culture
review
opera December 9, 2023
Pinchgut Opera’s production of one of Handel’s most popular operas, Rinaldo, is swift, ambitious and energetic.
film December 9, 2023
Marrakech International Film Festival
In the shadow of a devastating earthquake and an all-pervasive war, the 20th Marrakech International Film Festival featured some of the best cinema from Africa and the Middle East.
visual art December 9, 2023
Fairy Tales at Brisbane’s Gallery of Modern Art draws on a rich range of art forms to investigate the enduring fascination of fantasy and folklore.
visual art December 2, 2023
Nadine Christensen: Around at Buxton Contemporary
Nadine Christensen’s first retrospective exhibition surveys 25 years of a diverse practice.
film December 2, 2023
Ridley Scott’s epic Napoleon isn’t as bad as his worst films, nor is it as good as his best.
games December 2, 2023
Northway Games’ I Was a Teenage Exocolonist is a sci-fi visual novel without peer, which powerfully evokes the emotions of adolescence.
festival November 25, 2023
Performa Biennial takes an open view of performance art, showcasing work that might as easily be dance or theatre for a visual art audience.
music November 25, 2023
Frost Children and the ‘indie sleaze’ revival
Siblings Lulu and Angel Prost, recording as Frost Children, are among the few who make the historically vague revival ‘indie sleaze’ a real thing.
television November 25, 2023
Nathan Fielder’s new comedy drama, The Curse, takes his work into wilder territory.
middle east November 25, 2023
Far-right ‘anarcho-capitalist’ wins Argentine presidency
Death toll soars in Ukraine. Chinese sonar incident injures Australian divers. Genocide fears in Sudan.
podcasts November 18, 2023
The podcast Body Electric seeks to undo many of the physical and mental harms of working with technology.