Books & arts
20 September 2021
Have the addictive qualities of Elena Ferrante’s novels distracted readers from their literariness?
Books & arts
3 September 2021
The Chair’s portrayal of academic life has a blind spot
Books & arts
23 August 2021
TV is having trouble explaining the unexplained
Books & arts
30 July 2021
Would Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat’s latest series benefit from a little more reality?
Books & arts
9 July 2021
With just one blind spot, Annabel Crabb is at her best in the ABC’s Ms Represented
Books & arts
24 June 2021
It’s a question that might best be approached obliquely
Books & arts
1 June 2021
Mare of Easttown shines among a new crop of visually arresting crime series
Books & arts
19 May 2021
Stan Grant distils his travels into an argument about the future
Books & arts
30 April 2021
Our reviewer follows Greta Thunberg’s 2019 journey
National affairs
16 March 2021
Does the media’s stress on “rage” really capture what’s driving the resurgent women’s movement?
From the archive
26 February 2021
Television | Two Danish crime series probe everyday darkness
Books & arts
3 February 2021
Television | The coverage of events in Washington was a study in contrasts
From the archive
1 February 2021
Television | Bridgerton isn’t alone. Period drama is back with a vengeance
Books & arts
14 December 2020
Television | The highs and occasional lows of Four Corners’ coverage of 2020
Books & arts
28 November 2020
Television | The fourth season of the Netflix blockbuster is brilliantly structured but ethically worrying
National affairs
16 October 2020
I’ve done nothing wrong, says the NSW premier. But in the grey zone of conflicts of interest, is that enough?
Books & arts
8 October 2020
Television | The Comey Rule reminds us that there’s no such thing as a bombshell in the Trump era
From the archive
24 September 2020
Is television satire working anymore?
Books & arts
24 August 2020
Television | The drama is in the detail of this compelling dramatisation of the Salisbury poisonings
Books & arts
18 August 2020
Television | The Chaser’s Craig Reucassel finds hope in the face of an eye-watering planetary deficit
Books & arts
28 July 2020
Television | War of the Worlds had the potential to hold up a mirror
Summer season
17 July 2020
Television | HBO’s prequel sets the legendary lawyer off on a long road
Books & arts
27 June 2020
Television | Filmmaker Warwick Thornton turns the camera on himself
Books & arts
4 June 2020
Television | Does Road to Now’s attempt to find connections simply show that things fall apart?
Books & arts
13 May 2020
Television | Ensemble drama Mystery Road is in a class of its own
Books & arts
21 April 2020
A second selection of the best locked-down television
Books & arts
10 April 2020
Our critic’s selection of the best of locked-down television
Books & arts
23 March 2020
Television | Stateless points to the dangers of the quest for empathy on the screen
Summer season
28 February 2020
Television • At heart, Homeland is a drama of loyalty and betrayal
National affairs
20 February 2020
The aftermath of the fires is a perfect opportunity to test the concept of a basic income