Culture

Adam Hills is back in Australia filming a new season of Spicks and Specks.

Interview

Adam Hills is so popular he turns down offers from the royal family

The Spicks and Specks host is a huge star in the UK – and also a serious athlete.

by John Bailey

Melbourne radio and television personality John Blackman.

Vale

Voice of Hey Hey It’s Saturday, John Blackman, dies at 76

by Karl Quinn

Clockwise from top left: Whoopi Goldberg as Deloris and local stars Casey Donovan, Rhonda Burchmore and Genevieve Lemon.

Stage shows

Sister Act became a musical, but someone forgot to tell Whoopi Goldberg

by Cassidy Knowlton

Adria Arjona as Madison Masters and Glen Powell as Gary Johnson in Hit Man.

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Streaming

Glen Powell shines in Netflix’s twisty, delightful romantic comedy

by Craig Mathieson

Anne Carson’s writing teems with energy and the unexpected.

Review

Bob Dylan, Socrates and a speaking sky: this thrilling book has it all

by Philippa Hawker

Movies

Cinema

Will Furiosa’s box-office struggles mean the end of Mad Max?

George Miller’s latest film has struggled for a second weekend in cinemas around the world. What does it mean for the future of the franchise?

by Garry Maddox

From IF to The Tiger’s Apprentice: why are family-friendly movies not quite hitting the mark this year?

Cinema

If you think kids’ films suddenly suck, this is why

Most major studios are opting for less original and juvenile titles, as they struggle to attract the entire family.

by Nell Geraets

Charmian Clift in a new documentary, Rachel Lane’s Charmian Clift: Life Burns High, that is screening at Sydney Film Festival.

Film Festivals

Charmian Clift, ‘radicalising force’ for feminism, finally gets to shine

by Garry Maddox

Dynevor played Daphne Bridgerton in the Netflix series.

Film & TV production

Bridgerton star tipped for Aussie shark film from Succession producers

by Karl Quinn

Film

Why romcoms are the only thing we’re going to be watching this year

by Meg Watson

TV & radio

TV Guide

Official trailer for Stan Original Documentary Trailblazers

The Matildas star in Stan's newest sport documentary Trailblazers that celebrates the incredible rise of women's football.

2 hours ago

Streaming

TV report card: The best shows of the year so far

You don’t get a good start to the streaming television year just because there are some great scripted shows on offer. What you need is the right viewing mix.

2 hours ago
by Craig Mathieson

Vale

Voice of Hey Hey It’s Saturday, John Blackman, dies at 76

by Karl Quinn

Interview

Adam Hills is so popular he turns down offers from the royal family

by John Bailey

Miranda Otto as Mrs Virginia Ambrose, one of the new characters introduced into the Ladies in Black universe.

Australian TV

Miranda Otto on the Ladies in Black – and the lost art of customer service

by Louise Rugendyke

Based on the best-selling novel by Heather Morris, the Stan Original Series The Tattooist of Auschwitz is now streaming.

by James Jennings

Neil Diamond’s Sweet Caroline has taken on a life of its own.

The Verdict

Please stop forcing me to sing Sweet Caroline - you’re ruining sport

by David Free

Rising Festival

If the Yarra could make music, this is what it would sound like

by John Bailey

Vivid Sydney

Sky Ferreira emerges after 10 years of ‘being erased’ by record label drama

by Robert Moran

Members of the City of Dandenong Brass Band.

Rising Festival

A brass band with acid house bangers? Hold on to your flugelhorn

by Kylie Northover

Performing arts

A pub with no peer: Remembering the glory days of the ‘Hoey’

by Barry Divola

by Cameron Woodhead, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Andrew Fuhrmann and Jessica Nicholas

Sky Ferreira performs at the 50th Roskilde Festival on June 30, 2022 in Roskilde, Denmark.

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Melbourne live reviews

Sky Ferreira was late to her Melbourne gig – but does it matter?

by Brodie Lancaster

Gaslight stars Toby Schmitz and Geraldine Hakewill.

Review

It’s a gas! Laughs and gasps fill the Regal for this smart update of a classic play

by Mark Naglazas

by Avi Selk

Debi Mazar is starring in the new ABC drama, Ladies in Black.

Sunday Life

Raised by single women who had to leave bad men, Debi Mazar beat the odds

by Steve Dow

Matthew Perry, who starred as Chandler Bing in the hit series Friends, died last year aged 54.

Vale

Matthew Perry’s death under criminal investigation

Stage

John Blackman with his Hey Hey It’s Saturday alter-ego Dickie Knee.

Obituaries

The voice that filled Australian lounge rooms

by Debi Enker

Stage shows

Sister Act became a musical, but someone forgot to tell Whoopi Goldberg

by Cassidy Knowlton

Actor Conor Leach (left) and author Shannon Molloy. Leach is starring in the play Fourteen, based on Molloy’s memoir, and is portraying the author on stage in regional areas as well as cities.

Bullying

‘The school feels bad’: True story of bullying is touring Qld region where it occurred

by Nick Dent

Opinion

Comedy

Give me back my landline, my desk drawers, and my dreary old office

by Richard Glover

by Linda Morris

Exhibitions

Think selfies started with the iPhone? Pharaohs beat us by 5000 years

by Richard Jinman

Who is watching who? Rene Magritte’s The False Mirror (1929).

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Art

Surrealist master heads to Australia for a summer of blockbusters

by Linda Morris

The north and south wings of the Art Gallery of NSW are to be given Indigenous cultural names.

Art

Art gallery wins more funding, faces more job cuts in tough NSW budget

by Linda Morris

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by Melanie Kembrey

Review

The dementia detective is on the case in this clever thriller set in an aged care home

by Juliette Hughes

Pop culture

Blondie were the darlings of punk. It just took us a while to realise

by JP O'Malley

Harry Houdini preparing to jump into the Yarra in 1910.

Review

The Taylor Swift of his day: Harry Houdini’s Melbourne tour

by Simon Caterson

Brisbane Times

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Opinion

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