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Whiteley, Brack, Perceval. At 96, this art collector is farewelling his favourite works
While Peter Clemenger’s children will inherit some of the artworks he spent decades collecting with his wife, Joan, others were too big – and too important – to hand down.
- by Elizabeth Flux
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Taylor Swift’s poetic licence: why all the fuss around her new album title?
- by David Astle
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From K-drama to K-horror: How South Korea is reinventing zombie flicks
South Korea already as a reputation for making great TV dramas and now Netflix is helping bring their horror films to the world.
- by Nell Geraets
Civil War is dividing audiences. But what is the chilling film trying to say?
The author of The Beach and director of Ex Machina has made a film about the collapse of democracy. It’s a harrowing vision but, he says, it needn’t come true.
- by Karl Quinn
★★
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Back to Black is a tasteless melodrama that tarnishes Winehouse’s legacy
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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This moving doco is more than just a history of the ANZACs in Gallipoli
What happened on the island of Lemnos in 1915 is a moving account of humanity in the midst of catastrophe.
- by Ben Pobjie
Matt Damon’s Ripley is a fan-favourite. How does Netflix’s spin hold up?
Patricia Highsmith’s Ripley novels have long fascinated filmmakers; the latest adaptation by renowned screenwriter Steven Zaillian doesn’t disappoint.
- by Debi Enker
Music
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Music festivals
Fifty years ago, I went to Australia’s Woodstock. On Saturday, I went back
- by Tony Wright
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★★★½
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Pain and sensuality abounds in revival of Italian classics as British rockers deliver chaotic experience for the apocalypse
- by Kate Prendergast, Peter McCallum and Michael Ruffles
Melbourne undies on stage at Tom Jones? It’s still not unusual
- by Will Cox, Cameron Woodhead and Tony Way
★★★★½
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Who would have thought a cost of living crisis play could be so funny?
- by John Shand, Peter McCallum, Harriet Cunningham, Chantal Nguyen and Shamim Razavi
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Celebrity relationships
There are many ways to become famous. Bianca Censori has chosen one of the worst
- by Michelle Cazzulino
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Coming out as ‘happy’ plus a whole lot of clowns: MICF’s last week
- by John Bailey, Mikey Cahill, Hannah Francis, Tyson Wray, Sonia Nair, Cher Tan, Lefa Singleton Norton, Cameron Woodhead, Donna Demaio, Vyshnavee Wijekumar and Guy Webster
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Taylor Swift’s poetic licence: why all the fuss around her new album title?
- by David Astle
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