Reviews
Exhibition Review: Matisse Life & Spirit
'Matisse: Life & Spirit' delivers in doses, living up to the blockbuster tag, but moreso it taps our contemporary psyche…
Book review: Last Letter to a Reader, Gerald Murnane
Murnane delivers a 'constellation of ideas' in this collection of essays.
Book review: Devotion, Hannah Kent
Hannah Kent’s stunning third book is a queer love story that transcends time and space.
Exhibition review: Jeremy Deller: Father and Son
A sculptural installation that melts with the passing of time.
Circus review: Common Dissonance
First Nations circus provides a dynamic expression of contemporary Australian society.
TV review: Books That Made Us
This ABC and Blackfella Films production tries to get books back on the box but focuses too much on celebrity.
Theatre review: Prayer Machine, Red Stitch Actors' Theatre
A two-hander about navigating memory, trust and love.
Theatre review: Eureka Day, State Theatre Company SA
A prescient, timely show about viral outbreaks that predates COVID.
Theatre review: As You Like It, MTC
A big cast, a lavish set, and a legacy of high Renaissance pastoral comedy animate MTC's lockdown return.
Book review: The Stoning, Peter Papathanasiou
Outback noir debut follows and diverges from the dusty trail set by Jane Harper's The Dry.