Mel Campbell

Mel Campbell is a freelance cultural critic and university lecturer who writes on film, TV, literature and media, with particular interests in history, costume, screen adaptations and futurism. Her first book was the nonfiction investigation Out of Shape: Debunking Myths about Fashion and Fit (2013), and she has co-written two romantic comedy novels with Anthony Morris: The Hot Guy (2017) and Nailed It (2019).

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Christmas films and community

This time of year has a way of sharpening loss or estrangement – so we seek out cosy tales about…

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Nautilus review: a rollickingly subversive submarine story

Nautilus serves up plenty of swashbuckling entertainment while posing curly colonial questions.

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The Fabulous Four review: absolutely not fab

The Fabulous Four is formulaic, foot-curling and fetid – as if it's been forsaken forever in the Florida sun.

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Exposure, Stan review: powerful arthouse TV

Exposure is an uncompromising Australian TV series that fully marshalls the medium's vocabulary.

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Ladies in Black, ABC review: stunning sartorial tension

ABC's Ladies in Black series continues the 1959 Sydney story with new social changes and broader character arcs.

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3 Body Problem, Netflix review: it must be seen

The epic sci-fi adaptation from the creators of Game of Thrones is always absorbing ... and sometimes staggering.

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Population 11, Stan review: a comedy-mystery winner

Stan's new 12-part, WA-shot series is beautifully paced and extremely bingeable.

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House of Gods, ABC review: an absorbing balancing act

Dubbed as 'Succession set in a mosque' this new ABC series doesn't lack for dramatic tension.

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Three Women, Stan review: with pleasure comes punishment

A non-fiction book gets adapted into a fictional series in Three Women: but does it work?

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The New Look, Apple TV+ review: dressed to impress

Coco Chanel and Christian Dior are brought to life by Juliette Binoche and Ben Mendelsohn in this new ten-part series.

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