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The ABC News Breakfast host criss-crossed the country on his commuter bike in Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things.
Australian TV

Tony Armstrong reveals the ‘thing’ he’ll never give up

The popular ABC News Breakfast presenter criss-crossed the country on a bike in search of people’s most precious possessions for his new show.

  • by Bridget McManus
Tenor Stuart Skelton radiated a robust zest for life.
★★★★½
Sydney live reviews

The rare sound of perfection: Don’t miss this Mahler performance

  • by Peter McCallum, Daniel Herborn and Bernard Zuel
GPS
WordPlay

‘Red light and speed camera ahead’: The ambiguity of Google Maps

  • by David Astle
Emmanuelle Mattana:
Stage shows

Schoolboys ranked this smart young woman. Her response is thrilling

  • by Cameron Woodhead
Sophie Rundle as Joanna Marshall in After the Flood.
Streaming

Cheap and clever, this new crime series throws you in the deep end

  • by Craig Mathieson

Movies

Chris Haywood stars in The Way, My Way about the Camino de Santiago.
Cinema

The Camino is famous for miracles. It transformed this actor

On the Spanish path that pilgrims have walked for more than 1000 years, Australian actor Chris Haywood experienced a life-changing moment while shooting a new film.

  • by Helen Pitt
This year’s box office is expected to be flatter than 2023, but that’s likely only a short-term blip.
Box office

Hollywood is facing its bleakest year in three decades. Can these films save it?

After a surprisingly strong 2023, thanks to Barbie and Oppenheimer, box office figures have been down this year and the list of upcoming releases is mixed.

  • by Nell Geraets
Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell in Anyone But You.
Cinema

Sydney has much more to offer Hollywood than the Opera House and Harbour

  • by Garry Maddox
Noa (Owen Teague), Nova (Freya Allan) and Raka (Peter Macon) confront a new world in Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes.
Review

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is less entertaining than a nature doco

  • by Jake Wilson
William Gwynne (activist and documentary subject) and Lucie McMahon (filmmaker),
Arts

Their housing estate was demolished. Here’s what happened to the final residents

  • by Cher Tan
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Hanky Panky
Streaming

A talking hanky, alien invasion – is this the most silly, joyful horror film of all time?

Nick Roth and Lindsey Haun created the low-budget Hanky Panky with a camera won in a competition and a bunch of movie business pals, including Seth Green.

  • by Ben Pobjie
Anne Edmonds and Lloyd Langford in Taskmaster Australia.
Film & TV production

‘Out for numero uno’: Anne Edmonds, Lloyd Langford take on Taskmaster

Can Australia’s best-known comedy power couple survive the inspired silliness of Taskmaster Australia?

  • by Ben Pobjie
Tony Armstrong travels meets everyday Australians with extraordinary objects that reveal the untold history of our nation.
ABC

Affable and curious, Tony Armstrong hits the road in this neat ABC series

  • by Craig Mathieson
Director Nicolas Philibert.
Streaming

This remarkable documentary is filmed on a barge for psychiatric patients

  • by Tom Ryan
The ABC News Breakfast host criss-crossed the country on his commuter bike in Tony Armstrong’s Extra-Ordinary Things.
Australian TV

Tony Armstrong reveals the ‘thing’ he’ll never give up

  • by Bridget McManus

Music

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Live reviews

An exotically flavoured meditation on life, love and death: the ACO with tenor Stuart Skelton.
Melbourne live reviews

‘Korean classical girl band’ now impressing the string quartet world

  • by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Barney Zwartz, Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas and Tony Way
Tenor Stuart Skelton radiated a robust zest for life.
★★★★½
Sydney live reviews

The rare sound of perfection: Don’t miss this Mahler performance

  • by Peter McCallum, Daniel Herborn and Bernard Zuel
Macklemore has genuine stage presence.
★★★★
Sydney live reviews

Macklemore brings Gaza protest song to Sydney

  • by Daniel Herborn, Bernard Zuel, John Shand and Millie Muroi

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