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Hell hath no fury: Karyn Kusama’s ‘Destroyer’
Nicole Kidman confronts in this LA crime thriller
Making the private public: ‘The Seventies’ by Michelle Arrow
This new history traces how the decade’s redefined politics shaped modern Australia
A showcase of the unexceptional: the 2019 Berlin Film Festival
This year’s offerings did little to arrest the event’s apparent decline
‘Zebra and Other Stories’ by Debra Adelaide
Difficult-to-grasp characters populate this new collection
‘Exploded View’ by Carrie Tiffany
This new novel is most striking in how it diverges from its predecessors
The Monthly music wrap: February 2019
On the precarious state of live music in NSW and the impact of proposed festival-licensing laws
‘Manus’: troubling and obligatory viewing
An Iranian play brings stories of Australia’s offshore detention centres to the Adelaide Festival
‘Stan & Ollie’: a beautiful lie
Steve Coogan and John C. Reilly are perfectly cast in this affectionate biopic
Natalie Portman grapples with celebrity’s demons in this unconvincing film