December 8, 2020
Trite Christmas: ‘Happiest Season’
Culture
Despite appearances, this queer romcom is straighter than it seems
Anwen Crawford
By this author
December 1, 2020
Ready steady gone
Culture
The passing of its figureheads underscores pop music’s waning influence on personal identity
November 26, 2020
Song sisters
Culture
The soundtrack to documentary ‘Brazen Hussies’ shows a breadth of feeling about women’s liberation in Australia
October 28, 2020
Quiet desperation: ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’
Culture
Eliza Hittman’s abortion drama is marked by the emotional solidarity of its teen protagonists
September 24, 2020
Bunkered down: ‘The Translators’
Culture
With a confusing plot and a reliance on clichés, the French thriller fails to excite
October 1, 2020
Listening to Roberta Flack
Culture
‘First Take’, released 50 years ago, still echoes through the present
September 1, 2020
Audio tapestry
Culture
A tangle of red tape is robbing us of music podcasts in Australia
August 5, 2020
Milk it: ‘First Cow’
Culture
Kelly Reichardt’s restrained frontier film considers the uneasy problems of money and resources
July 1, 2020
The heat of a moment: Ziggy Ramo’s ‘Black Thoughts’
Culture
A debut hip-hop album that calls for a reckoning with Indigenous sovereignty and invites the listener to respond
June 2, 2020
Moral bankruptcy
Politics
Robodebt stemmed from the false ideological division between the deserving and undeserving poor, but the government still clings to moralistic language
June 1, 2020
Snap-back: Dua Lipa’s ‘Future Nostalgia’
Culture
The British singer’s serendipitous album delivers shining pop with a reigning attitude of fortitude
May 20, 2020
A bellyful: ‘The Trip to Greece’
Culture
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon continue to charm in their final food odyssey
May 7, 2020
Teen sensation
Culture
In the midst of a pandemic, people are reverting to the music they loved – and found solace in – as teenagers