Culture
‘It’s not about our love’: Harriet Dyer and Patrick Brammall on separating fact from fiction
When Colin from Accounts became an international hit, the couple were faced with sudden celebrity – and the challenge of writing season two.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Movies
‘Brilliant’ but ‘basically repugnant’: How we reviewed the original Mad Max
With the fifth instalment in the franchise hitting screens this week, we took a look at how The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald reviewed the first, now iconic, film.
- by Kate Lahey
Mad Max at 45: A fan, a newcomer and a one-time hater debate the iconic film
George Miller’s thrilling, apocalyptic vision spawned Australia’s biggest film franchise. How does it hold up nearly half a century later?
- by Nell Geraets, Garry Maddox and Sandra Hall
TV & radio
Exposure: Watch the trailer for the new Stan Original Series
Watch the highly-anticipated trailer for the Stan Original Series Exposure which will premiere June 20, only on Stan.
‘It’s going to be different’: David Marr set to replace ABC doyen Phillip Adams
The celebrated journalist and author is replacing Adams, who has been in the role for more than three decades.
- by Garry Maddox
Music
US moves to break up biggest music company in Australia after Taylor Swift fiasco
- by Tony Romm and Perry Stein
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Live music
The plan to use White Bay Power Station to fix Sydney’s live music crisis
- by Linda Morris
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Vivid Sydney
Soul sessions: late nights, deep thoughts and good music collide at Vivid Sydney 2024
- by Katie Cunningham
Live reviews
★★★★★
Sydney live reviews
Overwhelming, mesmerising: This is one of the best hours of Aussie comedy you’ll see
- by Daniel Herborn, Peter McCallum and James Jennings
Celebrity
Stage
Art & design
Breaking
Vale
Trailblazing Australian artist known for provocative, political work dies
- by Linda Morris
Scarlett Johansson said no to voicing Chat GPT. Sounds like they used her anyway
- by Thomas Mitchell and Wyatte Grantham-Philips
Books
This Australian psychological thriller examines death penalty with a horrific twist
- by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
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Literature
The day I shopped for hair products with Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch
- by Helen Pitt