Oscar-winning animator Adam Elliot: ‘Why does everything have to be Disney?’
The Australian filmmaker of Harvie Krumpet and Mary and Max has long cherished the deadly and deadpan. His latest stars Sarah Snook as a collector of ornamental snails – and draws from a family history of hoarding
June 2024
Memoir of a Snail review – charming, poignant tale of troubled twins
Sarah Snook and Kodi Smit-McPhee lend their voice talents to Adam Elliott’s ambitious animation that has a strong personal touch
April 2024
Guys, dolls and an A-list cast: behind the curtains at the Olivier awards – in pictures
Sunset Boulevard wins big at Oliviers as celebrity talent largely overlooked
February 2024
The Picture of Dorian Gray review – Sarah Snook plays 26 characters in dazzling, dangerous solo show
From Sarah Snook to Suzie Miller: how a tiny Sydney stage launched Australian greats
Emmys ceremony: a night of wins for Succession, Beef and The Bear – in pictures
There are tears, a Cheers reunion and kissing peers as The Bear cast celebrate, while Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin and Matthew Macfadyen win for Succession
Succession, Beef and The Bear win big at delayed 2023 Emmy awards
The TV ceremony, pushed back as a result of the strikes, also saw major and historic wins for actors of colour
Emmys red carpet fashion: Sarah Snook, Jenna Ortega, Pedro Pascal and more – in pictures
Delayed by last year’s Hollywood strikes, the 75th Emmy awards are finally on, with television’s biggest stars going for neon shades and dramatic gowns
Golden Globe awards 2024: Australians win big as Sarah Snook, Margot Robbie and Elizabeth Debicki land gongs
December 2023
2023 in TV
The 50 best TV shows of 2023: No 2 – Succession
In its final season, every episode of this exquisite drama manages the kind of devastating showdown that other shows take a season over. It’s riveting, brutal, magnificent television
July 2023
The Beanie Bubble review – understuffed tale of a fluffy fad
The Beanie Bubble review – plushie-craze toy story goes down the cute route
June 2023
Australian arts in focus
Sarah Snook to play Dorian Gray as hit Australian production heads to London’s West End
The Succession star will take over role from actor Eryn Jean Norvill in The Picture of Dorian Gray, which toured Australia to sell-out audiences
Run Rabbit Run review – Sarah Snook fails to spook
The Succession star is typically excellent but even her performance feels too familiar in this derivative ‘mummy horror’ flick
Republic of Parenthood
Puzzled by Succession’s finale twist? Shiv’s pregnancy holds the answer
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
The physical and emotional storm of pregnancy can dramatically alter the ways we see the world, in many cases irrevocably, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
May 2023
Better than The Sopranos? How Succession ranks among TV’s great endings
From Ted Lasso to The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, we’re in the midst of a glut of finales. But where does Succession fit alongside television’s all-time greatest goodbyes?
Succession finale review – a perfect, terrible goodbye
There was more agony by the moment as Jesse Armstrong’s epic ramped up to the most exquisitely humiliating ending imaginable. No one should have to cope with such pain
Goodbye to Succession, the defining show of the Trump era
As the finale looms, the darkly comedic drama about pettiness and politics stands as a brilliantly warped mirror of what Americans have suffered through since 2016
