Patrick Marlborough

is a writer and comedian from Fremantle.

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Culture August 12, 2023

How To with John Wilson

The HBO series How To with John Wilson excavates bizarre minutiae of contemporary life to illuminate a confounding time.

Culture April 29, 2023

Party Down

More than a decade after its first two perfect seasons, Party Down returns as an ode to failure and delusion.

Culture June 03, 2023

Barry

The fourth and final season of Alec Berg and Bill Hader’s bleak screwball tragedy Barry only intensifies its genre-defying mayhem.

Culture February 11, 2023

Copenhagen Cowboy

Copenhagen Cowboy, the latest work from Danish auteur Nicolas Winding Refn, is an intoxicating mixture of folklore and new digital media.

Culture August 27, 2022

The Rehearsal

Nathan Fielder’s unsettling show The Rehearsal is like a three-dimensional representation of autistic thinking.

Culture July 02, 2022

We Own This City

David Simon’s new series on real-life police corruption, We Own This City, functions as a grim sequel to The Wire.

Culture February 27, 2021

Perth Festival

Covid-19 restrictions have forced this year’s Perth Festival to focus on local artists – and the result is a communal joy.