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The innovative documentary has Brian Eno’s blessing.
Vivid Sydney

The film even its director hasn’t seen

The documentary Eno is “remixed” for every screening, giving viewers a unique experience.

  • by Bernard Zuel
Star of stage and screen Robyn Nevin is busier than ever.
Cinema

The film so scary even its star doesn’t want to see it

There is no way Robyn Nevin will go to see her upcoming movie Sting. The star of stage and screen – who has also directed three of our state theatre companies – is adamant.

  • by Kerrie O'Brien
John C. Reilly stars as Dewey Cox in Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story.
The Verdict

In a sea of mediocre musical biopics, this one is underrated

  • by Tom W. Clarke
From Kinds of Kindness to The Substance, here are the Cannes films you should keep an eye on.
Cannes

The biggest, weirdest and best Cannes films to keep an eye on this year

  • by Nell Geraets
Mel Gibson and Steve Bisley starred in the original Mad Max film in 1979.
Cinema

‘Brilliant’ but ‘basically repugnant’: How we reviewed the original Mad Max

  • by Kate Lahey
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Temuera Morrison as the terrifying and violent “Jake the Muss” in the filmn Once Were Warriors.
Domestic violence

It’s time to flip the script on how domestic violence is represented on TV

Recent shows such as The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart and Safe Home mark significant changes in how violence toward women is represented on screen.

  • by Kate Jones
Actress Nicole Kidman explains why she's always drawn back to Australia in resurfaced interview from 2001 on Australia's Top Ten of Everything.
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Nicole Kidman appears on The Ray Martin Show in resurfaced interview from 2001

Actress Nicole Kidman explains why she's always drawn back to Australia in resurfaced interview from 2001 on Australia's Top Ten of Everything.

Greg Davies as Paul ‘Wicky’ Wickstead in the British comedy The Cleaner.
★★★★
Comedy

The Cleaner turns gruesome tragedy into hilarity in this cameo-filled comedy

  • by Ben Pobjie
Laura Tingle, chief political correspondent of the ABC’s 7.30 current affairs television program
Sydney Writers' Festival

ABC’s Laura Tingle under fire after ‘racist country’ comments

  • by Helen Pitt
Morgan Spurlock has died at the age of 53.
Illness

Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, known for Super Size Me, dies at 53

  • by Mark Kennedy

Music

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Live reviews

What sounds on the record like an electro-sample fest is revealed to be an organic musical masterpiece.
★★★★
Sydney live reviews

Moon Safari, the ultimate chillout album, sounds even better live

  • by Joyce Morgan, Michael Ruffles, Shamim Razavi and Angus Thomson
the odd couple
Review

Shane Jacobson and Todd McKenney work a charm as The Odd Couple

  • by Cameron Woodhead, Will Cox and Tony Way
Lou Wall in The Bisexual’s Lament.
★★★★★
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

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