Culture
The biggest, weirdest and best Cannes films to keep an eye on this year
This year’s Cannes festival was largely defined by bold, daring and outright strange films. Here are six titles you should be across.
- by Nell Geraets
Movies
The biggest, weirdest and best Cannes films to keep an eye on this year
This year’s Cannes festival was largely defined by bold, daring and outright strange films. Here are six titles you should be across.
- by Nell Geraets
In a sea of mediocre musical biopics, this one is underrated
For as long as they keep churning out movies chronicling the lives of influential musicians, one will remain the most influential of all.
- by Tom W. Clarke
A lover, a one-time hater and a newcomer debate the original Mad Max
- by Nell Geraets, Garry Maddox and Sandra Hall
★★★★
Review
Chris Hemsworth steals the show in this ambitious addition to Mad Max saga
- by Jake Wilson
TV & radio
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, known for Super Size Me, dies at 53
Spurlock was known for his groundbreaking film Super Size Me, which chronicled the detrimental physical and psychological effects of him eating only McDonald’s food for 30 days.
- by Mark Kennedy
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.
Music
US moves to break up biggest music company in Australia after Taylor Swift fiasco
- by Tony Romm and Perry Stein
Exclusive
Live music
The plan to use White Bay Power Station to fix Sydney’s live music crisis
- by Linda Morris
Live reviews
★★★★½
Sydney live reviews
Anthony LaPaglia’s Willy Loman rips apart the American Dream
- by Joyce Morgan
★★★★★
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
Opera House projections vs $128 harbourside walks: Reviewing Vivid’s light shows
- by Nick Galvin and Helen Pitt
Books
Opinion
Racism
I’m not cancelling my favourite books, despite my dark skin troubling their authors
- by Satara Uthayakumaran
This Australian psychological thriller examines death penalty with a horrific twist
- by Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll