Interview
Comedian Alan Davies’ career changed once he admitted, ‘I’m one of those’
The performer talks stand-up, mortality and his decision five years ago to reveal his childhood abuse.
- Michael Dwyer
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Bob Odenkirk stars in cult classic as The Room Returns! – to Sydney
It’s considered one of the worst films ever made. And thanks to a raucous tradition at a heritage-listed cinema, the tribute retelling is coming to Australia.
- Bella Ann Sanchez
This old bloke’s guide to happiness has one golden rule
Former journalist Geoff Hutchison’s book for ageing men is not interested in culture wars – it deals instead with emotional shrinkage, a stubborn stand-off with acceptance.
- Michael Dwyer
‘Why aren’t you being cancelled?’ Claudia Karvan reveals her problematic past roles
The veteran Australian actor has seen a lot of social change over her decades-long career. There’s a big one at the heart of her latest role.
- John Bailey
How ‘Gen Z’s Mozart’ almost dismissed Herbie Hancock’s email as a joke
Jacob Collier was a teenager making songs in his bedroom – until his videos caught the attention of the world’s biggest musicians.
- Michael Lallo
The untold story of Frank Roberts, Australia’s own Rocky Balboa
Rhoda Roberts celebrates the story of her cousin Frank, the first Indigenous man to compete for Australia at the Olympics.
- John Bailey
‘Brad Pitt is annoyingly good at everything’: In F1, Damson Idris is just trying to keep up
The makers of Top Gun tapped A-lister Brad Pitt and rising star Damson Idris to make the greatest Formula One racing movie of all time.
- Thomas Mitchell
‘We all have the capacity to be monsters’: Hazem Shammas on playing Coriolanus
Macbeth has nothing on one of Shakespeare’s lesser-known and most monstrous subjects.
- John Bailey
Is this Melbourne’s only CEO job with sheep grazing outside the office?
Justine Hyde has an ambitious plan to put Abbotsford Convent on the map, setting her sights on transforming it into more than just a haven for locals.
- John Bailey
The film Dirty Three violinist Warren Ellis tried to pull
Ellis Park, the documentary about Ellis’ life and work (and his Indonesian animal sanctuary), is something he had no intention or desire to make.
- Michael Dwyer
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