Robo-dead
The PM imposed an illegal ‘debt’ collection scheme on Australia’s most vulnerable
May 2020
Arts & Letters
Consolations in isolation: ‘The Platform’ and ‘Free in Deed’
What is the future of cinema without cinemas?
The Platform
May 2020
It’s about time
The High Court’s landmark ruling on the ‘Palace Papers’ is a win for Australian social democracy
The new tyranny of distance
Facing a historic isolation of a different kind, what next for our migrant nation?
Something mythic
For Robyn Davidson, her acclaimed memoir ‘Tracks’ was an act of freedom whose reception hemmed her in
What lessons will we learn from the virus?
Hope is essential, but optimism can be deadly
The ripple effect: Cable Ties’ ‘Far Enough’
A big year turned on its head for the Melbourne band
Another month of plague
Voices from the coronavirus outbreak
‘Fathoms: The World in the Whale’ by Rebecca Giggs
The Australian writer’s lyrical consideration of our relationship with whales is a new and ambitious kind of nature writing
Surrounded by pygmies: Malcolm Turnbull’s ‘A Bigger Picture’
The former PM’s memoir fails to reckon with his fatal belief that all Australians shared his vision
Her too: ‘The Assistant’
Melbourne-born, New York–based filmmaker Kitty Green’s powerfully underplayed portrait of Hollywood’s abusive culture
Snap-back: Dua Lipa’s ‘Future Nostalgia’
The British singer’s serendipitous album delivers shining pop with a reigning attitude of fortitudeThe ripple effect: Cable Ties’ ‘Far Enough’
A big year turned on its head for the Melbourne bandHer too: ‘The Assistant’
Melbourne-born, New York–based filmmaker Kitty Green’s powerfully underplayed portrait of Hollywood’s abusive culture
Properly British: Armando Iannucci’s ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’
A multicultural vision underscores the acclaimed British satirist’s endearing Dickensian romp
They came, they saw: Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov’s ‘Honeyland’
A breathtaking North Macedonian film about Europe’s last female keeper of wild bees exists compellingly at the intersection of documentary and fiction
Kills, frills and Kelly aches: Justin Kurzel’s ‘True History of the Kelly Gang’
The Australian director brings a welcome sense of style to the unusually malleable storyIt’s about time
The High Court’s landmark ruling on the ‘Palace Papers’ is a win for Australian social democracySomething mythic
For Robyn Davidson, her acclaimed memoir ‘Tracks’ was an act of freedom whose reception hemmed her in
COVID-19 versus human rights
The virus is the latest excuse for governments to slash and burn the individual rights of prisoners
Road map to nowhere
Angus Taylor’s road map is anything but an emissions reduction strategy
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