Culture
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
Opinion
WordPlay
Taylor Swift’s poetic licence: why all the fuss around her new album title?
- by David Astle
Movies
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
★★
Review
Back to Black is a tasteless melodrama that tarnishes Winehouse’s legacy
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
TV & radio
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
Perspective
Music festivals
Fifty years ago, I went to Australia’s Woodstock. On Saturday, I went back
- by Tony Wright
Live reviews
★★★½
Review
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
Review
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
Celebrity
Opinion
Celebrity relationships
There are many ways to become famous. Bianca Censori has chosen one of the worst
- by Michelle Cazzulino
Stage
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
Art & design
Books
Opinion
WordPlay
Taylor Swift’s poetic licence: why all the fuss around her new album title?
- by David Astle