The Bond market: ‘Dune’ and ‘No Time To Die’
Blockbuster season begins with a middling 007 and a must-see sci-fi epicDecember 2021 – January 2022
Noted
‘Crossroads’ by Jonathan Franzen
The acclaimed US author’s latest novel is a 1971 church drama modelled on ‘Middlemarch’
Echidna poo has changed our understanding of human evolution
Citizen science is not only helping echidna conservation, but changing how we think about evolution
The fossil-fuel industry’s grip on Australian hearts and minds
Is there hope that public misconceptions of the importance of coal and gas can be overcome?
‘Yellowjackets’
The US drama about teen plane-crash survivors is a heady mix of folk horror and high-school betrayal
‘Get Back’ is ‘slow TV’ for Beatles nuts
Despite plenty of magical moments, Peter Jackson’s eight-hour epic is the work of a fanatic, and will likely only be watched in full by other fanatics
Candid camera: ‘How To with John Wilson’
Both delightfully droll and genuinely moving, John Wilson’s idiosyncratic documentary series is this month’s streaming standout
Slow motions: Clint Eastwood’s ‘Cry Macho’
Despite patient filmmaking, the 91-year-old director’s elegiac feature is unable to escape the legend of the man
End of the road: The Anthony Bourdain documentary ‘Roadrunner’
Morgan Neville’s posthumous examination of the celebrity chef hews close to the familiar narrative
