Culture
These two new cop shows are both local, yet worlds apart
The ABC’s Australian take on Death in Paradise – Return to Paradise – is what you’d expect. Stan’s Critical Incident is a much more challenging series.
- by Debi Enker
Belinda Carlisle is finally back in Melbourne – and the wait was worth it
- by Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer, Cameron Woodhead and Andrew Fuhrmann
Movies
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Review
Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis should have been weirder
The legendary director’s ambitious swing about the fall of the US empire, told as a modern Roman fable, is packed to bursting with ideas that don’t always work.
- by Robert Moran
‘They exist on a different level’: The transformation of Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix
Director Todd Phillips says the stars of anticipated sequel Joker: Folie à Deux don’t know how good they are.
- by Michael Idato
TV & radio
'Big Ed' opens up about his failed first marriage
Professional photographer 'Big Ed' shares details about his first marriage's downfall on 90 Day Fiancé: Before the 90 Days on 9Now.
It’s so funny how we don’t talk any more. What’s up with late night TV?
Jimmy Kimmel is worried US late-night talk shows may soon cease to exist. Here, they already have.
- by Nell Geraets
Music
Live reviews
Sparkly, silly and very camp – this is one for the Celine Dion true believers
- by Chantal Nguyen, Joyce Morgan, Peter McCallum and Shamim Razavi
Belinda Carlisle is finally back in Melbourne – and the wait was worth it
- by Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Michael Dwyer, Cameron Woodhead and Andrew Fuhrmann
‘Triumphantly Wildean’: Oscar is a daring experiment in ballet storytelling
- by Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Bridget Davies and Tony Way