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Season two gives us a multifaceted, everyday reality. In exploring banal multiculturalism, the show gets closer to showing us everyday Australia.
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Netflix’s new series is about the scheming, menacing and murderous courtesans of Heeramandi. Here’s their real history.
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It seems to be a time of old favourites: this month we have new seasons, adaptations, and a documentary on childhood television memories.
The three-body problem is a familiar puzzle in astrophysics.
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The Netflix series ‘3 Body Problem’ is based on Liu Cixin’s scifi novel that follows what happens to the alien residents of a planet that orbits two stars.
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A harrowing and important depiction of a male victim of sexual abuse.
Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew and Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis in Scoop.
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An expert in journalists in fiction and film reviews Gillian Anderson’s portrayal of Emily Maitlis.
In 3 Body Problem, the character Ye Wenjie wrestles with the Fermi Paradox.
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We have joined a game which has been going on before our arrival, and the strategy that everyone has learned is to hide.
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Our experts have a roundup featuring everything from a saucy period drama, to the latest season of Blown Away, to a Stan production that brought Superstore’s Ben Feldman down under.
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The video streaming industry has reached a tipping point.
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The ‘troubled-teen industry’ is big business, and it’s causing a lot of harm.
Benedict Wong as Da Shi in 3 Body Problem.
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3 Body Problem tells a story of survival, betrayal, and a relentless quest for human and alien coexistence.
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With an adaptation of Chinese bestseller The Three-Body Problem soon to air on Netflix, Josh Stenberg parses the novel and its many themes.
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Drive to Survive is one of the streamer’s most successful shows.
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Love is in the air with three of this month’s picks. But if you’re looking for something colder and darker, we’ve got that covered too.
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The ancient evidence suggests Alexander was particularly close with one of his male companions. But how close exactly?
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While these shows all try to claim part of the noughties nostalgia trend, they feel politically and contextually vacant.
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Heartstopper is a celebration of ‘queer joy’ that uses the imaginative intimacy of graphic novels to invite the reader into its tight-knit world.
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In The Dreamer, Chapelle laughs at disability, bisexuality and gay men. But his jokes continue to come back to one target: the transgender community.
Still from You Are What You Eat.
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The new Netflix documentary follows identical twins as they adopt different diets. This is a great example of a twin study – a uniquely useful research tool in science.
U.S. Sen. John Kerry grills representatives from the cable industry during a 1990 hearing on consumer protections.
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Like their cable predecessors, streaming companies have lured customers in with low rates and promises of a better viewing experience. Now they’re cashing in.