Latecomers looks at the role of sex and sexuality in the lives of disabled people.
Articles on TV review
Displaying 81 - 100 of 117 articles
In her new SBS documentary, Rachel Perkins travels across vast territory to capture key aspects of a war that lasted more than 100 years.
Heartbreak High avoids cliche and shows its teen heroes as complicated, messy people the audience can root for – even when they make mistakes.
Directed by Jocelyn Moorhouse, this new ABC crime drama Savage River explores complex social territory.
A new docu-comedy, The Exhibitionists asks why the dominant image of an artist is a man – and places women back in the frame.
SBS’s new four part murder mystery examines Chinese experience on the Australian goldfields during the 1850s.
There are few politicians in The Good Fight, but it remains the most interesting American political series of the past few years.
The new ABC drama Fires is a six-part series of interlinked stories inspired by the 2019-2020 Black Summer fire season.
Packed to the Rafters was an authentic TV show about an ordinary family. The new reboot has family at its centre while touching on issues such as climate change and homelessness.
This gripping TV adaptation of H.G. Wells’ 1898 novel, updated to a contemporary setting, is more layered, intimate and satisfying than the original story.
The emotional centre of British TV series It’s a Sin is a home. But this home looks quite different to the one our leaders might imagine when they issue stay-at-home orders.
Kath and Kim is being embraced by a new generation and this female-centered comedy series has much to say about Australian life.
In cult Danish TV series The Killing, detective Sarah Lund displays courage in the face of politicians sadly lacking it.
Rutherford Falls shows strained relationships, but also friendships. And above all, it features joy.
Nine Perfect Strangers tries to be a satire on wellness culture — and yet celebrates its trappings all the same.
Helen Vatsikopoulos began her career as a TV journalist in the 1980s. Watching a new ABC drama set in this world brought her a sense of deja vu, with one caveat.
For a woman with brightly coloured hair and enormous earrings, Art Works host Namila Benson is adept at fading into the background and letting the artists do the talking.
Long past Margaret Atwood’s novel, the new season is increasingly violent – and the audience will find themselves increasingly numb.
It may be the greatest robbery you’ve never heard of. In 1990 thieves stole US$200 million worth of art from a Boston gallery. A new Netflix series seeks to find the culprits.
In this new season of The Crown, Queen Elizabeth has two rivals for centre stage: Margaret Thatcher, played dazzlingly well by Gillian Anderson, and Diana Spencer.
Top contributors
-
Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University
-
Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
-
Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, Adelaide University
-
Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
-
Associate Professor in Cinema Studies, RMIT University
-
Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
-
Associate Professor in Media, University of Technology Sydney
-
Senior Lecturer in Media, Adelaide University
-
Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
-
Lecturer, Learning & Teaching Innovation, Flinders University
-
Professor of History, President, Australian Historical Association, Macquarie University
-
Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology
-
Visiting Professor of Social Inequities and Injustice, Loughborough University
-
Lecturer in Film, Screen, and Culture, Monash University
-
Professor of Intersectional Humanities, Maynooth, National University of Ireland, RMIT University