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[YEAR-IN-REVIEW]
ESSAYS№ 01
This year I watched forty Australian films and the best ones made me nervous
The comfortable films were fine, the difficult ones were better, and the gap between the two is where Australian cinema lives.
MARA DENG22.12.2025
TV№ 02
The best Australian TV of 2025 was scattered across too many platforms to find
The year's best shows were on six different platforms, and nobody watches all six, which means every show was somebody's blind spot.
RHYS TAVITA26.11.2025
MUSIC№ 03
The five Australian film scores that defined 2024
From claymation grief to outback dread to a CGI chimpanzee singing Angels, Australian composers carried more weight in 2024 than the films sometimes deserved.
KIERAN BOUSTANY18.12.2024
MUSIC№ 04
The five Australian film scores that shaped 2023
From horror to period drama to genre noir, Australian composers carried more of the storytelling in 2023 than anyone gave them credit for.
KIERAN BOUSTANY20.12.2023
ESSAYS№ 05
Australian cinema in 2022 made the difficult films and then struggled to show them
The films were there, the festivals screened them, the cinemas booked them for two weeks, and then they were gone.
MARA DENG20.12.2022
FILM№ 06
The five Australian films of 2021 that will still matter in a decade
The year gave us a portrait of a mass killer, a drought-country thriller, a sheep-farming feud, and a lucid day with a grandmother, and all four will last.
BRONTE HAUGHEY22.12.2021