Jonathan Haidt’s book argues that smartphones and social media are doing massive harm to the mental wellbeing of young people.
Review

Are smartphones damaging our young people? This book says yes

Jonathan Haidt says parents are overprotective in the real world and underprotective in the virtual world.

  • byAndrew Leigh
When Toni Morrison was an editor with Random House her rejection letters tended to be long,with generous suggestions.
Literature

She became a literary giant. Before that,she crafted the best rejection letters ever written

  • byJane Sullivan
Olwen Fouéré as the First Lady and Hugo Weaving as the titular president.
Sydney Theatre Company

Hugo Weaving is repellent yet compelling in STC’s The President

  • byHarriet Cunningham
Tanzyn Crawford as Elsie in Swift Street.
Australian TV

A dramatic opening shows this is no ordinary father-daughter story

  • byDebi Enker
Splendour in the Grass 2023
Live music

Ticketmaster,Splendour in the Grass owner investigated by US government

  • byKarl Quinn

Movies

Metal Skin is the the ’90s Australian genre film you didn’t realise you were missing.
Arts

The forgotten follow-up to Romper Stomper that is finally getting its moment in the sun

“We got the last use of old-time Melbourne.” Newly remastered,1995’s Metal Skin offers up a wild story of drag racing,sex and satanism in the western suburbs.

  • byWill Cox
Sofia Boutella as Kora in Rebel Moon Part 2.
Review

This overblown Netflix space sequel to Rebel Moon is no Star Wars opera

Director Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon Part 2,lacks the humour of Star Wars or the pomposity of Dune.

  • byJake Wilson
Anthony Hopkins and Matthew Goode go head-to-head in a battle of wits in Freud’s Last Session.
Cinema

Get free movie passes to see “Freud’s Last Session”*

South Korean zombie content has become a global phenomenon,with films like Train to Busan garnering a cult following.
Film&TV production

From K-drama to K-horror:How South Korea is reinventing zombie flicks

  • byNell Geraets
Nick Offerman plays the President.
Cinema

Civil War is dividing audiences. But what is the chilling film trying to say?

  • byKarl Quinn
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TV&radio

Lisa Wilkinson outside the Federal Court after the judgment was delivered on Monday.
Australian TV

Lisa Wilkinson won in court,but is this the end of her TV career?

The Bruce Lehrmann defamation trial is finally behind her,so what can one of TV’s highest-paid presenters have to look forward to now?

  • byKarl Quinn andCalum Jaspan
A scene from Fallout.
Streaming

This TV show is goofy,bloody and always looking for another way to surprise you

The post-apocalyptic video game adaptation Fallout has too much going on,but it feels right.

  • byCraig Mathieson
Twins Caitlin and Kristen want the same style of wedding dress and are unhappy when stylist Gok Wan presents a different option on Say Yes To The Dress:Lancashire.
1:03

Identical twin Caitlin is unhappy with her sleeveless wedding dress

Twins Caitlin and Kristen have the exact same idea for their dream wedding dress on Say Yes To The Dress:Lancashire.
0:51

Twins Caitlin and Kristen want the same wedding dress

Tanzyn Crawford as Elsie in Swift Street.
Australian TV

A dramatic opening shows this is no ordinary father-daughter story

  • byDebi Enker
Starring Jessica Mauboy the brand new Stan Original film Windcatcher is now streaming.

Starring Jessica Mauboy the brand new Stan Original film Windcatcher is now streaming.

From the Director of Hacks&Brooklyn Nine-Nine the brand new Stan Original Series Population 11 is now streaming.

From the Director of Hacks&Brooklyn Nine-Nine the brand new Stan Original Series Population 11 is now streaming.

Music

Splendour in the Grass 2023
Live music

Ticketmaster,Splendour in the Grass owner investigated by US government

  • byKarl Quinn
Deborah Conway and Willy Zygier in Songs from the Book of Life.
★★★½
Review

Defiant Deborah Conway addresses antisemitism in autobiographical show

  • byNick Dent
Musician Fiston Baraka,known as Baraka the Kid.
Australian music

‘It helps to have rich parents’:How to stop music becoming a pastime for the privileged

  • byKerrie O'Brien
Rap’s latest feud pits Drake against Kendrick Lamar.
The Verdict

Rappers are the coolest musicians on the planet,so why do their feuds feel so lame?

  • byTom W. Clarke
The crowd enjoys the music of Kush singer Jeff Duff at Sunbury ’24.
Perspective
Music festivals

Fifty years ago,I went to Australia’s Woodstock. On Saturday,I went back

  • byTony Wright
Grimes performs at the Sahara Stage at Coachella in California. (Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images
Music festivals

Paris Hilton,a Blur spray and Taylor Swift:Highlights from Coachella

  • byThomas Mitchell
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Live reviews

A Case for the Existence of God at Red Stitch
Melbourne live reviews

Despite its title,God really doesn’t get much of a mention in this offbeat play

  • byCameron Woodhead
Oli Sykes,frontman of British band Bring Me the Horizon.
★★★½
Review

Pain and sensuality abounds in revival of Italian classics as British rockers deliver chaotic experience for the apocalypse

  • byKate Prendergast,Peter McCallum andMichael Ruffles
Tom Jones performs at Margaret Court Arena on March 28.
Melbourne live reviews

Melbourne undies on stage at Tom Jones? It’s still not unusual

  • byWill Cox,Cameron Woodhead andTony Way

Celebrity

Trends

Let’s face it,when it comes to perfection,we’re unhinged

  • byGenevieve Novak
Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher at a screening of the Oscars in 2021.
Divorce

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher announce split

  • byEwan Somerville
Kanye West with Bianca Censori on their infamous boat trip in Venice.
Opinion
Celebrity relationships

There are many ways to become famous. Bianca Censori has chosen one of the worst

  • byMichelle Cazzulino

Stage

Olwen Fouéré as the First Lady and Hugo Weaving as the titular president.
Sydney Theatre Company

Hugo Weaving is repellent yet compelling in STC’s The President

  • byHarriet Cunningham
Everyone is welcome at Anna Piper Scott’s show.
MICF

Everyone is welcome at this show – even the straights

  • byLefa Singleton Norton,John Bailey,Sonia Nair,Mikey Cahill,Hannah Francis,Tyson Wray,Cher Tan,Cameron Woodhead,Donna Demaio,Vyshnavee Wijekumar andGuy Webster
Judith Lucy (left) and Kaz Cooke will host the live comedy show Kaz&Jude’s Menopausal Night Out.
Stage shows

Spare me the Goop:Judith Lucy and Kaz Cooke make sense of menopause

  • byMichael Lallo
Heather Mitchell (left) as legal pioneer Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
Stage

The role of RBG was written for Heather Mitchell. It’s easy to understand why

  • bySarah Krasnostein

Art&design

The Wren by Brett Whiteley.
Arts

Whiteley,Brack,Perceval. At 96,this art collector is farewelling his favourite works

  • byElizabeth Flux
Artist Archie Moore and curator Ellie Buttrose at the Australian Pavilion.
Art

Australia’s entry to the art world’s Olympics unveiled as Israeli artist shuts down show

  • byLinda Morris
A woman takes a photo as an Italian soldier patrols the Israeli national pavilion at the Biennale contemporary art fair in Venice on Tuesday.
Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Israeli artist shuts down Biennale show,urging ceasefire

  • byAlex Marshall
Photos of the installation of Gold Gilded mask from the coffin of Amenempe as part of the Rameses exhibition at The Australian Museum. Pictured is Australian Museum Director and CEO Kim McKay
Opinion
Innovation

Our museum is thriving because we do things differently

  • byKim McKay

Books

Jonathan Haidt’s book argues that smartphones and social media are doing massive harm to the mental wellbeing of young people.
Review

Are smartphones damaging our young people? This book says yes

  • byAndrew Leigh
When Toni Morrison was an editor with Random House her rejection letters tended to be long,with generous suggestions.
Literature

The rejection letters Toni Morrison sent to aspiring writers

  • byJane Sullivan
Grammar pedants have been swift to judge Swift’s new album title,but pop often plays loose with punctuation.
Opinion
WordPlay

Taylor Swift’s poetic licence:why all the fuss around her new album title?

  • byDavid Astle
Francis Ford Coppola directs Marlon Brando in The Godfather.
Review

How Francis Ford Coppola beat the odds to become a cinematic genius

  • byTom Ryan

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