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While there is much to praise in The Lehman Trilogy, now playing in Sydney, the impression I was left with was one of a missed opportunity.
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This year, all the Oscar nominees for best documentary feature come from outside of the United States.
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Through a nuanced exploration of place, time, and memory, this new video work invites audiences to reflect on landscape and its relationship to the echoes of conflict.
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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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Pope Gregory XIII was patron of Rome’s renaissance, and a legal luminary whose influence transcends the ages.
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Director Justine Triet channels a forensic evisceration of the patriarchy against the backdrop of the French legal system.
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Louis Nowra is one of the most significant Australian playwrights of the past 40 years. Griffith Theatre Company is staging a trilogy of his work.
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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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Research shows young people are increasingly rejecting alcohol, especially when compared to older generations. So why does alcohol retain a chokehold on our screens?
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One of the earliest known references to asbestos may come from Theophrastus, a student of Aristotle and his successor at the Lyceum in Athens.
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While the Ruby Franke case is an extreme example, it raises important questions of sharing children’s lives online.
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House of Gods is a gripping new Australian TV drama, written by Arabs, featuring Arabs.
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Have you ever joined an online hate spiral for the sake of it, and not because you actually cared all that much?
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One of the more satisfying aspects of conspiracy theorising is, sometimes, they might just be right.
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New Australian film The Rooster is a small character study of two fragile men, and a powerful examination of isolation and moving on.
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‘Real person Slash’ imagines queer relationships between celebrities, and whole sub-fandoms emerge around queer ships of real people.
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‘Situationists’ believe the physical spaces around us, and how we interact with them, has a significant impact on how we feel.
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In my research into One Direction fans, I heard how shame is experienced, perpetuated and internalised – but it also provides the foundation for these close-knit communities.
Arthur Jafa, Love is the Message, The Message is Death (video still), 2016, single-channel digital video, colour, sound, 7min 25sec. Courtesy the artist and Gladstone Gallery, New York.
Love Is the Message, the Message Is Death is undeniably rousing; a love song to identity as an unrestricted thing, capable of being motivated by awe and rebellion.
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Fans who were girls in the era of Harry Potter, The Hunger Games and Twilight are now the women who have powered the success of Barbie and the Eras Tour.
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As their debut album turns 50, we look back on Kiss’s larger-than-life career – and forward to what might come next.
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Fan communities existed long before the internet, but the proliferation of online platforms changed the ways in which they connect and participate.
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Groovin’ the Moo is the latest in a long line of Australian music festivals to be cancelled. It is the new normal in our age of ‘deep uncertainty’.
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Taking selfies is a normal part of daily life for millions of social media users. But doing so while exercising at the gym can be harmful.
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A wave of horror content is popping up across TikTok, carrying on a legacy that began on YouTube.