‘For the first time’ by Black Country, New Road
The debut from the latest British Art School Band delivers perfect pop with arch lyrics that owe a debt to Jarvis Cocker
‘The Committed’ by Viet Thanh Nguyen
The philosophical thriller sequel to ‘The Sympathizer’ sends its Vietnamese protagonists to the Paris underworld
Listening to country: ‘Fractures & Frequencies’ and ‘Infractions’
Elegiac installations from Megan Cope and Rachel O’Reilly at UNSW Galleries call for an understanding of the land as a living entity under threat
Drawn to the drift: Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’
The award-winning film about America’s itinerants steers away from the darker stories of the working poor
World cinema highlights from Sundance 2021
Films by Ronny Trocker, Ninja Thyberg, Sean Ellis and Blerta Basholli are standouts from this year’s virtual Sundance Film Festival
In Emerald Fennell’s furious, uncomfortable film, clever casting spotlights the ‘nice guys’ of pop culture
Noongar stories at Perth Festival
From a walking performance on country to a Noongar-dubbed Bruce Lee film, Perth Festival points up Aboriginal stories
‘TIWI’ at the National Gallery of Victoria
A must-see exhibition of Tiwi art from Bathurst and Melville islands, in which historical and contemporary media and imagery fuse
‘Fragile Monsters’ by Catherine Menon
Memories of the Malayan Emergency resurface when a mathematician returns to her home country, in the British author’s debut novel
Stopped back in time: Kylie Minogue’s ‘Disco’
The showbiz trouper delivers another album of spare, efficient pleasure