“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.