neighbours
Rebooting Neighbours? Yeah, nah
Just months after a star-studded farewell, Neighbours is back from the dead. But a return to Ramsay Street may not be such a great idea.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Movies
Tim Winton on a blue groper, a novel – and his life-imitates-art moment
With his novel, Blueback, now a movie, the author reflects on how his love of the sea has evolved – and what he’s prepared to do to protect it.
- by Tim Winton
★★½
Review
Oscar winner’s fantasy autobiography a self-indulgence
There may be a handful of truths to Alejandro G. Inarritu’s grandiose Bardo, but the long stretches of tedium take their toll.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★
Review
Ralph Fiennes as tyrannical chef is too easy in a movie of non-stop shocks
- by Jake Wilson
TV & radio
Opinion
Neighbours
Rebooting Neighbours? Yeah, nah
Just months after a star-studded farewell, Neighbours is back from the dead. But a return to Ramsay Street may not be such a great idea.
- by Thomas Mitchell
Kirsty Webeck never set out to be the ‘clean comedian’, but it’s working
A late bloomer to stand-up, the respectful comic is now a regular on ABC Radio and The Project.
- by Bridget McManus
★★★★
Review
Chippendales series sails perilously close to sleaze, but doesn’t falter
- by Michael Idato
Music
From a church hall to one of Sydney’s biggest theatres: the community choir going big
- by Anthony Segaert and Marielle Eslick
Celebrity
Opinion
Private Sydney
Drag queens aren’t the problem with Australian children’s TV
- by Andrew Hornery
Stage
★★★★
Review
Pollies turn out to laugh at themselves and each other
- by John Shand and Cassie Tongue
Art & design
Books
Why it’s time to change the law and stop ignoring women’s rights
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp