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Books & Arts Jane Goodall 27 July 2017 Television | Winter is at its deepest, and Game of Thrones is on a new trajectory
Books & Arts Jane Goodall 11 July 2017 Television | Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale makes a mostly smooth transition to the screen Books & Arts Jane Goodall 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 Jane Goodall 20 April 2017 Television | A strong cast and narrative tension don’t necessarily add up to successful TV drama Books & Arts Jane Goodall 13 April 2017 Television | When it premiered fifty years ago, the ABC’s This Day Tonight transformed TV current affairs
Books & Arts Jane Goodall 1 March 2017 Television | Two very different political cultures, and some intriguing similarities, are the backdrops to Deutschland 83 and Billions
National Affairs Jane Goodall 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 Jane Goodall 27 January 2017 Television | Released from behind his desk, Shaun Micallef proves to be a gifted explorer Books & Arts Jane Goodall 3 January 2017 Television | Holiday viewing tips from Inside Story’s TV writer Books & Arts Jane Goodall 14 December 2016 Books | Viewing habits have changed, but TV is still at the forefront of cultural change
Books & Arts Jane Goodall 18 November 2016 Television | The pull of chaos looms over The Crown and The Hollow Crown
Essays & Reportage Jeff Doyle 15 November 2016 A wartime TV series that premiered forty years ago tapped into the mood of the mid seventies Books & Arts Jane Goodall 27 September 2016 Television | A new documentary reveals the steely resolve of Barack Obama Essays & Reportage Tim Colebatch 17 September 2016 Howard on Menzies makes for compelling viewing. But its flaws echo the shortcomings of Australia’s longest-serving prime minister Books & Arts Jane Goodall 27 August 2016 Television | Jane Goodall goes binge-watching with Clive James
Books & Arts Jane Goodall 8 August 2016 Television | It’s best to be in two minds about the Olympics, writes Jane Goodall
Books & Arts Jane Goodall 18 July 2016 Television | Game of Thrones brings to the screen qualities we associate with Aeschylus and Sophocles, writes Jane Goodall Books & Arts Jane Goodall 27 June 2016 Television | Who are these people, and how different are they? Books & Arts Jane Goodall 8 June 2016 Television | The audience starred when the national broadcaster went to Tamworth, writes Jane Goodall International Ramon Lobato 31 May 2016 Should Netflix and other streaming services be required to promote local content? New developments in Europe are reviving old debates about national culture, writes Ramon Lobato
Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 3 May 2016 Cinema | Has any other film resonated across the decades in so many cultural fields? Brian McFarlane investigates the Brief Encounter phenomenon
Books & Arts Jane Goodall 24 March 2016 Television | It’s War and Peace’s turn for another BBC adaptation, writes Jane Goodall. But perhaps some temptations should be resisted Books & Arts Jane Goodall 8 March 2016 Television | The West created its own narratives in Afghanistan, writes Jane Goodall. A compelling new series shows how reality failed to fit Books & Arts Jane Goodall 23 February 2016 Television | The Sunrise controversy raises fresh questions about TV current affairs, high-brow and low-brow, writes Jane Goodall Books & Arts Susan Lever 22 February 2016 Books | Crawford Productions was created in the early years of Australian TV, writes Susan Lever, and its influence is still alive in the industry
Essays & Reportage Ramon Lobato and James Meese 12 February 2016 How did Australia’s love affair with Netflix begin? In this extract from a new book, Ramon Lobato and James Meese trace the geoblocking debate and its political fallout
Books & Arts Jane Goodall 2 February 2016 Television | Australia is back at work, and Utopia remains the best guide to what that can mean in practice, writes Jane Goodall Books & Arts Andrew Ford 13 January 2016 Music | Not really an opera at all? Andrew Ford disagrees Books & Arts Jane Goodall 4 January 2016 Television | Jane Goodall witnesses Sherlock’s return to the world of fogs and hansom cabs Books & Arts Jane Goodall 17 December 2015 Television | News anchors are taking on a life of their own, writes Jane Goodall. But are we losing something in the process?