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This novel offers a bold feminist reimagining of Australian history
Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases, including a novel that delves into the silencing and suppression of women’s stories and a biography of “the Barrier Reef’s first martyr”.
- by Cameron Woodhead and Fiona Capp
Movies
With Megalopolis, Coppola makes Baz Luhrmann seem like a shy introvert
Francis Ford Coppola’s ambitious sci-fi drama has had its Australian premiere at the Sydney Film Festival.
- by Garry Maddox
Moviegoers are vanishing. But where are they going?
Cinema revenues are collapsing, and Australia is no exception. But that doesn’t mean we’ve fallen out of love with the movies.
- by Karl Quinn
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TV & radio
‘She wrote the first draft in a week’: Patrick Brammall on his wife striking TV gold
“She hadn’t written a show before,” admits the Colin from Accounts star who created the hit series with his wife, Harriet Dyer.
- by Jane Rocca
The controversial lawsuits that could end reality TV as we know it
Chaos has always been what drives reality TV but it could also be the reason the genre, as we know it, might be over.
- by Nell Geraets
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This band changed Australian music. Now they’re going out with a bang
- by Helen Pitt
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Unseen for 60 years: Lost Beatles tape unearthed at secondhand market
- by Michael Dwyer
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Settle down, Swifties – the Beatles are still the biggest thing to hit Australia
- by Tom Compagnoni
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At this unusual show, the crowd itself is part of the performance
- by Andrew McClelland and Cameron Woodhead
★★★½
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Even with its flaws, this production of Chicago is a hell of a show
- by John Shand, James Jennings and Millie Muroi
This moving and vibrant Rising show is a must-watch
- by Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
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The best books, TV, music and films of 2024 so far - and what’s to come
- by Melanie Kembrey and Robert Moran
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