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Ian Darling’s new documentary The Pool is about Bondi Icebergs. “So we thought, let’s make the pool itself the central character.”

The response to the Bondi Icebergs documentary proves it’s not about swimming

All the world is Ian Darling’s stage, from business to theatre and documentaries.

  • Peter FitzSimons

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Margaret Qualley, Jesse Plemons and Willem Dafoe in Kinds of Kindness.

Midnight Oil to a ‘jaw-dropping’ Demi Moore: 15 highlights of the Sydney Film Festival

From Cannes award winners to local documentaries and big-name stars, these are the festival’s top picks.

  • Garry Maddox
Bondi Icebergs is the belle of Sydney’s ocean baths – and will soon be the star of its own documentary.

How Bondi Icebergs morphed from somewhere to swim into a place to heal

Swimming is about more than exercise. It’s about solace, meditation, emotional sustenance – and, at this Sydney ocean pool, community.

  • David Leser
Paul Kelly (with dog Queenie) at Bakehouse Studios, the rehearsal space he uses in Melbourne’s Richmond. “You can’t see the next song coming. They catch you by surprise, or by accident … you have to keep 
your ears open,” he says of his 40-year songwriting career.

To his door: how Paul Kelly found a whole new audience

The singer-songwriter’s popularity with a new generation of collaborators and audiences has pushed three of his albums to No.1 in the past four years.

  • Maddison Connaughton
A scene from 2012 film, Paul Kelly – Stories of Me.

My favourite Paul Kelly songs

To Her Door, right? No, no, no, it’s How to Make Gravy. Two friends debate their favourite Paul Kelly songs. What’s yours?

  • David Leser
Ian Darling and Greg Fleet: “I didn’t have the courage to be an actor – I lived that life through Greg.”

‘I often wonder why he stuck with me’: the steadfast love between two old schoolmates

More than four decades after meeting and despite their lives taking wildly divergent paths, comedian Greg Fleet and documentary filmmaker Ian Darling still share a strong bond.

  • Amanda Hooton
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Miranda Tapsell, Nakkiah Lui, Adam Goodes and Dylan Alcott.

Good Weekend's Who Mattered 2019: Film / TV / stage

Adam Goodes: when two biopics brought the former AFL star back into the spotlight, he wasn't comfortable – but knew they'd enhance an important national conversation. Plus: Dylan Alcott, Nakkiah Lui and Miranda Tapsell.

  • Konrad Marshall

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