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Things fall apart
Jane Goodall
19 December 2019
Television
| Our critic’s selection of the best 2019 viewing
Books & Arts
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
Books & Arts
By the book
Jane Goodall
6 May 2019
Television
|
Manhunt
captures the strengths of a dogged but gripping police investigation
Books & Arts
Off the money
Jane Goodall
17 April 2019
Television
| Bigger thinking is needed on the small screen
Books & Arts
A tale of two prime ministers
Jane Goodall
26 March 2019
Television
| Waleed Aly’s encounters with Scott Morrison and Jacinda Ardern highlighted the strengths and weaknesses of the political interview
Books & Arts
A change in the atmosphere
Jane Goodall
18 March 2019
Television
| The different focus and register of season two of
Secret City
reflects a shift in Canberra itself
Books & Arts
A new immediacy
Jane Goodall
12 March 2019
Television
| A new series releases Australia’s past from the familiar black-and-white
Books & Arts
Reality bites
Jane Goodall
6 February 2019
Television
| ABC1’s new current affairs line-up needs to break the mould
Books & Arts
Smiling villainy
Jane Goodall
18 January 2019
Television
| Mike Bartlett’s take on newspaper rivalry has a special kind of fascination
Books & Arts
Far horizons
Jane Goodall
24 December 2018
Television
| The best three series of 2018
Books & Arts
What is civilisation anyway?
Janna Thompson
23 December 2018
Television
| The BBC’s big-budget remake illustrates how perspectives have changed
From the archive
Ferrante’s dangerous genius
Jane Goodall
6 December 2018
HBO’s carefully paced adaptation of
My Brilliant Friend
brings a corner of Naples to life
National Affairs
Would the real Malcolm Turnbull please stand up?
Jane Goodall
9 November 2018
As a politician, the former prime minister remains an enigma that
Q&A
couldn’t crack
Books & Arts
Asking the right questions
Jane Goodall
26 October 2018
Television
|
Doctor Who
meets
Broadchurch
in its latest incarnation
Books & Arts
Scandal as tragedy
Jane Goodall
8 October 2018
Television
| Awkward questions are raised by
A Very English Scandal
and
The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Books & Arts
Sound and fury, light and shade
Jane Goodall
28 August 2018
Television |
With just days to gather its material,
Four Corners
found a way to explore the human impact of power
Books & Arts
Neoclassical maelstrom
Jane Goodall
9 August 2018
Television
| With just one lapse, an exceptional cast has brought to life the anguished world of Edward St Aubyn
Books & Arts
Roads to recovery
Jane Goodall
11 July 2018
Television
| Behind the stereotypes, ABC TV’s
Back Roads
reveals a quiet rural revolution
National Affairs
The right story for the right place?
Jane Goodall
12 June 2018
The man most likely to be Australia’s next prime minister looks best up close
Books & Arts
Out there
Jane Goodall
6 June 2018
Television
| The ensemble-driven
Mystery Road
deserves to be a hit for the ABC
Essays & Reportage
Royal drama, with variations
Susan Lever
6 June 2018
A wedding, four plays and a TV series — do the British have something to teach us about scrutinising power?
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