Johannes Leak knew the Archibald Prize trustees might reject his portrait of Jewish leader Alex Ryvchin, but painted him anyway, illuminating Ryvchin’s journey from Ukrainian refugee, born in the shadow of the Holocaust, to proud advocate for his people.
The Archibald Prize hang is an annual dog’s breakfast. The judges need to do better.
Two giants of literature – one a romantic, the other a realist – were at loggerheads over their opposing portrayals of Australian life. Who was right?
Ahead of her first Australian tour with the ACO, Carolina Eyck opens up about the realities of performing from such a young age — and why fans can’t get enough of the weird and wonderful world of the theremin.
With its upcoming tour on track to sell 60,000 tickets nationally, WA rock band Spacey Jane has spent the past few years cresting new waves of popularity while powered by evocative songwriting.
Humphrey Bogart appeared in 75 movies during his legendary career from 1930 to 1957. His four wives are footnotes in history, but now they’ve stepped into the spotlight.
And scimitar, cutlass and rapier are types of …? Pit your wits against Review’s resident Quizmaster.
It doesn’t scale the same emotive heights as his Dope Lemon debut in 2016, but Angus Stone’s fifth album under the moniker is still an entertaining entry into his singular catalogue.
In the era of Trump Mark II, where golden age thinking and nostalgia have become dominant cultural forces, keep an eye out for the ‘trad lad’.
Imperfect as Australia is, there is no better country in the world to live in. If young people have been told otherwise, their teachers have misled them.
This documentary is the least beautiful film the British biologist, natural historian, conservationist, broadcaster and filmmaker has made. This is intentional.
Holly Wainwright’s explosive new novel is about adults out camping with their maturing teenage kids.
Chris Hammer turned his hand to novels and sold millions. He hasn’t given up his campaign for the nation’s rivers.
Books and plays about female warriors and other news from the book world.
In speaking out against the abuse and exploitation she suffered on the set of Last Tango in Paris, Maria Schneider laid the groundwork for the #MeToo movement – and changed the industry forever.
Theatre producer Cameron Mackintosh returns to Australia with an arena tour of his beloved musical, bringing it full circle from the historic 1989 open-air performance in Sydney’s Domain.
A couple of street hoods steal drugs from selected dealers while posing as DEA agents in this hilarious yet disturbing series. Put it on your watch list – it’s a blast.
Part of the idiotic ideological undergrowth that chokes the Australian cultural world today is the idea that serious art should confront or offend audiences. Fortunately, this exhibition suggests otherwise.
Rotten shark for dinner, standoffish host parents: Hannah Kent’s year in Iceland was isolating and bleak, but she remains homesick for the culture she now loves.
Samoan-born Miki Magasiva’s bittersweet debut follows a grieving teacher and a ragtag choir on a redemptive journey.
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