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Inspired by something that never existed, Godland is one of year’s best films
★★★★½
Review

Inspired by something that never existed, Godland is one of year’s best films

Godland is a bone-chilling, eye-dazzling, heart-wrenching film – both an epic saga of landscape cinema and a terrifying philosophical voyage.

  • by Paul Byrnes
Writer, producer and Instagram star Gary Janetti.
Interview

Famed Family Guy writer, obsessed with Australian TV, heads Down Under

  • by Kylie Northover
This book was written by artificial intellgence.
Literature

Does this book mean the end of authors?

  • by Jane Sullivan
Zoe Saldana stars as Joe, a CIA operative, in Special Ops: Lioness.
★★★
Streaming

Taylor Sheridan takes time out from the ranch for this revved-up espionage thriller

  • by Craig Mathieson
Margot Robbie in Barbie.
Pop culture

What do James Bond and Barbie have in common? It’s all in the brand

  • by Michael Idato

Movies

Jay Baruchel (left) and Glenn Howerton in BlackBerry, which tracks the rose and fall of the once-popular smartphone,
★★★★
Review

It was the king of smartphones, but things quickly turned sour for the BlackBerry

Taking a leaf from The Big Short, this biopic is a tale of hubris and betrayals, large and small, but it also depicts a world strangely devoid of female characters.

  • by Sandra Hall
Margaret Qualley stars as a dominatrix in Sanctuary.
Review

Movie tries very hard to be thrilling and erotic, but it’s just exhausting

A dominatrix and her client struggle for power in Sanctuary, starring Margaret Qualley and Christopher Abbott.

  • by Sandra Hall
Elliott Crosset Hove in Hlynur Palmason’s Godland.
★★★★½
Review

Inspired by something that never existed, Godland is one of year’s best films

  • by Paul Byrnes
Oher during a game for the Baltimore Ravens in 2010.
Cinema

The Blind Side family reject claims they cheated footballer son

  • by Kerrie O'Brien
The Blind Side was nominated for an Oscar.
Courts

The Blind Side’s football star says he was not adopted but tricked

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Captured our hearts. The Matildas squad huddle after the team’s defeat and elimination from the tournament.
Updated
TV ratings

Matildas semi-final fever scores another TV viewing record

The clash with England drew a record average audience of 7.13 million, the highest recorded since ratings agency OzTam was launched in 2001.

  • by Thomas Mitchell and Karl Quinn
Jack Steele (left) and Matt Ford of The Inspired Unemployed.
Reality TV

‘Every part of my body was screaming’: Truth behind comic’s ‘rude’ interview

This Aussie foursome can be rude and downright vulgar – and Jennifer Aniston is among their biggest fans.

  • by Michael Lallo
The smell coming from Scott's back condition is so "awful" his wife is forced to leave the room on Bad Skin Clinic on 9Now.
1:35

Scott lives with an 'unbearable' skin condition on his back

Kitty Flanagan as Helen Tudor-Fisk in the surprise global hit Fisk.
Australian TV

Fisk a global hit on Netflix as Aussie TV shows win over the world

  • by Karl Quinn
Shows like the Teletubbies, The Ferals, Round the Twist and Lift Off were among the most popular children’s shows throughout the 90s.
Opinion
Pop culture

Life is dark and absurd. No wonder kids shows celebrating this are winning awards

  • by Cherie Gilmour

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