See & Do
Australian Ballet’s Carmen misses heights of dark passion
A few spine-tingling moments, yes, but this austere contemporary-dance interpretation of a classic story of desire, jealousy and murder was weirdly hollow.
- Andrew Fuhrmann, Sonia Nair and Cameron Woodhead
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From Minecraft to Superman and 28 Years Later: 20 movies we can’t wait to see
Smart genre plays and arthouse surprises will punctuate the box office bets being made by Hollywood.
- Craig Mathieson
- ★★★★
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He may have won four Oscars, but this cult Korean director still delights in mocking Americans
Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey 17, starring Robert Pattinson, is in the vein of his previous English-language sci-fi films.
- Jake Wilson
An unforgettable story about a woman who has made misery into an entire way of life
If you can watch Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths without experiencing regular shocks of recognition, I can only congratulate you on your good luck.
- Jake Wilson
David Wenham and his mullet are back in this colourful caper
It’s obvious that Wenham is having enormous fun with the singular character of Spit, and it proves infectious.
- Sandra Hall
Heartbreak, vampires and the ‘nudge effect’: This week’s new books
Our reviewers cast their eyes over eight new fiction and non-fiction releases.
- Cameron Woodhead and Steven Carroll
Not many people can make an arena go silent. Billie Eilish can
Performing at Rod Laver Arena the musician is genuinely charming, keenly observing her surroundings and finding magic there.
- Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Being a person is so weird: Curtis Sittenfeld on life, luck and middle age
The author’s new collection of short stories features sliding doors aplenty – the what-ifs, the should-haves and the could-haves.
- Melanie Kembrey
Sometimes a book-to-TV adaptation is like imagination coming to life
Rereading Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude while watching the Netflix adaptation is surprisingly satisfying.
- Jane Sullivan
Failures, missteps and absolute stinkers: Hollywood’s biggest flops
Tim Robey’s book explores some of Tinseltown’s least successful films.
- Tom Ryan
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