Culture

Jake Gyllenhaal in Presumed Innocent, TV series 2024. Apple TV+ Jake Gyllenhaal in Presumed Innocent, TV series 2024. Apple TV+

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The remake of Presumed Innocent contends with fascinating, new perspectives

With a script by David E. Kelley, Scott Turow’s 1987 bestseller has been cleverly remade with Jake Gyllenhaal as flawed family man and compromised prosecutor ‘Rusty’ Sabich.

by Craig Mathieson

Singer Celine Dion’s career and battle with Stiff Person Syndrome is captured in the documentary I Am ... Celine Dion.

★★★

Review

Celine Dion documentary starts slow, on its way to a cruel ending

by Brodie Lancaster

A new ad campaign for Telstra uses stop-motion animation and animal characters.

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Media & marketing

Why Telstra’s new ads are a slap in the face for one group of Aussies

by Karl Quinn

Beyoncé remade country in her own image.

The Verdict

Country pop has taken over the charts – good god, why?

by Tom W. Clarke

Structural racism and sexism in the theatre world inform Yogashree Thirunavukarasu’s debut play Unestablished.

Melbourne live reviews

A dream gig becomes an ethical nightmare, but this play needs a bit of work

by Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Jessica Nicholas

Movies

Jodie Comer as Kathy and Austin Butler as Benny in The Bikeriders.

Cinema

On this bro-heavy set, Jodie Comer runs rings around them all

The Killing Eve actress plays a charming outlaw in her latest film, The Bikeriders.

by Louise Rugendyke

★★★

Review

Celine Dion documentary starts slow, on its way to a cruel ending

Who is the legendary singer without her voice? It’s a possibility that echoes throughout the slightly unwieldy I Am: Celine Dion.

by Brodie Lancaster

Pop culture

Herald and Age journalist Michael Idato wins prestigious gong at LA Press Club Awards

by Nell Geraets

Minions are the face of the Despicable Me franchise. What makes them so loveable?

Cinema

Prison riots, boy band covers: A study of the Minions’ most bananas moments

by Nell Geraets

FILE - Actor Donald Sutherland appears at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2017. Sutherland, the towering Canadian actor whose career spanned “M.A.S.H.” to “The Hunger Games,” has died at 88. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

Vale

Donald Sutherland, star of MAS*H and Hunger Games, dead at 88

by Will Dunham and Patricia Reaney

TV & radio

TV Guide

Journalist Birdie Bell (Asher Keddie) matches with Joe Burt (David Wenham) in the eight-part thriller Fake.

★★★★½

Streaming

The best Australian drama in years, Fake surgically dissects a sham romance

Inspired by Stephanie Wood’s memoir, this thriller starring Asher Keddie and David Wenham pinballs between exhausting highs and lows.

by Craig Mathieson

Streaming

Faith and violence collide in this disturbing drama set inside the Mormon church

Based on Jon Krakauer’s book, Under The Banner of Heaven uses the 1984 murder of a mother and daughter to explore violence hidden inside the foundations of religion.