The Convert review – Guy Pearce tries to keep the peace in Māori period drama
Lee Tamahori captures the might and majesty of Aotearoa in this stately film, with Tioreore Ngatai-Melbourne giving an electric performance
May 2024
The Shrouds review – David Cronenberg gets wrapped up in grief
Elaborate necrophiliac meditation on loss and longing stars Vincent Cassel as an oncologist who has founded a restaurant with a hi-tech cemetery attached
April 2024
Priscilla, Queen of the Desert sequel in works with original cast, director confirms
Stephan Elliott says Hugo Weaving, Guy Pearce and Terence Stamp are ‘onboard’ and the sequel will be set partly in Australia but will also head overseas
September 2023
Is Neighbours set in the future now? This maddening Ramsay Street reboot makes absolutely no sense
Amazon’s relaunch destroys everything good about the beloved final episode, and replaces it with an alienating, baffling plot. This article contains spoilers
May 2023
The Clearing review – Miranda Otto is a chilling cult leader in eerie mystery drama
Guy Pearce confirms he will appear in Neighbours revival
December 2022
The week in TV: I Am Ruth; Harry & Meghan; A Spy Among Friends; The Confessions of Frannie Langton
Kate Winslet and daughter hit home; the Sussexes’ docu-marathon gets under way; Guy Pearce excels as a sharkish Kim Philby; and hats off to the ‘anti-Bridgerton’
TV review
A Spy Among Friends review – don’t take your eyes off this star-packed espionage thriller
Guy Pearce is a charismatic traitor, Damian Lewis is an enigma and Anna Maxwell Martin carries along a fabulous drama that’s full of excitement – if a tad stuffy
Australian arts in focus
‘A rather expensive exercise’: Guy Pearce jabs at Neighbours’ so-called finale
The Infernal Machine review – unconvincing reclusive writer thriller
The Infernal Machine review – Guy Pearce’s reclusive novelist dials up the paranoia
July 2022
Guy Pearce was the ‘MVP of the Neighbours finale’: we all just fell in love with him again, right?
The weekly beast
Neighbours finale a TV ratings jackpot as Ten farewells Ramsay Street in last episode
Amanda Meade
June 2022
Australian arts in focus
Hamish Blake wins gold at 2022 Logie awards
The Lego Masters Australia host took both the Gold Logie and the Bert Newton award for most popular presenter, while there were wins for The Newsreader, Bluey, Guy Pearce and Home and Away
March 2022
Neighbours: the 10 best memories, from Scott and Charlene to Madge’s ghost
With the Aussie soap finally confirmed to end, we celebrate the best moments from 37 years on Ramsay Street – including plenty of twists, weddings and a tornado
December 2021
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The Proposition: Nick Cave’s savage outback western reveals ugly truths about Australia
Released in 2005, this brutal tale of sibling conflict is set against the backdrop of colonial racism, violence and misogyny
September 2021
Guy Pearce: ‘There’s always someone you want to punch’
Zone 414 review – Guy Pearce grimaces through soulless Blade Runner clone
April 2021
The Seventh Day review – Guy Pearce’s hipster priest dices with the devil
Training Day meets the Exorcist in this satanic horror as a nattily dressed cleric reveals the ways of evil to a young acolyte
March 2021
Memento at 20: Christopher Nolan's memory thriller is hard to forget
The ambitiously structured noir gave us an early sign of what was to come from the director who would go on to bigger, if not always better, things
