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Arts & Letters
‘Bewilderment’ by Richard Powers
The Pulitzer winner’s open-hearted reworking of Flowers for Algernon, updated for modern times
‘Scary Monsters’ by Michelle de Kretser
Two satirical stories about fitting in, from the two-time Miles Franklin–winner
An eye on the outlier: ‘Nitram’
Justin Kurzel’s biopic of the Port Arthur killer is a warning on suburban neglect and gun control
The life solipsistic: ‘The French Dispatch’
Wes Anderson’s film about a New Yorker–style magazine is simultaneously trivial and exhausting
A shock of renewal: ‘Hilma af Klint: The Secret Paintings’
The transcendent works of the modernist who regarded herself not an artist but a medium
European Masterpieces from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
QAGOMA’s exhibition goes beyond the usual blockbuster bling to favour lesser known works of the masters
Goya: Drawings from the Prado Museum
Goya’s dark and difficult works exhibited at NGV remind us how little the world has moved on from past horrors
Tip of the pops: ‘This Is Pop’ and ‘Song Exploder’
Two Netflix documentary series only manage to skim the surface of pop music history
Forebodings and a funeral: ‘Shiva Baby’
Emma Seligman’s funny but tense film is a triumph of writing and performance over spectacle
Breathless spaces: ‘The House of Fragile Things’
James McAuley’s examination of four great art-collecting families and the French anti-Semitism that brought their downfall