The Monthly Awards 2019
Highlights of the year in Australian arts and culture
In light of recent events
What to climb next
Oslo Davis is a widely published illustrator, artist and cartoonist.
‘The Weekend’ by Charlotte Wood
The Stella Prize–winner returns with a stylish character study of women surprised by age
‘Act of Grace’ by Anna Krien
The journalist’s propulsive debut novel tackles the aftermath of the Iraq War
No one’s laughing now: Todd Phillips’ ‘Joker’
A gripping psychological study of psychosis offers a surprising change of pace in the superhero genre
The Doctor’s dilemma
Director Robert Icke on rewriting the classic Austrian play to explore contemporary moral conundrums
The fraught politics of Fire Fight Australia
The imperatives of commercial media mean that the bushfire crisis is unlikely to be a tipping point for denialism
Celebrating beauty’s passing: ‘Requiem’
Italian director Romeo Castellucci on his radical reimagining of Mozart’s classic
A gap too far
Despite fine words in response to the latest Closing the Gap report, the PM insists that politicians know best when it comes to the question of recognition