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"Wuthering Heights"
Searching for redeeming features in Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’, I could only feel grateful the film gave me an excuse to read Emily Brontë’s…
Feb 16
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Home is where the hate is
# 625
Feb 14
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Hamnet
Chloé Zhao must be a remarkable person to achieve what she’s achieved.
Feb 10
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Cairo for Tyros
There are cities around the world that are almost interchangeable in their blandness.
Feb 7
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January 2026
Data Dreams: Art and AI
A few years ago, Artificial Intelligence belonged to the realm of science fiction.
Jan 31
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Nuremberg
It’s taken me an unusually long time to see Nuremberg, but having finally managed this feat it’d be a dereliction of duty if the film slipped by without…
Jan 29
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Ah, Wilderness!
# 623
Jan 26
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Ron Mueck: Encounter
There may be good reasons for the incredibly sparse design of Ron Mueck: Encounter, at the Art Gallery of NSW but I’ve rarely seen a show with so much…
Jan 22
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No Other Choice
Park Chan-wook, South Korea’s answer to Alfred Hitchcock, has taken an old American crime novel and turned it into an allegory for our times.
Jan 19
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Writers weak
# 622
Jan 17
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Mary Tonkin: Among the Trees
One question every public art gallery should ask itself on a regular basis is: “What do audiences want?” Too often it seems curators and gallery…
Jan 14
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Kokuho
By the end of last year, Sang-il Lee’s Kokuho had grossed ¥18.47 billion (A$177 million) at the Japanese box office - an all-time record for a local…
Jan 11
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