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The new drama starring Hugo Weaving and Shabana Azeez finds humour and humanity in one of the most chaotic places.
Beyond the Tracks is a multidisciplinary work combining dance, movement and song.
Our expert watched some 40 films from this year’s line-up, and nearly all of them – apart from one dud – were excellent.
The enduring themes of Shakespeare’s play ring through with both pathos and ab-clenching humour in this quirky adaptation.
Showing now at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, Not a Souvenir forces us to confront Australia’s colonial kitsch culture.
This exhibition is not driven by aesthetics alone. It is a coming together of rich individual identities voicing their history, knowledge and lived experiences.
TV series about the great founding event of the USA were thin on the ground until the 21st century.
A tiny Scottish village brings porridge to the world stage in this new documentary by Constantine Costi.
Hawke’s elegiac performance is worth the price of admission alone – but don’t expect historical accuracy.
The Anthologies told the story of The Beatles, tracking their development from amateur cover-artists to bona fide musical pioneers.
This is a pop record with substance and bite.
The play is a dizzying amalgamation of influences, mercurial talents and creativity that sits among the defining achievements of its generation.
Maps have always both granted power and threatened it, depending on who controls the data, the scale and the narrative.
Merlynn Tong’s new play feels like it’s not sure if it’s a meditation on loss, or a musical comedy about reinvention.
New crime novels by Mark Brandi and Jennifer Trevelyan are enthralling dramas about the loss of innocence and the possibility of redemption.
In this re-launch, the score, direction and choreography are almost identical to what we saw back in 1985. And the choreography remains the heart and soul.
A feature designed to help Black-owned businesses may have hurt them. The increased visibility likely led to culture clashes and lower star ratings.
Archetypal components of western genre – gold hunting and revenge – are mashed up with a samurai-sword-wielding heroine.
The differences between live action and animation are not as pronounced as might be expected in films made 15 years apart.
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Joanna Mendelssohn is a Friend of The Conversation.
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