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Books & Arts
Known unknowns
Jane Goodall
14 December 2020
Television
| The highs and occasional lows of
Four Corners
’ coverage of 2020
Books & Arts
The hollow Crown
Jane Goodall
28 November 2020
Television
| The fourth season of the Netflix blockbuster is brilliantly structured but ethically worrying
Books & Arts
October surprises
Jane Goodall
8 October 2020
Television
|
The Comey Rule
reminds us that there’s no such thing as a bombshell in the Trump era
Books & Arts
Orange man bad!
Jane Goodall
24 September 2020
Is television satire working anymore?
Books & Arts
Local heroes
Jane Goodall
24 August 2020
Television
| The drama is in the detail of this compelling dramatisation of the Salisbury poisonings
Books & Arts
Yes, we can
Jane Goodall
18 August 2020
Television
| The
Chaser
’s Craig Reucassel finds hope in the face of an eye-watering planetary deficit
Books & Arts
Who is the enemy?
Jane Goodall
28 July 2020
Television
|
War of the Worlds
had the potential to hold up a mirror
Books & Arts
Who is Perry Mason?
Jane Goodall
17 July 2020
Television
| HBO’s prequel sets the legendary lawyer off on a long road
Books & Arts
On the beach
Jane Goodall
27 June 2020
Television
| Filmmaker Warwick Thornton turns the camera on himself
Books & Arts
Before the dust settled
Jessica Urwin
4 June 2020
Television
| The ABC’s satirical take on the Maralinga tests captures the confusion and the wilful blindness
Books & Arts
Chaos is come again
Jane Goodall
4 June 2020
Television
| Does
Road to Now
’s attempt to find connections simply show that things fall apart
?
Books & Arts
TV drama and the revival of Australian theatre and film
Susan Lever
2 June 2020
Did Australian drama really go missing during the 1960s, as the standard accounts of theatre history assume?
Books & Arts
Boots on the ground
Jane Goodall
13 May 2020
Television
| Ensemble drama
Mystery Road
is in a class of its own
Books & Arts
Other worlds
Jane Goodall
21 April 2020
A second selection of the best locked-down television
Books & Arts
Compulsory viewing
Jane Goodall
10 April 2020
Our critic’s selection of the best of locked-down television
Books & Arts
Getting too close
Jane Goodall
23 March 2020
Television
|
Stateless
points to the dangers of the quest for empathy on the screen
Summer season
Homeland insecurities
Jane Goodall
28 February 2020
Television
• At heart,
Homeland
is a drama of loyalty and betrayal
Books & Arts
Reshaping the current affairs landscape
Jane Goodall
5 February 2020
Television
| Renewed flagship programs highlight the strengths and weaknesses of ABC current affairs
Essays & Reportage
Inflammatory exchanges
Jane Goodall
7 January 2020
Was the climate debate pushed off course by a misconceived strategy of persuasion?
Books & Arts
Things fall apart
Jane Goodall
19 December 2019
Television
| Our critic’s selection of the best 2019 viewing
From the archive
Every-night Clive
Jane Goodall
28 November 2019
Television
| Binge-watching with polymath Clive James, who died this week
Books & Arts
There is always a sequel
Jock Given
22 November 2019
Books
| As Disney+ sets out to teach Netflix and others about streaming video, the chief executive of Walt Disney’s company shares lessons learned on the way to the top
Books & Arts
Centres of gravity
Jane Goodall
8 November 2019
Television
| A mid-season shift of gear takes
Total Control
into different territory
Books & Arts
Suspension of disbelief
Jane Goodall
1 October 2019
Television
| The makers of
Unbelievable
tell Marie Adler’s story with tact and care
Books & Arts
What makes the rich different
Jane Goodall
9 September 2019
Television
| Wealth is a means rather than an end in the second season of
Succession
Books & Arts
Doing the dirty work
Jane Goodall
24 July 2019
Television
| Does
The Loudest Voice
let the former Fox News supremo off too lightly?
Books & Arts
Coming home
Jane Goodall
19 July 2019
Television
|
Etched in Bone
tells its story with restraint and empathy
Books & Arts
Eventually the truth catches up
Jane Goodall
25 June 2019
Television
| Four decades on, Soviet scientist Valery Legasov is an unlikely figure for our times
Books & Arts
Softly, softly
Jane Goodall
11 June 2019
Television
| Do even the best interviews go far enough?
Books & Arts
A setback for The Letdown
Louise Merrington
28 May 2019
Television
| The award-winning comedy series moves back into the mainstream
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