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Emily Blunt in Disclosure Day. Image: Universal Pictures.
Opinions & Analysis

Disclosure Day: can Spielberg make us believe in alien life all over again?

The Emily Blunt, Josh O’Connor and Colman Domingo-led Disclosure Day returns to the filmmaker’s youthful fascination with UFOs.

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Opinions & Analysis

La Haine’s stylish approach still feels modern and incisive three decades on

Approaching La Haine for the first time, its relevance to the here and now is staggering.

Suzy Eddie Izzard performing in her one-woman show of Hamlet. Image: Supplied.
Interviews

Suzy Eddie Izzard is Hamlet – and the readiness is all

Suzy Eddie Izzard talks to ArtsHub about playing 23 characters in Hamlet and what she's learned from performing the play.

Photo: Glen Carrie / Unsplash.
Opinions & Analysis

Culture is the beating heart of climate justice

Artists are a critical part of the fight for climate justice, argues activist and founder of the global 'artivism' movement…

Photo: Miguelangel Perez / Unsplash. AI is playing an increasing role in audiobook narration.
Features

From cloning romance authors to YouTube piracy, AI is transforming audiobooks

Almost one in five Australian audiobook listeners have listened to an AI narrated audiobook.

Douglas Stuart. Photo: Martyn Pickersgill/ Pan Macmillan.
Analysis

Douglas Stuart reveals flashes of tenderness in his violent working‑class men

In John of John, Booker Prize-winner Douglas Stuart has returned to his territory and deepened it.

Anna Goldsworthy's Quarterly Essay explores AI, the future and what it means to be human as technology rapidly learns to mirror us. The photo shows Goldsworthy, a fair skinned woman with long dark hair and wearing a pink, purple and green pattened dress, standing in a colonnade.
Features

The threat and promise of AI: an extract from Anna Goldsworthy’s Quarterly Essay

In this extract from her essay for Quarterly Essay, writer, pianist and artistic director Anna Goldsworthy muses on what it…

Backrooms. Image: A24.
Analysis

Backrooms: how a creepypasta became the year’s most anticipated horror

20-year-old Kane Parsons has gone from posting lo-fi horror videos on YouTube to directing a film with A24.

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Games

How VR and XR can transform education: ‘It was so surprising, and so full of feeling’

Two recent Australian projects show the huge but often misunderstood potential of VR games and experiences.

Kylie. Image: Netflix.
Opinions & Analysis

Kylie is the ray of light the world needs right now 

Baring it all in Michael Harte’s new Netflix documentary, Kylie's strength in the face of shocking abuses stands tall.

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