Craig Mathieson

Craig Mathieson
Craig Mathieson is a television critic for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald, an author, and the creator of the Binge-r streaming newsletter.

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August 21, 2019

‘The Loudest Voice’: a nightmarish portrait of a monster

Culture

The sheer scale of Roger Ailes’s wrongs defies the medium of television

July 31, 2019

Streaming highlights: July 2019

Culture

Low-profile comedies ‘Flowers’, ‘Workin’ Moms’ and ‘Derry Girls’ beguile; ‘Veronica Mars’ revived; and Netflix and Marvel break up

August 13, 2019

Heirs unapparent: ‘Succession’

Culture

The HBO comedy-drama returns for another gleefully toxic season

July 2, 2019

Streaming highlights: June 2019

Culture

‘Dark’ makes a wild return, ‘Good Omens’ approaches the apocalypse lightly, ‘City on a Hill’ moves beyond the crime genre’s prerequisites, and new ‘Black Mirror’

May 29, 2019

Streaming highlights: May 2019

Culture

‘When They See Us’ and ‘Catch-22’ examine flawed institutions, ‘Dead to Me’ astutely studies the living, and ‘Fleabag’ makes a must-see return

May 8, 2019

‘Veep’: No bad deed shall go punished

Culture

The sharp comedy bows out as Trump takes politics beyond satire

May 1, 2019

Streaming highlights: April 2019

Culture

‘Special’ and ‘Bonding’ look askance at sexual mores, ‘Killing Eve’ returns, and Beyoncé brings ‘Homecoming’ to Netflix

May 1, 2019

Game of Thrones: Season 8

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HBO’s epic fantasy series reaches its martial conclusion

March 29, 2019

Streaming highlights: March 2019

Culture

‘The OA’ amplifies the intrigue, Gregg Araki’s streaming debut ‘Now Apocalypse’, and the wealth porn of ‘Billions’ returns

March 1, 2019

Streaming highlights: February 2019

Culture

Adolescent antiheroes in ‘Sex Education’ and ‘Pen15’, Eric Bana shines darkly in ‘Dirty John’, new ‘Counterpart’, and the irreverent charm of ‘Russian Doll’