Books & arts
23 March 2012
Ramon Lobato reviews the latest batch of high-concept crime dramas
National affairs
23 February 2012
The AFL and the NRL’s grievance against Optus is far from the epic battle that's been portrayed in the coverage, writes Scott Ewing
Books & arts
16 February 2012
Critics of Peter Kosminsky’s series The Promise – released on DVD this week – are misrepresenting its depiction of Arab and Israeli characters, argues Hal Wootten
Books & arts
17 August 2011
The screening of the ABC’s ambitious courtroom drama, Crownies, coincides with a renewed debate about Australian content. Ben Goldsmith has been watching them both
Essays & reportage
30 June 2011
Compassion as a motivator for action is overrated, writes Klaus Neumann, but Go Back to Where You Came from is a reminder that it’s not a bad starting point
Books & arts
2 June 2011
Richard Johnstone considers the art of screen adaptation – with and without a literary source
Books & arts
13 May 2011
Jill Kitson on Mad Men and The Great Gatsby
Books & arts
11 April 2011
Shane Maloney reviews a second series of Henning Mankell’s Wallander stories filmed for TV
National affairs
7 April 2011
What does the government really want from its review of media policy, asks Julian Thomas
Books & arts
24 June 2010
TV | Little Dorrit, a vivid tale for the times, works backwards from impact to cause, writes Ellie Rennie
Essays & reportage
11 February 2010
Media companies’ campaign against internet piracy suffered a major setback last week when a federal court judgement let internet service providers off the hook for their…
Books & arts
2 February 2010
TELEVISION | Yes Minister turns thirty this month. Terry Lane looks back at one of the great British TV comedies
Books & arts
22 September 2009
Filmmaker John Hughes responds to Ruth Balint’s essay on history and television
Essays & reportage
30 July 2009
History on Australian television doesn’t reflect what historians really know about the past, and the fault is on both sides, writes Ruth Balint
Books & arts
27 July 2009
Ellie Rennie reviews In Treatment series one: therapy from start to finish
National affairs
16 July 2009
Digital TV is already here, and it means Roger Federer might be replaced by blank screens in Mildura’s analogue households next year, writes Jock Given
National affairs
2 July 2009
Norman Abjorensen previews Liberal Rule, the “best effort yet at coming to grips with these extraordinary years”
Books & arts
4 May 2009
No matter how bad the adaptation or how silly the praise, Jane Austen’s novels contain some of the truest insights into human behaviour ever committed to the page, writes…
Books & arts
20 April 2009
Well, they might have kicked off TV’s next Golden Age. Ellie Rennie watches season two of Rome
Books & arts
27 February 2009
Ellie Rennie reviews First Australians on DVD
