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television August 28, 2024
The unpredictable and compelling new series from Apple TV+, Sunny, morphs through sci-fi, thriller, noir mystery, family drama and comedy.
television August 3, 2024
House of the Dragon may be more about share prices than actual storytelling, but it takes a familiar look at the dark side of political power.
television July 31, 2024
Season three of The Bear is as good as television can be: a mastering of time and emotion, a study of character and success, and the gaps between the two.
television July 6, 2024
In HBO’s docuseries Ren Faire, the battle over who is going to succeed the geriatric ruler of the Texas Renaissance Festival throws a surreal light over contemporary politics.
television June 1, 2024
Power, a new Netflix documentary on how the history of policing in America has preserved the dominance of ruling classes, has lessons for Australia.
television May 25, 2024
The challenges of producing local TV drama
Making new Australian television drama in an age of global competition is a continual challenge. How do we support it? And how do we determine its cultural value?
television May 18, 2024
Season two of The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
The 2015 docuseries The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst famously led to the real estate heir’s conviction for murder. Now season two documents the aftermath.
television May 11, 2024
Comedian Richard Gadd’s whip-smart Netflix hit, Baby Reindeer, is compelling because it refuses to simplify the realities of trauma.
television May 4, 2024
The brutal vision of Patricia Highsmith’s prose is given expressive texture in Ripley, Steven Zaillian’s elegant black-and-white adaptation for Netflix.
television April 27, 2024
Up-and-coming screenwriter and director Tig Terera, creator of the new SBS series Swift Street, redefines perceptions of Black masculinity through his intimate films.
television April 17, 2024
Netflix’s 3 Body Problem is a dazzlingly inventive epic
Netflix’s lavish adaptation of Liu Cixin’s allegedly unfilmable 3 Body Problem is spectacular, if flawed, epic television.
