Sam Neill
Leigh Sales on the bold show that puts 15 autistic students in charge
No topic was off limits when celebrities such as Sam Neill, Amanda Keller and the prime minister agreed to take part in The Assembly.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Latest
Her father found Sam Neill. Has this debut director also cast a future star?
When India Donaldson asked her little sister if she knew any actors, she couldn’t have guessed that Lily Collias had the makings of a star.
- by Karl Quinn
The Twelve is back, with new cast, new crime, old Trojan horse tactics
Sam Neill returns as the “silver fox” barrister, but around him swirl a storm of micro-plots that are the show’s real purpose.
- by Karl Quinn
‘Misogynistic massacre’: Sydney Writers’ Festival closing address dedicated to Bondi Junction victims
A feminist author used her closing address to call out “himpathy”, where men who commit violence receive “disproportionate and undue sympathy”.
- by Helen Pitt
Nobel laureates, Pulitzer winners lead Sydney Writers’ Festival line up
More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
- by Helen Pitt
The Aussie tennis champ who trained Oscar-nominee Annette Bening
Apples Never Fall is the story of a Palm Beach tennis family whose secrets are exposed when family matriarch Joy goes missing.
- by Michael Idato
Opinion
Sunday Life
When a beloved actor almost crushed my dog, I knew my love of books was obsessive
Next to my bed is a stack of books so high that when I added Sam Neill’s biography, it turned the pile into a Jenga-like debacle, toppling the lot.
- by Wendy Squires
Opinion
Five Minutes with Fitz
The best bits of Fitz: The chats that most moved me in 2023
Having come to this Q&A format reluctantly, it has become a labour of love.
- by Peter FitzSimons
Couch surfer in his 30s. Oscar winner in his 40s. Why the whole world wants Taika
One of New Zealand’s most original creative exports, filmmaker and actor Taika Waititi is the king of the oddball.
- by Konrad Marshall
Steampunk animation with Sam Neill shows under-5s are a tough audience
Starting out as a toy aimed at adult collectors, the Scarygirl character has evolved to inspire graphic novels, video games, a virtual reality experience and now a film.
- by Jake Wilson
‘Tell em they’re dreamin’: How Michael Caton and friends helped save Bondi Pavilion
A new documentary details the steps a community took to save a beloved asset.
- by Garry Maddox
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