Culture
Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s new film pulled over fake bad reviews
The trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s self-funded $120 million epic Megalopolis has been pulled. Is it standard chaos or something more?
- by Karl Quinn
Movies
He used to sleep in his car. Now he’s judging Australia’s richest film prize
Hollywood director David Lowery knows what it’s like to struggle, which is why he loves the idea of giving away $140,000 to a young filmmaker at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
- by Karl Quinn
Trans director’s inner ‘atom bomb’ inspires a ’90s-style horror fantasy
Jane Schoenbrun’s Buffy-infused I Saw the TV Glow may look nostalgic but it’s anything but warm and fuzzy.
- by Karl Quinn
TV & radio
Thought soap operas were dead? They’ve found a surprising new home
Neighbours has been shedding viewers, while minute-long TikTok soaps have been attracting millions. What’s behind this unexpected shift?
- by Nell Geraets
Art and life collide as Marta Dusseldorp hits Tasmania’s back roads
In her first presenting role, the actor found inspiration in Tasmania’s wild north-west for season two of Bay of Fires.
- by Bridget McManus
Music
Live reviews
The musical whodunnit so good you’ll want to see it twice
- by Cameron Woodhead and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
The puppets are chilling in this opera’s classic ghost story
- by Kate Prendergast, Chantal Nguyen, Peter McCullum and Harriet Cunningham
If you hate Henry VIII then this is the musical for you
- by Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Andrew Fuhrmann, Bridget Davies and Barney Zwartz
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Media & marketing
Controversial ex-ABC broadcasters set to debate identity politics
- by Michael Lallo