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‘Koala Man’ and Australia’s long lineage of bumbling screen superheroes
The new Disney+ animated sitcom’s title character is just the latest silly screen superhero facing symbolic villains that satirise Australian icons and culture
10 Australian TV shows to stream in 2023
Pick your poison: a new Aunty Donna laugh-fest, a crime series about Kings Cross, a small-town murder mystery by the Kates and many more
Waiting for ‘Tár’? Revisit Cate Blanchett’s best work
The Australian actor’s latest masterpiece ‘Tár’ only arrives in Aussie cinemas this January – but that gives you more than enough time to watch her most striking work, ‘Manifesto’
Five Australian teen dramas better than Netflix’s ‘Heartbreak High’ remake
These shows succeeded where Netflix’s glossy new series failed
From ‘Bastardy’ to ‘Cleverman’: the magnetic Uncle Jack Charles on screen
Remembering the singular thespian, musician and raconteur as seen in ‘Bedevil’, ‘Bastardy’, ‘Cleverman’ and more
Both sides of the law: Joel Edgerton as cop and criminal on screen
Joel Edgerton is at his brooding best as a traumatised undercover cop in new Australian film ‘The Stranger’. From ‘Bright’ to ‘Felony’ to ‘The Gift’, NME runs down the best – and worst – cops and crims he’s played
From ‘Bait’ to ‘Dark Age’: the five fishiest Australian creature features
With a sequel to ‘The Reef’ paddling into cinemas, here’s a roundup of the best Aussie films about sharks, crocs and so much more
How to make ‘How To Make Gravy’ into a movie
Paul Kelly’s classic Christmas tune is becoming a feature film – here are three ways it could turn out
From disaffected youth to self-sabotaging adults: Christos Tsiolkas’s characters on screen
'Little Tornadoes' is the latest stellar production involving the Australian author, whose canon is replete with nihilists and nogoodniks. We run down some of the best Tsiolkas productions
Ten years on, ‘Redfern Now’ is as compelling as ever
A celebration of the history-making, Aboriginal-led drama, which has just landed on Netflix and lost none of its power a decade on
With ‘Byron Baes’, Netflix continues a trashy race to the bottom
The streamer keeps marching into the reality TV space with this controversial Byron Bay-set series that’s heavy on vapidity and light on momentum
Horror and humour: the best political satirists on Australian screens
From Shaun Micallef to Juice Media, here are the political satirists that will make election season bearable again