Culture
Can the Sally Rooney-verse really work on screen?
Despite Conversations with Friends’ best efforts, it still feels better to read Rooney’s books than watch them.
- by Robert Moran
Movies
New documentary explains HAE blood disorder
A new documentary explores the blood disorder HAE which is often mistaken for other conditions.
It’s complete gibberish, but Nude Tuesday could be the next hit Kiwi comedy
Written in English, performed in a completely made-up language and then subtitled by comedians, this movie is like nothing you’ve heard before.
- by Louise Rugendyke
TV & radio
Logie nominations: Melissa Leong and Tom Gleeson go head-to-head for Gold
After a two-year absence, TV’s night of nights is back. Can Tom Gleeson, a shock winner of the coveted Gold in 2019, prove that lightning strikes twice?
- by Karl Quinn
‘We all cried on the phone together’: Gretchen Carlson on the Fox News scandal
She has been portrayed on screen by Naomi Watts and Nicole Kidman. Ahead of her visit to Australia, Gretchen Carlson shares her journey from high-powered broadcaster to advocate with Michael Idato.
- by Michael Idato
Music
Celebrity
Opinion
Private Sydney
The man who helped Thorpe take his first steps out of the closet
- by Andrew Hornery
Stage
★★★★★
Arts
Five stars for a thrilling knight to remember with tenor Jonas Kaufmann
- by Barney Zwartz and Cameron Woodhead
Art & design
‘Pissed off’ and political: Blak Douglas on his Archibald Prize-winning work
- by Linda Morris and Helen Pitt
Archibald Prize 2022 as it happened: Blak Douglas wins with Moby Dickens portrait
- by Helen Pitt and Linda Morris