See & Do
Hacks returns with a new setting but the same razor-sharp satire
Jean Smart and Hannah Einbinder return with an all-new (but still toxic) dynamic as they take on late-night TV.
- Kylie Northover
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This sharp satire features a conwoman you can empathise with
The anti-heroine in Sophie Quick’s debut novel scams people just enough to get by – because she’s a single mother with no support.
- Jessie Tu
How Spotify’s techno-capitalism is stamping on the face of humanity
In Mood Machine, American music journalist Liz Pelly outlines the story of the music streaming giant’s conquest of streaming.
- Michael Dwyer
The genius physicist whose work was inspired by Escher
Roger Penrose, a mathematician and physicist, is still working at age 93.
- Pat Sheil
A poetic thriller about humanity and connection in the internet age
Colum McCann’s new novel is, as its title suggests, a twisty literary thriller that breaks the rules.
- Peter Craven
Ever wondered what war is like? This film goes where you don’t want to
Alex Garland’s Warfare puts us in the room as a group of Navy SEALs come under fire in Iraq. It’s not easy to watch.
- Karl Quinn
Guy Montgomery is everywhere, but he thinks he’s ‘pretty generic’
The New Zealander has written for others, appeared in films, done fundraisers, but he describes these ventures as “dream-adjacent.”
- John Bailey
Ghosts, lies, and conspiracy theories: This festival has it all
From a show where musicals meet PowerPoint, to a trip back in time, here are our latest reviews.
- Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Elizabeth Flux, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Lefa Singleton Norton, Nell Geraets, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
The Sex Pistols return to Melbourne in a tour Johnny Rotten describes as ‘karaoke’
The band is (somewhat) back together for the first time in two decades – but what is a Sex Pistols gig like without John Lyndon, aka Johnny Rotten?
- Will Cox, Jessica Nicholas and Andrew Fuhrmann
These artists first picked up a brush in prison. It changed their lives
Connecting with their culture through art while in prison has proven revolutionary for hundreds of Indigenous people.
- Kerrie O'Brien
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