Opinions & Analysis

The Idol on Binge/ HBO with Lily-Rose Depp – cheat sheet
Everything you need to know about the new music industry drama series in less than 60 seconds.

The WGA strike should galvanise Australian screenwriters
The Writers Guild of America (WGA) strike has some important lessons to teach Australian screen workers, writes David Koutsouridis from…

Succession: why I deeply love the music of the hit HBO show
Succession’s soundtrack has elevated the compositional benchmark for what's possible, musically, in television.

The real Catherine was even more interesting than in Stan's The Great
The 'occasionally true story' on the hit TV show has nothing on the real life and times of the God-anointed…

Platonic on AppleTV+ – need to know
Seth Rogen and Rose Byrne reunite in this comedy series about former besties on the edge of a midlife crisis.

Stan Grant leaves Q+A and the research supports claims of racism
The well-known journalist and author has made a stand against racist abuse and will step away from the media.

Sydney-centric government broadcasters means SBS should move to Melbourne
David Davis MP, Victoria's Shadow Minister for the Arts and Creative Industries, argues the case for moving SBS out of…

Is Netflix’s Queen Cleopatra cultural appreciation or cultural appropriation?
Statements that mix imagination and fact in a documentary are just the beginning of everything wrong with Netflix's Queen Cleopatra.

The Wicker Man: lessons in becoming a cult classic
When The Wicker Man first came out, the studio tried to bury it – but now it's cult classic. Gill…

ChatGPT and new AI screenwriting tools: insights from Screen ForeverÂ
New technologies are always met with some level of resistance, but there are some real issues (and positives) with the…