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Bluey composer Joff Bush: ‘We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music’

Bluey composer Joff Bush: ‘We want to help tell the story as much as possible with the music’
Bluey is not your run-of-the-mill pre-schooler screen rot. And there’s a new soundtrack just released, drawing on classical themes
The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation

The Surfer review – Nicolas Cage rides a wave of desperation
The Surfer evokes the golden age of cinematic melodramas
The ‘giant misshapen penis’ flower sums up our simple human need for joy

The ‘giant misshapen penis’ flower sums up our simple human need for joy
Our times are chaotic and scary, so it’s reassuring to know that people still want to come together in pursuit of collective experience
Cate Blanchett on religion, powerful drama The New Boy and why politics is ‘incredibly shameless’
Cate Blanchett on religion, powerful drama The New Boy and why politics is ‘incredibly shameless’
The New Boy director Warwick Thornton: ‘Democracy is a failure for world’s indigenous people’
The New Boy director Warwick Thornton: ‘Democracy is a failure for world’s indigenous people’
The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times

The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times
Top 5 books about the Australian immigrant experience, chosen by Michelle de Kretser
