This five-star gift of a film made me weep
With incredible performances by Richard Gere, Uma Thurman and Australia’s Jacob Elordi, this film had a profound effect on me. When it ended I needed to sit in the cinema for quite a while to gather myself.
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Creative types – in the best possible way
Her new series of interviews reminds us how brilliant Virginia Trioli is at getting the very best from her guests who include Kate Ceberano, George Miller and Tim Minchin.
From boy to man-monster
Adolescence is a jaw-dropping depiction of a male child on the rickety suspension bridge to adulthood, buffeted by gaming, peer pressure, and social media. Into this storm arrives The Passenger Seat.
What is the oldest continuously operating horse racecourse in Australia?
And what is the Italian word for ‘barman’? Pit your wits against Review’s resident Quizmaster.
Epic fail? Interrogating cinema’s ancient history problem
Christopher Nolan is set to tackle Homer’s epic on the big screen but one academic says the film will only succeed if it adheres to one theme.
What these spears tell us about Captain Cook’s contact with Indigenous people
Rare Aboriginal spears seized by Captain Cook’s crew in 1770 are back home and about to go on display. Their symbolism ‘is huge’.
Cody Simpson: ‘Swimming saved my life’
Athlete and performer Cody Simpson reveals the sliding doors moment that steered him away from substance abuse.
Tommy Emmanuel: ‘I never coast out there, ever’
Ahead of an Australian tour, the master guitarist speaks about giving his all on stage, avoiding retirement, searching for silver linings and being inspired by the music of Taylor Swift.
Ghosts loom large in Get Millie Black’s haunting Jamaica
A detective is really chasing the ghost of her little brother, trying to somehow fix the past by rescuing other children in the present.
Your guide on what to watch this weekend
A horror show without the jump scares, this Netflix sensation hammers home the dangers of our connected world’s dark corners.
Why do so many women (and boys) suddenly have ADHD?
In the age of identity politics we think labels clarify, but too often they freeze us. The truth? We are all in flux all the time.
The one thing missing from Crocodile Dundee doco
While it deals with the famous knife scene, Love of an Icon fails to capture these important details of Paul Hogan’s personal life.
What becomes of two lovers when dementia starts to kick in?
They had been living together on the outskirts of town for almost 25 years when one of their children – a child of one of them, not both of them – decided to intervene.
Why this radical approach to tackling the climate crisis will end in ruin
A new book, by one of Germany’s green-left darlings, argues that we, the capitalist West, need to revive the Blitz spirit of World War II England. Our contemporary emergency is not genocidal Nazism – it’s is climate change.
Incoherent vision of an impossible future
Science fiction is stretched to absurd extremes in an exhibition that mixes futurism with a naively benign view of the past.
DJ haunted by his interview with John Lennon
Andy Peebles was a BBC Radio 1 DJ when he conducted one of the last interviews with his hero John Lennon, just before the fatal shooting. It haunted him for the rest of his life.
Visiting Persia, one delicious bite at a time
Patience will be rewarded as you try these new recipes from Phaidon’s Persian cookbook, writes Christopher Zinn
Which Johannes Vermeer painting was the name of a film starring Scarlett Johansson?
And how many US presidents were born after Donald Trump?Pit your wits against Review’s resident Quizmaster.
$200 for the latest pillow only leads to disappointment
One minute my new pillow was lying beside me waiting for the next cuddle and the next it was on the floor. I think I yelled I hate you.
Believe the anti-hype. Disney’s Snow White really is that bad
Drama? Story? Character? Nope. These are, it seems, decadent tools of the oppressor. The new Snow White movie is a new low — and a crisis point for Disney.
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