Dark side of fashion icon’s rags-to-riches story
Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s exploration of the life of the French fashion legend Coco Chanel is more than a rags-to-riches fairytale.
Review
‘Those are the best days of writing’: Michael Connelly is still on the beat
Harry Bosch creator Michael Connelly talks family, podcasts and handing on the baton to a new generation of fictional cops.
An old man walks into a pub … and out again
There’s a smile but no service when a traditional drinker meets the inflexible rules of modern ‘hospitality’ culture.
Wyatt Earp rides again in this gritty docudrama
Wyatt Earp and the Cowboy War offers a mashup of fact and fiction to tell the story of the legendary lawman of the American old west.
Original and audacious take on the Joker is compelling viewing
Joaquin Phoenix won a best actor Oscar for the 2019 prelude to this film, and there is every chance he will go back-to-back with his tour de force performance in this astonishing sequel.
McKellen swings the poison-tipped sword
Veteran actor Ian McKellen has a lot of fun as the chief drama critic at the Daily Chronicle, a Fleet Street newspaper that leans to the right.
Country queen Kasey Chambers lays herself bare on Backbone
Album No. 13 sees this inimitable artist hit new heights; Backbone acts as somewhat of a memoir that delves deep into the highs and lows that have defined her life, her times, her music.
Breakfast TV ‘wasn’t scaring me in the right way anymore’
Broadcaster Tony Armstrong, 34, on why he left ABC News Breakfast, playing AFL and the biggest myth about hard work.
Loathing those who love Trump
Dennis Glover’s Repeat makes the case that those who support Trump are wrong. Again.
Inside the criminal state of Russia
The looting of state-owned assets in Russia was just the start of the crime rush.
Journey into light and deep time
Lloyd Rees was ignored for most of his career. Now, the painter’s Tasmanian landscapes are on show in this fine exhibition.
Test your general knowledge
To what family of animals does the meerkat belong? Pit your wits against Review’s resident Quizmaster.
Cold Chisel at 50: battered but unbowed ahead of sold-out tour
It wasn’t so long ago that tour rehearsals for Cold Chisel involved imbibing high-octane stimulants so that this famously hard-living, hard-charging rock ‘n’ roll band could burn out stages nationwide. Things are a little different these days.
It’s his ABC: niche in, mainstream out at Williams’ Aunty
ABC chair Kim Williams says the national broadcaster may need to trade off a mainstream audience in some areas as he flags structural changes at the national broadcaster.
How the people of Yirrkala changed the course of Australian democracy
Sixty thousand years. That is how long the Yolngu people believe they have lived on lands they call Yirrkala, in northeast Arnhem Land. Sixty years ago, local tribes were told they did not in fact own that land. So a plan was hatched.
Tim Winton takes a thoughtful look at humanity’s impact on the planet
If Tim Winton’s first novel concerned with climate change, 2013’s Eyrie, was a secular gospel – an account of redemption in a fallen world – then this is the Book of Revelation.
Coppola’s Megalopolis is an epic worth watching … and rewatching
When people ask me which film I’d take to a desert island, I don’t need to think about it. Apocalypse Now. I would cheat and take all four versions on the one disc. This is that sort of film.
Light tale of indebtedness is all we need
Humour and a touch of romance elevate French drama A Difficult Year as it examines the evils of over-consumerism.
Which schoolgirl in the 1980s popularised the word bogan?
Pit your wits against Review’s resident Quizmaster.
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AFL sensation helps kids cope with the pain of a parent in prison
Forget how tough you think you are: going to prison is scary. If that’s true for grown men, imagine how it feels for a child, having to visit their dad in there.
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