Nicole Kidman reveals she is training to become a death doula to ‘provide solace and care’ to dying Australian actor says the death of her mother in 2024 inspired the new direction

Glass is half full: "you can meet Nicole Kidman!!" Glass is half empty: "you have to be terminally ill" www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ap...

Now wrapping up its second season, The Pitt is a great medical drama. Here's four reasons why everyone loves it.

Homebodies review – you won’t have seen anything like this strikingly original take on transgender life Creator AP Pobjoy’s series, starring Claudia Karvan and Luke Wiltshire, sees a young trans man make a supernatural discovery in his childhood home

This new Australian drama deploys horror devices in a most intriguing way: to illuminate aspects of the trans experience, exploring themes including identity and memory.

Heartbreak High final season review – a colourful but contrived farewell to Hartley High The third season of Netflix’s remake has a spritely energy and an appealing fresh-faced cast, but it lacks what made the long-running original so compelling

I’m not sure I can ever forgive the producers of the new Heartbreak High for taking such a big U-turn away from what made the original series so compelling

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Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at 60: Elizabeth Taylor still crackles with feral energy Mike Nichols’ 1966 adaptation of Edward Albee’s septic drama helped cement the play in the zeitgeist – where it has remained for the past six decades

Now 60 years old, I revisit this scorching classic - one of the most electrifying movies ever made about a toxic marriage

Teachers. We entrust you with the highest responsibility: to care for and educate our children. Strike, strike, strike; you deserve better.

Elevated review: majestic landscapes, modest ambitions It didn’t take long for immersive video creators to cotton on to the following equation: high-altitude shots + picturesque environments = irresistible spectacle. Before VR and MR headsets, audiences w...

Apple continue to roll out slickly produced immersive content, including this doco series exploring picturesque locations. My review of Elevated

Ryan Gosling’s 10 best movies – ranked! With Ryan Gosling’s new space blockbuster Project Hail Mary now in cinemas, critic Luke Buckmaster picks and ranks his greatest movies.

Read my article here: www.flicks.com.au/features/rya...

My top 5 Ryan Gosling movies!

Deadloch season two review – every bit as wonky, devilish and potty-mouthed as the first The Emmy-nominated crime comedy swaps chilly Tasmania for the sticky Top End – and all its croc-related misadventures

My review of the second season of Deadloch - a wily, wigged-out procedural that's very bloody 'strayan

A photo of Iran’s bombed schoolgirl graveyard went around the world. Was it real, or AI? Numerous faked images and a string of startlingly inaccurate responses from Gemini and Grok are part of a tidal wave of AI slop engulfing coverage of the Iran war

This headline reflects the future of journalism. In a disinformation-drenched world where we can no longer trust our eyes and ears, we'll increasingly turn to credible publications for the truth (and yes, that's a schoolgirl graveyard)

My thoughts on the delightful animated movie Arco

Watch me here, then read me here: www.flicks.com.au/features/arc...

Two protesters arrested on first day of Queensland’s ‘from the river to the sea’ ban Arrests occurred after pro-Palestinian activists gathered outside state parliament within hours of new laws taking effect

In the Australia we now live in, you can be arrested for standing on the street and saying "from the river to the sea." This sort of Orwellian over-reach should shock all sides of the political/culture divide

Retrospective: The Cable Guy remains Jim Carrey’s wildest ride Thirty years later, The Cable Guy remains a gloriously deranged cult classic, featuring Jim Carrey at his weirdest and most unsettling.

I revisit this once unfairly maligned classic

I told my boss I had a great face for radio. He didn't listen. New video critiques coming every week. Here's the first!

What’s new to streaming in Australia in March: Peaky Blinders, Scarpetta and Deadloch returns Plus Werner Herzog chases elephants in Africa, Rachel Weisz gets raunchy in Vladimir and Russell Crowe dazzles as Hermann Göring

A Peaky Blinders movie, a kinky university-set comedy, a Nicole Kidman procedural and more - here's the biggest steaming titles coming in March www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Oscars 2026: Every Best Picture nominee, ranked worst to best Ten films were nominated for Best Picture at this year’s Oscars. Here they are, ranked by critic Luke Buckmaster.

My ranked list of every film nominated for Best Picture at this year's Oscars

Floodland review – a moving portrait of Lismore and its inhabitants Filmed in the aftermath of the 2022 Lismore floods, this documentary moves like water, dipping into the lives of various townspeople with fluid ease

Healing and renewal are core subjects of Floodland, an elegantly crafted documentary about the Australian town of Lismore, and the devastating floods that hit it in 2022. My review www.theguardian.com/film/2026/fe...

A few others have done it, in real-life, but they haven't updated the list. Cage is prolific! So any "complete" list is not complete for long.

I updated The Cage Gauge today — my ranked list of every Nicolas Cage movie ever made. Now at 110 films! I think I’m the only person in the world who’s seen and written about all of them. If that’s wrong and there’s somebody else out there…shame on you, weirdo.

www.flicks.com.au/cagegauge/

The Carpenter’s Son is an under-rated Nic Cage horror movie Nicolas Cage wrestles faith and fatherhood in this eerie biblical horror, in which his son might be a saviour… or Satan incarnate.

If you like the idea of watching Nicolas Cage in a robe, muttering strange prayers for an hour and a half, this is the film for you.

Juice Newton - Angel Of The Morning (Official Music Video) YouTube video by JuiceNewtonVEVO

I put it to you that this song is a masterpiece - everything comes together sublimely youtu.be/HTzGMEfbnAw?...

Every wine lover should be watching Drops of God Dive into high-stakes wine duels, buried family secrets and intoxicating mind-palace visions in this twist-filled series that turns fermented grapes into heady drama.

Like good drama? Enjoy a drop of wine? Me on why you should be watching Drops of God

Impulse: Playing with Reality review - a boundary-pushing dive into ADHD Countless artists, across every medium, have attempted to externalise the mind’s eye, transforming thoughts and feelings into sensory experiences. That process takes on particular nuances and complica...

My review of this innovative mixed reality experience, which uses video game-like dioramas to explore the stories of people on the extreme side of the ADHD spectrum

Is This Thing On? is not your average film about comedy Bradley Cooper’s new film as a director is no rise-to-fame comedy story—it’s a tender, sideways character study and relationship drama.

My review of Bradley Cooper’s new film as a director. It's no rise-to-fame comedy story—rather a tender, sideways character study and relationship drama.

Is Darren Aronofsky’s AI-generated drama On This Day…1776 innovative, or high-end slop? Critics have torn Darren Aronofsky’s AI series to shreds—but in their haste to boo, they may be missing the bigger picture.

Critics have savaged this AI-generated series. But have they missed the bigger picture? My thoughts

New Scrubs, Muppets and Lord of the Flies: what’s new to streaming in Australia in February Plus Jurassic World Rebirth, Paul McCartney documentary Man on the Run, and a sharply observed dramedy about open marriages

New Scrubs, a delightful The Muppets special, a fresh take on Lord of the Flies and more - here's this month's biggest streaming titles, picked by yours truly