Culture in Australia
Culture
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The focus of the case was a 2018 editorial Heard wrote in the Washington Post calling herself ‘a public figure representing domestic abuse’
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Ahead of a career-spanning exhibition, the Indigenous Australian artist talks about his family story, Black Lives Matter and why he is inspired by an Aboriginal warrior who took on the invading Britons -
The backlash to #Me Too has long been under way. But this feels like a tipping point
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Australia this month
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From a film made in Adelaide for less than $10,000 to gory and haunting classics, here are some flicks that will keep you up at night
Regulars
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Plus The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Nightingale, and the greatest Australian horror movie of all time: the election -
Reviews
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4 out of 5 stars.
Film Top Gun: Maverick review – irresistible Tom Cruise soars in a blockbuster sequel
4 out of 5 stars.Cinema’s favourite ageless fighter pilot returns with all the nail-biting aeronautics and emotional sucker punches that made the original an 80s-defining hit -
4 out of 5 stars.
Film The Bob’s Burgers Movie review – a spin-off to relish
4 out of 5 stars.Bob and his family deal with a grisly threat to the burger joint in this deliciously silly film version of the TV animation -
3 out of 5 stars.
Gallagher Jr enlists the likes of Dave Grohl, Ezra Koenig and Nick Zinner for an album that has pleasing touches but can’t rise above solid
News
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Young fans peer through the gates while K-pop sensations meet the president and address the press
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Features
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She wore soup-can bras, made an explicit film with Man Ray – and may have inspired Marcel Duchamp’s upturned urinal. We explore a thrilling show celebrating the pacy life of ‘The Baroness’ -
Pictures & video
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From wild parrots in the streets of Tokyo to charismatic pigeons and locked-down penguins, Gemma Padley invites us to look anew at life in the air by bringing together the world’s best bird photography -
What If the Future Never Happened is a 30-minute genre-bending biopic by Daniel Johns, inspired by his life before he was catapulted to fame as a teenager with his group Silverchair
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After a two-year hiatus due to Covid-19 cancellations, the city’s Vivid festival of lights returns to run for three weeks until 18 June
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People dressed as vampires gathered at Whitby Abbey, England. They broke the world record for the largest gathering of vampires in one location with 1,369 bloodsuckers -
With images of Run-DMC or female gang members, British photographer Janette Beckman is interested in bringing out her subjects’ complex inner lives -
As Macca turns 80 on 18 June, we take a trip through Harry Benson’s intimate images – from the Beatles 1964 invasion of America to horseriding with Linda
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At 21, music producer Harley Streten shot to global fame as Flume. Within a few years, he was alone, depressed and drinking too much. Then the pandemic happened – and ‘it was one of the best years of my life’ -
When he first portrayed Darth Vader in the much-panned Star Wars prequels 20 years ago, fans vented their anger at him. So why is he risking more in a new TV series? He talks about George Lucas, the pressures of fame and his love of bulldozers -
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