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Clockwise from left: Ralph Fiennes in Conclave; Paddington; Paul Mescal in Gladiator II; Moana 2; Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked; The Wild Robot; and Amy Adams in Nightbitch.
Cinema

From Gladiator II to Babygirl and Nightbitch: 19 movies we can’t wait to see

Festival season has delivered big-name films and independent hopefuls, while more Oscar contenders are waiting in the wings.

  • by Louise Rugendyke
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Review

Underwhelming and desperate: This much-loved kids’ yarn deserves better

Harold and the Purple Crayon has been adapted for live action for the first time.

  • by Jake Wilson
Scoot McNairy and James McAvoy in a scene from Speak No Evil.
Review

James McAvoy buzzes with manic energy in this clever horror

  • by Sandra Hall
Billy Howle in the boxing drama Kid Snow.
Review

Boxing drama Kid Snow is the kind of Australian film we used to make

  • by Sandra Hall
Elton John waves from a purple golf cart which delivered him to the red carpet in Toronto.
Film Festivals

Elton’s raw honesty on fame, sexuality a Toronto film fest highlight

  • by Michael Idato
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TV & radio

The cast and creators of Deadloch outside the fictional Barra Creek Tavern in Batchelor, NT (l-r): Madeleine Sami, Kate Box, Kate McLennan, Kate McCartney, Nina Oyama and Alicia Gardiner.
Streaming

Global smash Deadloch heads to the tropical north for second season

The comedic murder mystery from the creators of The Katering Show is relocating from Tasmania to the Northern Territory.

  • by Karl Quinn
Kevin Costner in Horizon: An American Saga.
Streaming

Can a box office bomb become a streaming hit?

Kevin Costner’s costly flop, Horizon: An American Saga, sheds light on the complex algorithm of movies, movie stars and limited series.

  • by Michael Idato
Jamali Maddix, Daisy May Cooper, Greg Davies and Noel Fielding in Never Mind the Buzzcocks.
Review

Never Mind the Buzzcocks rebooted still searching for its groove

  • by Ben Pobjie
Miriam Glaser as Abi Cohen in Buried the series.
Film & TV production

The six-minute solution: how next-generation showrunners get a start

  • by Craig Mathieson
Hugo Weaving stars as Frank Harness in season four of Slow Horses.
Streaming

Hugo Weaving rarely does TV. He made an exception for Slow Horses

  • by Louise Rugendyke

Music

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Live reviews

Hamlet at fortyfivedownstairs
Melbourne live reviews

Now this is how you put on a production of Hamlet

  • by Cameron Woodhead, Kate Jones, Tony Way and Michael Dwyer
Jessica Tovey, Nigel Poulton and Madeline Li.
Sydney live reviews

Megamix of murder and mayhem doesn’t quite kill it

  • by John Shand, Joyce Morgan, Shamim Razavi and Frances Howe
Kate Amos, Lucy Schneider, Chloe James, Michael Honeyman, Juel Riggall and Adrian Li Donni in <i>The Children’s Bach.</i>
Melbourne live reviews

Helen Garner says this is the best thing she’s written. But does it work as an opera?

  • by Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Bridget Davies, Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way, Jessica Nicholas and Barney Zwartz

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