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

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
Paul McNamee

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’
Film

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’
Film

The New Boy director Warwick Thornton: ‘Democracy is a failure for world’s indigenous people’

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The Newsreader star Anna Torv on how hit drama explores journalistic ethics in changing times
TV

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
Migrant stories

Top 5 books about the Australian immigrant experience, chosen by Michelle de Kretser