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Can you smell that? It’s the joy we’ve been waiting a year for

Other seasons have their moments,but only one can carry us back in time.

  • byAnson Cameron

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Why playing a disfigured man taught Sebastian Stan a lot about fame

Why playing a disfigured man taught Sebastian Stan a lot about fame

The Marvel star’s performance in A Different Man has brought unexpected insights - and Oscars hype.

  • byStephanie Bunbury
Trump is like an ’80s-style wrestler:Don Watson on US politics

Trump is like an ’80s-style wrestler:Don Watson on US politics

In his Quarterly Essay,Don Watson examines America’s deep divisions,and whether Kamala Harris can turn things around for the US.

  • byNick Fischer
Films,bad songs and a new series:The Skylab craze just keeps giving

Films,bad songs and a new series:The Skylab craze just keeps giving

Last Days of the Space Age probably won’t be the last word on the biggest thing to hit Australia in 1979.

  • byBarry Divola
I hate to tell you,Emily,but that Paris romance won’t get any better

I hate to tell you,Emily,but that Paris romance won’t get any better

I’ve had enough bad boyfriends to know a red flag when I see it.

  • byGenevieve Novak
Smashing the brass ceiling:Women take on music’s most blokey genre

Smashing the brass ceiling:Women take on music’s most blokey genre

Freewheeling it may be,but jazz has been stubbornly conservative when it comes to gender. This year’s Melbourne International Jazz Festival line-up reflects a change of tempo.

  • byJane Cornwell
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Like Jane Austen,this novel examines morality,but its dilemmas become derangement

Like Jane Austen,this novel examines morality,but its dilemmas become derangement

The moral dilemmas facing his protagonist are hardly dilemmas at all.

  • byEmily Bitto
Did this author just reinvent noir? And will it win her the Booker?

Did this author just reinvent noir? And will it win her the Booker?

Rachel Kushner’s intellectual thriller Creation Lake stays one step ahead of the reader.

  • byVanessa Francesca
Ella Purnell channels female rage in this dark serial-killer comedy

Ella Purnell channels female rage in this dark serial-killer comedy

Purnell plays a woman who takes matters – and splatters – into her own hands after years of being overlooked.

  • byKylie Northover
Crikey! Tracing Aussie history in 100 words,and other new releases

Crikey! Tracing Aussie history in 100 words,and other new releases

Our reviewers cast their eyes over new fiction and non-fiction releases.

  • byCameron Woodhead andSteven Carroll
It’s interesting how much time you spend not being a musician:G Flip

It’s interesting how much time you spend not being a musician:G Flip

Melbourne Fashion Week’s ambassador is the role model they never had.

  • byMichael Dwyer