Books & arts
6 June 2018
Television | The ensemble-driven Mystery Road deserves to be a hit for the ABC
Books & arts
18 May 2018
Television | In a fraught political environment, The Drum and The Project offer distinctive perspectives
Books & arts
1 May 2018
Television | Two bold genre-busting crime series meet with mixed success
Books & arts
19 April 2018
Television | Behind the algorithms, is this just an old-fashioned propaganda outfit with a thick veneer of spin?
Books & arts
30 March 2018
Television | The crimes might stretch plausibility, but something keeps us watching this prime example of Nordic Noir
Books & arts
12 March 2018
Books | Following in the footsteps of Nobel prize-winner Elinor Ostrom, two new books make the argument for public property and the public good
Books & arts
19 February 2018
Our TV critic reviews the ABC’s two-part documentary Hawke: The Larrikin and the Leader, first screened in February 2018
Essays & reportage
12 February 2018
Can the campaign encompass vastly different experiences?
Books & arts
15 January 2018
Television | Our reviewer is gripped by SBS’s venture into slow TV
Books & arts
8 January 2018
Television | As the debate over violence in Melbourne intensifies, Romper Stomper ups the ante so high it loses touch with reality
Books & arts
20 December 2017
Television | The year’s viewing had an appropriate air of unreality
Books & arts
3 December 2017
Television | The second season of Struggle Street points to something much deeper than poverty
Books & arts
13 November 2017
Television | SBS has identified a thirst for crime drama, but program-makers aren’t always coming up with the goods
National affairs
7 November 2017
Television | Four Corners played an important role in exploring the Paradise Papers. But did it choose the right targets?
Books & arts
13 October 2017
Television | Michelle Guthrie’s vision for ABC current affairs is a mixed bag, with the history missing
Books & arts
31 August 2017
Television | As Four Corners has shown for decades, ABC investigative reporting will always have its critics
Books & arts
22 August 2017
Television | Annabel Crabb’s new series raises the question: is parliament living up to its house?
Books & arts
27 July 2017
Television | Winter is at its deepest, and Game of Thrones is on a new trajectory
Books & arts
11 July 2017
Television | Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale makes a mostly smooth transition to the screen
Books & arts
14 June 2017
A rediscovered memoir and a multi-season French drama point to new ways of thinking about the second world war
Books & arts
30 May 2017
Books | In the titanic battle over Greece’s economic sovereignty, the local audience was the big casualty
Books & arts
20 April 2017
Television | A strong cast and narrative tension don’t necessarily add up to successful TV drama
From the archive
13 April 2017
Despite “the worst opening night of any show I can remember,” This Day Tonight transformed Australian TV current affairs
Essays & reportage
22 March 2017
What is the alt-right intelligentsia talking about?
Books & arts
1 March 2017
Television | Two very different political cultures, and some intriguing similarities, are the backdrops to Deutschland 83 and Billions
National affairs
8 February 2017
There’s plenty of politics on ABC TV’s weekly evening marathon, but is the national broadcaster taking it all seriously enough?
Books & arts
27 January 2017
Television | Released from behind his desk, Shaun Micallef proves to be a gifted explorer
Books & arts
3 January 2017
Television | Holiday viewing tips from Inside Story’s TV writer
Books & arts
14 December 2016
Books | Viewing habits have changed, but TV is still at the forefront of cultural change
Books & arts
5 December 2016
Broadcasting | Is Michelle Guthrie copping the blame for two decades of attacks on the ABC?