What to watch
Spielberg meets Stranger Things in this paranoid teen-horror fantasy
Monster Summer, which stars Mel Gibson, is reminiscent of Jaws, but with a more nebulous enemy.
- by Jake Wilson
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Miriam Margolyes’ heart-stopping New Zealand moment
Travelling the country for a two-part documentary series, the actor was deeply moved by a Maori traditional welcome.
- by Bridget McManus
How Ralph Fiennes prepared for his pacy new Vatican drama
Directed by Oscar-winning Edward Berger, Conclave tracks the emotion and intrigue of a papal election.
- by Stephanie Bunbury
How Christian Slater went from bad boy to good dad
The 55-year-old actor stars in Dexter: Original Sin as Harry Morgan, the father of the world’s most likeable serial killer.
- by Alexis Soloski
Endeavour’s Shaun Evans a charming threat in this true-crime drama
In Until I Kill You, Anna Maxwell Martin is utterly convincing as the woman who finds her lover hides a dark side.
- by Ben Pobjie
Noah Wyle’s new emergency room drama turns back the clock
In The Pitt, the former star of ER returns to a medical system in crisis.
- by Craig Mathieson
‘It was chaos’: Inside the trashy talk show that changed television
The Jerry Springer Show, originally dismissed as a joke, turned out to be a harbinger of what our world would become.
- by Jacqueline Cutler
Dr Karl hits the factory floor in his tireless quest for understanding
The ABC’s TV scientist Dr Karl Kruszelnicki discovers how everyday products, from cheese and chocolate to cricket balls and toilet paper, are actually made.
- by Bridget McManus
This bonkers Oscars fave might be the most divisive film of the year
Emilia Perez is a Spanish musical about a trans Mexican drug lord who has a social justice awakening. Yes, that old tale.
- by Robert Moran
What a carry-on! Netflix holiday thriller is a gift basket of goofs
Carry-On is set at Los Angeles International Airport on Christmas Eve. Just how real is it?
- by Andrea Sachs and Hannah Sampson
Iceland is the perfect setting for this tale of mystery and depravity
Grim, dreadful things are afoot as a weary cop, played by Swedish screen legend Lena Olin, investigates a murder in the stunning Nordic landscape.
- by Ben Pobjie
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