Arts: Australia

Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 hours ago)

Annie Clark, now a mentor of sorts to pop's reigning stars, dives into darkness on her heavy new album, All Born Screaming.

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English comedian Sarah Keyworth has reigned supreme at this year's Melbourne International Comedy Festival, winning the Most Outstanding Show award on Saturday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (6 hours ago)

The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – an Australian classic – is getting a sequel, according to director Stephan Elliott.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (15 hours ago)

After a huge month packed with shows, our team of reviewers has come together to pick out the best (and strangest) moments from this year's comedy festival.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (15 hours ago)

Do you stack your cutlery in the dishwasher pointy end up or down?

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The enemy may or may not be glamping in director Ryusuke Hamaguchi's stirring new eco-parable.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (16 hours ago)

The long-running soap opera has become the first Australian TV drama to be nominated at America's annual Daytime Emmys.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (21 hours ago)

Ziggy Ramo's raw hip-hop made a lot of Australians uncomfortable. He expects his book to do the same.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (21 hours ago)

Oscar nominee Ryusuke Hamaguchi has made an intriguing film, but is it a gently satirical comedy of urban and rural manners, an eco-philosophical fable or something else?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (21 hours ago)

Director Luca Guadagnino does everything he can to distract you from the game in this fast-paced, time-tripping drama.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

Director Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon Part 2 lacks the humour of Star Wars or the pomposity of Dune.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

Just two hours after releasing her highly anticipated 11th album, Swift stunned fans who had gathered to hear her new songs by releasing a second new album.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

The producers wanted Steve McQueen-grade movie charm. Australian-born actor Hoa Xuande delivered it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

Myfanwy Jones' Cool Waters is a smooth read, thanks to its finely polished prose and a seamless structure.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

James Bradley explores humanity's past, present and possible futures through the lens of the world's oceans in his new book Deep Water: The World in the Ocean.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

Director Blazey Best reimagines Andrew Lloyd Webber's one woman 1970s show, honouring its original setting.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

The megastar exorcises her past relationships with Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy on an album likely to divide fans.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

A comedian was relentlessly stalked by a lonely woman. He turned his experience into this gripping autobiographical drama.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

From an existentially challenging joke about bin bags to the Norwegian clown who won Britain's Got Talent, keep an eye on our ever-growing list of reviews here.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

The post-apocalyptic video game adaptation Fallout has too much going on, but it feels right.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

Stage star Anthony Warlow has treaded the boards for decades, with thousands of performances under his belt – and he still hates opening nights.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A day ago)

Edouard Louis' autofiction tells of the path he took to become a famous writer.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

Our reviewers cast their eyes over recent fiction and non-fiction releases.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

Director David Leitch started his career as Brad Pitt's stunt double, then Matt Damon's. So who better to tell Ryan Gosling how to ride a broken bin across Sydney Harbour Bridge at 50km/h?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

The Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial is finally behind her, so what can one of TV's highest-paid presenters have to look forward to now?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

"We got the last use of old-time Melbourne.” Newly remastered, 1995's Metal Skin offers up a wild story of drag racing, sex and satanism in the western suburbs.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

Jonathan Haidt says parents are overprotective in the real world and underprotective in the virtual world.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

Australia's live music industry could be in for a massive shake-up, if the US forces Live Nation to offload its ticketing arm.

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Irish actor Olwen Fouéré and Australia's Hugo Weaving command the stage in Sydney Theatre Company's first time co-production with Dublin's Gate Theatre.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

Subscribers have the chance to redeem one of 30 double passes* to see Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode go head-to-head in a battle of wits in Freud's Last Session.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

We have a glimpse into the letters of an editor who was frank, fair and often very encouraging – and went on to become a literary giant herself.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

Twins Caitlin and Kristen have the exact same idea for their dream wedding dress on Say Yes To The Dress: Lancashire.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

Twins Caitlin and Kristen want the same style of wedding dress and are unhappy when stylist Gok Wan presents a different option on Say Yes To The Dress: Lancashire.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

From the playwright behind The Whale comes another exploration of male vulnerability – this time via a bond formed through fatherhood issues.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 days ago)

Tig Terera, the creator, writer and director of SBS's new series Swift Street, aimed to write a drama that is "untethered and intimate”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 days ago)

Anthony Hopkins is at his sarcastic best in a story that imagines a battle of wills that took place shortly before Freud's death.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 days ago)

Gwyneth Paltrow is nowhere to be seen as the no-nonsense duo take aim at underwear magnets and other guff.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 days ago)

Australia's entry to the Venice Biennale is a vast chalked family tree stretching back more than 65,000 years to the beginnings of time.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 days ago)

While Peter Clemenger's children will inherit some of the artworks he spent decades collecting with his wife, Joan, others were too big – and too important – to hand down.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 days ago)

What happened on the island of Lemnos in 1915 is a moving account of humanity in the midst of catastrophe.

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Patricia Highsmith's Ripley novels have long fascinated filmmakers; the latest adaptation by renowned screenwriter Steven Zaillian doesn't disappoint.

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In the six-part drama After the Party, Phil could be seen as an opportunistic manipulator, or as an innocent man demonised by his unhinged ex-wife Penny.

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The Game of Thrones and Tudors actor confronts corruption and race in a crime drama set in South Africa.

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Our reviewers check out Sydney performances of the Australian Haydn Ensemble, Bring Me The Horizon and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 days ago)

The Israeli government paid about half the costs of Israel's pavilion at Venice and was not informed in advance about the protest.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 days ago)

Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a pioneer for women in law. Sarah Krasnostein followed in her wake and says Mitchell channels a 'strange' connection with the Supreme Court Justice.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (3 days ago)

Watch the brand new trailer for the highly anticipated return of Hacks which will premiere May 3, the same day as the US, only on Stan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

Grammar pedants have been swift to judge, but pop often plays loose with punctuation.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

Sam Wasson sees the director's films as reflections of his mode of being, his temperament and moral character.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

Museums are trusted messengers, so we need to be less hubristic about gateways to knowledge.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

The Sydney International Comedy Festival kicks off on April 22. Here's a preview of what you could bring your nan to and when best to leave her at home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

As songstress Conway looks back on 40 years as a performer, it becomes clear the music is only the beginning.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

Becoming a professional musician takes more than talent. An innovative program aims to give aspiring artists a chance at making it.

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A viral appearance on Hot Wings has introduced O'Brien to a new audience. We take a look at some of the funniest moments over the decades.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

Based on creator Kat Sadler's own experiences of depression, this black British comedy takes on many taboo topics.

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Personal identity is explored through pure poetry at the 18th Adelaide Biennial of Australian Art.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

From Jay-Z and Nas to Kendrick and Drake, beef between rappers has been a genre mainstay. But why does the latest feud feel so lame?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

Watch the trailer for Big Mood on Stan, starring Nicola Coughlan and Lydia West as best friends living through mental health spirals, career changes and plenty of bad choices.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (4 days ago)

Meet the new singles looking for romance on Love Triangle UK, premiering April 24 only on Stan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (5 days ago)

Art Gallery of NSW director Michael Brand said the leading cultural institution intended to carry the new names with the "deepest respect”.

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Three nights earlier, the acclaimed author had a disturbing dream. It was not his first eerie premonition.

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This Brisbane show is filthy one instance, elegiac and poetic the next – Chariots of Fire meets the frat house.

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Jennifer and Larry vow to stay together through Larry's transition on Lost in Transition on 9Now.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (5 days ago)

In the 1970s, the Sunbury festival celebrated rock music and youthful indulgence. On the weekend, the crowd returned. This time their clothes stayed on.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (5 days ago)

The iconic festival gave us the return of No Doubt, a surprise duet from Billie Eilish and Lana Del Rey and an on-stage spray courtesy of Blur frontman Damon Albarn.

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Jennifer and Larry tell the story of their relationship including how Larry came out on Lost in Transition on 9Now.

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The most comprehensive survey of Yayoi Kusama's work ever to be brought to Australia will include childhood sketchbooks and the famed immersive mirror rooms.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (5 days ago)

Suffering from rumourism? You'll need a courtesan shot for that.

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The author of The Beach and director of Ex Machina has made a film about the collapse of democracy. It's a harrowing vision but, he says, it needn't come true.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (6 days ago)

Our reviewers check out Sydney performances of Bring Me The Horizon and A Midsummer Night's Dream.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (6 days ago)

What did we learn about the future of one of Australia's most beloved TV families? Could a Bluey film be on the horizon?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

A group of young Central Australian musicians want to inspire the youth of Alice Springs, currently under curfew until Tuesday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

I made my flower bed, I'll lie in it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Saudi Arabia's second Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale features more than 170 works by 92 artists from 43 countries.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

New chair Ann Johnson said the company did not support individual statements being made at curtain calls as it flagged a smaller season for 2025.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

The Castlemaine State Festival traditionally attracts up to 50,000 visitors, but its future is uncertain after significant losses at last year's event.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Teens are buying retinol and an actress' movable forehead stops me in my tracks.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

As the world changes we are forgetting that eggcups, soft drink bottles and coat hangers once had a whole host of other uses.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

We asked Phoebe Meredith for her picks of the 135 shows coming to Brisbane for the four-week festival.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

South Korea already as a reputation for making great TV dramas and now Netflix is helping bring their horror films to the world.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

candice Fox has set her latest crime novel in the world of New York firefighters.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

These two very different books are the joint winners of the Novel Prize.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Our reviewers consider recent fiction and non-fiction releases.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Pub Choir is the art of teaching a song they've never heard to a bunch of beery strangers who might not be able to sing. It's a hell of a ride.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

A fixture of American comedy, Nat Faxon is an absolute treat in Loot.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

With a cast that includes Isabella Rossellini, La Chimera is a stunning, dream-like film where pretty much anything can happen.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

From Enya's Orinoco Flow to New Order's Bizarre Love Triangle, choosing a song for a television show soundtrack is a trickier job that in may seem.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Marisa Abela, who plays the British singer in the film Back to Black, says the biopic is an honest portrait of the star's relationship with her controversial father Mitch.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

No one had a voice like Amy Winehouse. The film about this once-in-a-lifetime singer disappoints.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

The director and producer of The Fall Guy tell how the Hollywood star's eyes were popping as he filmed one of film's most audacious stunts.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

The acclaimed actor has just finished performing his latest play in Ireland, where he says conversations about Gaza and Israel are much more "sane” than in Australia.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Saying goodbye to your favourite TV show is hard, but getting the goodbye just right? Well, that's even harder.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

As "master seducer” Benjamin Franklin in the new Apple TV+ series, the veteran actor makes a rare foray into the past.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

A man named Badruddin is relieved when a cockroach is removed from his ear on Stuck on 9Now.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

A man named Badruddin seeks the help of Dr. Daniel Carothers after getting a cockroach stuck in their ear on Stuck on 9Now.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

"I didn't dabble in drugs… I'm afraid that's why I'm still around.”

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Kirsten Dunst stars as a photojournalist in this grimly candid portrait of the US ruled by a dictator in the White House – and a society under collapse.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Leaving behind the teen roles that made her famous, the 27-year-old actor channels her inner grit in Challengers.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Andrew Leigh, a federal minister who is also a long-distance runner, races readers through the history of economics in his latest book.

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South Korea's Park Chan-wook co-directed spy caper The Sympathizer set in Vietnam in the '70s, during what the locals call "the American War”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Kirsha Kaechele, the creator of the women-only space, has spoken out for the first time since being ordered by a tribunal to allow men entry into the lounge.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

The sophistication of computer game storytelling is next level, says Fallout star Kyle MacLachlan.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Inspired by Don Lane, the American who dominated the Australian chat show in the mid-'70s and early '80s, Late Night with the Devil hits the right notes.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

Your instinct is to assume Alice & Jack is a British romantic comedy with a few dark twists, but the dark twists are very dark. But to call it a "romantic tragedy” undersells one key detail.

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Helin plays a detective heading up a missing person's unit in this dark yet superior Scandi-drama.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

From Cher's automated wardrobe in Clueless to the Gothic gloom favoured by Wednesday Addams, adolescent decor is a time-honoured cultural trope.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

The stand-up veteran admits it'd be far more lucrative to join those complaining that they "can't say what they want to”.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (A week ago)

In the fourth instalment of the franchise, Hugh Grant's Daniel Cleaver is back from the dead. But there's bad news for fans of Colin Firth's Mr Darcy.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The 28-minute special, which features the possible sale of the Heelers' house and a wedding, could be a test run for bigger things in the future.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The Sydney International Comedy Festival kicks off on April 22. Here's a preview of what you could bring your nan to and when best to leave her at home.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The filmmaker's 2002 epic is the cinematic equivalent of a tabloid paper.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

Joyce Carol Oates has written more than 70 books. Her latest is a selection of letters that eventually led to her correspondent writing her biography.

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Jason Lau claimed he was discriminated against because of his gender and was unable to fully experience Mona after paying his $35 entrance fee last year.

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Actor-turned-director Blazey Best shines a light on how things have changed for women with the late 70s classic Tell Me On a Sunday.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The number of 18 to 24-year-olds attending music festivals has dropped in the past five years, with a new report warning rising costs and overpolicing are key factors.

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At long last the singer, now free from cancer, is writing his memoir.

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It's fast times at Hartley High as the gang get back together. But with all the partying, sex and scandal, how does anyone ever get any schoolwork done?

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

Did comedy mastermind Larry David engineer the perfect finale? Not quite. But it was pretty, pretty, pretty good.

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Master builders from Germany, France, Denmark and the US will face off against Australian teams in the new season of the popular Lego Masters.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

Author Tony Birch reviews a deeply philosophical book by Pascoe and his partner Lyn Harwood about their personal growth and the need to live humbly with the land.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

Sam McAlister, the Newsnight booker played by Billie Piper in Scoop, has a theory on why the prince agreed to do it.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

From lurid family histories to Excel-lent stand-up, this year's comedy festival is in full swing. Keep an eye on our ever-growing list of reviews here.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The list of contenders to replace Sydney Theatre Company's Kip Williams includes some of the most high profile directorial names in Australia.

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In an era where reality TV rarely offers much in the way of reality, Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show finds the star comedian using TV cameras as a weapon.

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Tom Jones has been touring for six decades, but his arena show was anything but nostalgia.

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TikTok's pop princess proves she is as captivating on stage as she is on-screen.

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But Kevin Costner may not be onboard for the next season.

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When I interviewed legendary music promoter Michael Chugg this week, he had a surprise for me.

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She's been a movie star since she was 11, but it's only now, 30 years later, that the actor feels that she's arrived.

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The mercurial Sydney band's 50th anniversary tour will probably be their last because even trailblazers need to sit down.

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The Borat star and Australian actress posted picture of themselves in tennis gear on social media announcing their divorce.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

From Dorian Gray to The Harp in the South, Williams' appointment as artistic director was a gamble that paid off for the STC board.

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From sequels to reboots, rom-coms and Ryan Gosling, consider this your must-see list for the next few months.

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With million-dollar sales and uber galleries in force, this year's Art Basel Hong Kong felt like old times.

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No other movie matches this local classic's linguistic legacy.

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Suzi Ronson was working in a hair salon in London when she gave Mrs Jones' son the look that defined an era.

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Amid the bewilderment of loss, art helps us navigate a way forward.

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Hot on the heels of breakout hit Talk To Me, Late Night With the Devil is the latest Aussie horror flick to attract worldwide buzz, and box office results.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The first rule of seeing the Triennial is don't try to see all of the Triennial. But if you have an hour or a day, here's how to maximise your experience.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The festival, which featured acts including Queens of the Stone Age and Nick Cave, has been permanently cancelled just a month after its most recent event.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The creative force behind West End hit, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is to step down at the end of the year from his full-time role at the flagship company he has led for eight years.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The British forced open trade with China by getting the population addicted to opium.

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A strange presence in Jon Fosse's latest short novel is a tantalising invitation to curiosity and doubt.

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Judith Butler points out that the word gender has, in some parts of the world, become a matter of extraordinary alarm.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

For the first time, the great Colombian novelist has a woman as the central protagonist of one of his novels.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The creative force behind West End hit, The Picture of Dorian Gray, is to step down at the end of the year from his full-time role at the flagship company he has led for eight years.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

For two decades the National Young Writers' Festival has been a crucible for Australian literary talent, but its future is now in doubt.

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Bri Lee's debut is easy to mock, but it certainly isn't a boring read.

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Netflix's dramatisation of Andrew's train-wreck BBC interview lets both sides have their say.

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Part biopic, part polemic, Ava DuVernay's new film Origin has an undeniably powerful moment, but it's hardly revelatory.

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Forget the sunny setting of 1999's The Talented Mr Ripley – this gritty new version, filmed in black and white, is as noir as it gets,

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From the creator of Godfather of Harlem and co-creator of Narcos comes the story of a man at the epicentre of the Miami cocaine scene.

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Donovan has the presence, the voice and the moves to be a whip-crackingly good Frank-N-Furter.

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Sydney's longest operating community theatre, The Genesian will leave its CBD HQ for a new home over the Anzac Bridge.

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The actor's controversial memoir has been held back by publishers in Australia and the United Kingdom.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

Her career imploded when she went to jail over paying a bribe to get her daughter into a top college, but now the former Desperate Housewives star is back.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

Renovation expert Jasmine Roth is horrified by a kitchen DIY disaster which has left a dangerous gas line exposed on Help! I Wrecked My House.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

The event featuring Clementine Ford, Antoinette Lattouf and Yumi Stynes was billed as a feminist forum about love and relationships. It quickly went off the rails.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

Couple to Throuple is billed as a dating show exploring a new frontier of relationships; what transpires is probably not what the show's creators had in mind.

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Sydney Morning Herald - Culture (2 weeks ago)

In A Gentleman in Moscow, McGregor is the aristocratic gentleman while Mary Elizabeth Winstead plays a glamorous actress in post-tsarist Russia.

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