From sticking to prestige themes, to carefully timed releases, to millions spent on publicity – there’s plenty of politics behind Hollywood’s greatest accolade.
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Online sleuths are on a mission to decode the massive Epstein file dump. The resulting chaos shows there’s a fine line between genuine clues and conspiracy.
By creating a costume that can be taken off, even a ‘naked’ one, costume designers help create an important separation between the role and the actor.
Lianne Mackessy’s Crescendo won top prize – a significant personal and industry milestone.
Australian health authorities have been encouraging ‘no hat no play’ for 100 years.
No longer confined to social media feeds, the misogynistic ‘red pill’ worldview is now being amplified on Australian broadcast television.
The 24 artists in the exhibition have ambitiously taken up the challenge of considering alternative futures.
Paramount’s A$156 billion takeover of Warner Bros Discover benefits Donald Trump, Netflix and some of the richest men in Hollywood. That’s about it.
Simon Burke gives a bold, brave performance of a cross-dressing elocution teacher who lives in Double Bay in the 1970s, in this new production from Griffin Theatre.
Jimpa is an emotionally nuanced family drama by acclaimed Australian filmmaker Sophie Hyde.
Whether you’re chasing escapism, comfort, or something more substantial, these titles new to streaming are worth pressing play on.
Whistlers aren’t born. They’re made.
Emirati Princess Al Qasimi is pro-Palestine and this year’s Sydney Biennale arts director, a choice that has drawn criticism. But should art be comfortable?
Michael Caine has licensed his distinctive voice to the AI company ElevenLabs. Here’s what people actually hear when he speaks.
Violet’s storyline reminds us how women over 40 deserve representation as sexually empowered agents – worthy of being seen and valued.
The ‘frugal chic’ fashion trend revives our wartime-era mindset. But will it help fix our waste crisis?
The catchphrase ‘you’ve met me at a very Chinese time of my life’ is doing the rounds on social media. What does it mean?
Shen Yun is one of Falun Gong’s culture outreach organisations. It markets its dance performances as a revival of ‘traditional Chinese culture’.
Melbourne’s Red Stitch is reviving Summer and the Seventeenth Doll and its two prequels, together for the first time since 1985.
Emerald Fennell’s film is not interested in the racial commentary many critics have found in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.
The new ANTM show isn’t about addressing issues faced by former contestants; it’s a chance for producers to distance themselves from the besmirched Tyra Banks.
This new play at Melbourne Theatre Company is a sharp, often darkly comic examination of conformity and resistance within the modern corporate structure.
Fennell’s Wuthering Heights turns a gothic tragedy into erotica for the TikTok generation. It’s terrifying for all the wrong reasons.
Around a familiar outdoor table, Black Light at Malthouse Theatre tells an intergenerational story of four First Nations women.
Matchbox Pictures, the production house behind shows The Survivors and Stateless, is being shut after 18 years of business.