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Eden – a Tragedy in Retrospect

Alexandra O'Sullivan | 14th Oct 2021

In Australian murder mystery Eden (2021) writer and creator Vanessa Gazy uses multiple perspectives, with each episode centring a different character to reveal new angles to the plot.

“It’s a Murder Thing” – the multi-layered Mystery Road franchise

Robyn Greaves | 22nd Feb 2021

At the 2019 Logie Awards, popular outback-crime series, Mystery Road (2018) received eight Logies nominations, the most of any other production that year. After the awards, however …

The future looks familiar in The Commons

Emily Tatti | 07th Dec 2020

When I first watched The Commons (2019) in January 2020, Australia was on fire and reports of a mysterious new virus were starting to emerge out of China. At the time, I was struck by how prescient the show was about these events.

Five Bedrooms: dreaming of home ownership

Rosie Hunt | 22nd Nov 2020

Five Bedrooms might not be the most ground-breaking program on television, but it’s a show that reflects an aspect of life that many other parts of our society do not.

Normalising abortion on The Letdown

Scarlett Harris | 18th Oct 2020

“Or you can terminate,” she offers after the three run through the list of truly terrifying things that can happen during pregnancy.

Fear of The Stranger

Will Cox | 13th Aug 2020

Australia’s screen memory is pretty sketchy prior to the 1970s, but our fear of otherness—and of learning from the past—is legendary. ABC iview’s refresh of The Stranger, a 1960s children’s sci-fi, brings these themes into better focus.

The Gloaming, Dark Mofo and Hobart’s new winter aesthetic

Claire Johnston | 13th Jul 2020

If there was ever any evidence to suggest how deeply Dark Mofo has permeated Hobart’s sense of place, The Gloaming is it.

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