Noted
Noted LATEST
April, 2024
Netflix’s adaptation of Liu Cixin’s hard sci-fi novel, from the creators of ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘True Blood’, is sentimentalised but easily digestible
April, 2024
Jonathan Lethem’s ‘Brooklyn Crime Novel’
The American author of ’70s New York classic ‘The Fortress of Solitude’ reckons with changes in ideas around identity and authenticity
March, 2024
Sheila Heti’s ‘Alphabetical Diaries’
The Canadian writer’s presentation of sentence-long entries from her diaries, organised alphabetically, delivers a playful and unpredictable self-examination
March, 2024
The American author and critic’s essay collection moves from her gripes with contemporary cultural criticism to personal reflection
February, 2024
The magical realism in Netflix’s adaptation of Trent Dalton’s bestselling novel derails its tender portrayal of family drama in 1980s Brisbane’s suburban fringe
February, 2024
Delphine de Vigan’s ‘Kids Run the Show’
The French author’s fragmentary novel employs the horror genre to explore anxieties about intimacy, celebrity and our infatuation with life on screens
December, 2023
Nathan Fielder directs and co-stars in an erratic comedy about the performative benevolence of a couple creating a social housing reality TV show
December, 2023
Richard Flanagan's ‘Question 7’
A slim volume of big ideas that takes in H.G. Wells, chain reaction, Hiroshima and the author’s near-death experience on the Franklin River
November, 2023
Christos Tsiolkas’s ‘The In-Between’
The latest from the acclaimed Australian author throws scorn at those who claim virtue and the complete control of their desires
November, 2023
M. John Harrison’s ‘Wish I Was Here’
The uncategorisable English author delivers an ‘anti-memoir’ meditating on the profound relationships between memory, imagination and fiction