See & Do
Macklemore leads chant for Palestine at Melbourne show
The Grammy award-winning rapper lit up the Rod Laver Arena stage in the colours of the Palestinian flag as he performed his controversial new song, Hind’s Hall.
- by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Barney Zwartz, Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas, Tony Way and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
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Michael Connelly on quitting work, his new book and how to create the perfect villain
The former LA Times crime writer turned bestselling author has written 38 novels, some of which are now movies and TV series. He’s in Australia this month.
- by Helen Pitt
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Review
John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds are all schmaltz in too-cute fairytale
It’s filled with big-name stars and started a bidding war, but fantasy film IF leaves too many questions unanswered.
- by Sandra Hall
As a reporter, I sought out crime. But then crime found me
Writers K Patrick, Winnie Dunn, Jake Adelstein and Mirandi Riwoe on the theme of this year’s Sydney Writers’ Festival, Take Me Away.
A male listener hated feminists like her, but then she made him laugh
Deborah Frances-White was surprised when a man emailed her saying he’d listened to 18 months worth of her show, The Guilty Feminist.
- by Wendy Tuohy
This album helped define the ’90s, now the band will play it in full for the first time
As Air plays 1998’s Moon Safari live for the first time, the odd couple reveals the story behind the era-defining album – and their own relationship.
- by Barry Divola
The Camino is famous for miracles. It transformed this actor
On the Spanish path that pilgrims have walked for more than 1000 years, Australian actor Chris Haywood experienced a life-changing moment while shooting a new film.
- by Helen Pitt
Paul Murray (sort of) discusses his novel’s controversial ending
The Booker Prize-shortlisted author talks climate change, writing teenage characters and Judy Blume.
- by Kylie Northover
‘I was drunk on power’: How this artist channelled his Pentecostal youth for a powerful new work
Choreographer Joel Bray revisits his Pentecostal upbringing in a new show that took him by surprise.
- by John Bailey
Beauty and horror collide in this famous exploration of ‘madness’
One of opera’s most famous ‘mad scenes’ is on show in Melbourne Opera’s production of Lucia di Lammermoor.
- by Bridget Davies, Cameron Woodhead, Tony Way and Andrew Fuhrmann
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is less entertaining than a nature doco
This Aussie-made reboot of Planet of the Apes is not a movie to be taken too seriously.
- by Jake Wilson