Culture in Australia
Culture
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What will happen after this news cycle is over and social media posts about diversity die down? Layla F Saad chooses books to fortify a long-term struggle
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If you want to engage with Australia’s story – because the reality you’ve been ignoring suddenly feels too real – then begin here, says Tara June Winch
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3 out of 5 stars.
Jack Colwell: Swandream review Theatrical, raw songs packed with pain and soaring survival
3 out of 5 stars.The Patrick Wolf influence is unmistakeable – but while Colwell’s debut revels in drama and emotions, producer Sarah Blasko lends it a balancing restraint -
Each month we add 20 new Australian songs to our Spotify playlist. Read about 10 of our favourites here -
90s schlock-horror starring Josh Hartnett and Elijah Wood is worth a rewatch if only for the terrible 3D graphics and before-they-were-famous teen idols
Australia this month
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Australian artist Imants Tillers was among more than 100 volunteers who helped wrap 90,000 square metres of plastic fabric around a Sydney coastline in 1969. It was not the easiest job, he remembers – or the safest -
3 out of 5 stars.
Talking points
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The arts sector was hardly stable before the pandemic, but how do you find the strength to keep going when the crisis has no end in sight? -
While not paying the stars of Tiger King may be justified by its billing as a documentary, the rules around payment for reality TV stars remain opaque
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The Cannes 2020 branding may not mean much by the end of the year, but it’s a reminder of the wonderful alchemy that the festival can create
Culture news
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A unpublished communique details a teleconference where arts ministers discussed extending the jobkeeper subsidy to the cultural sector -
Autobiographical tale tells of hunt for ‘the biggest goddam marlin that ever swam in the ocean’ and has strong echoes of The Old Man and the Sea
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Reviews
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Is that accent dire? Is that disguise realistic? Could that car chase have really happened like that? This YouTube series brings in the experts -
5 out of 5 stars.
Pass Over Spike Lee directs Antoinette Nwandu’s masterful tragedy
5 out of 5 stars.
Features
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Thousands of hours of behind-the-scenes footage were shot of the former first lady’s disastrous bid for the White House. How did film-maker Nanette Burstein turn it all into a story of hope? -
Pictures & video
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The Guardian's art critic Jonathan Jones goes on a journey around the Rothko Room at the Tate Modern, in London, while it is still closed to the public.
Masterpieces of both tragedy and inexplicable hope, the iconic murals were gifted to the UK in 1970. Jones looks at the surprising story behind their creation
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David Hockney created a glorious depiction of a sunrise on his iPad in April and emailed it from his lockdown in Normandy to the Guardian's art critic Jonathan Jones. It inspired Jones to take a journey through some of the greatest masters' sunrises in the National Gallery, London
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Jonathan Jones takes a closer look at Rembrandt’s great portraits in the locked-down National Gallery in London
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Striking pieces by the Bulgarian artist best known for wrapping buildings including Berlin’s Reichstag, who has died aged 84. -
As Coriolanus is streamed for National Theatre at Home, look back at Tom Hiddleston’s theatre career, including his early roles with Cheek by Jowl and his hot-ticket Hamlet -
The low-pressure system that hung over Sydney over the weekend drew daredevils to ocean pools and beaches to take advantage of the wild weather
Culture webchats
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The actor and director answered your questions about the films he’d like to make, who he’s learned most from and enjoying getting naked on set -
Good Omens, Neverwhere, Coraline, American Gods ... the genre-defying author joined us to answer your questions -
The star of The Affair and Luther answered questions on superhero movies, panto and the ills of her industry -
The guitarist and political firebrand answered your questions on Chris Cornell, Muse and wearing a Star Trek costume to his kids’ school
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