Film & theatre

Cabaret performer and "Eco-Worrier" Hannah Gwatkin speaks with Alex Bainbridge about her climate cabaret coming up at the Sydney Fringe.

Paradise Bombed

International scrutiny of Indonesia's brutal occupation of West Papua was given a boost with the release of the documentary Paradise Bombed, which details Indonesia鈥檚 military occupation of West Papua and its 2021 bombing of Kiwirok and surrounding remote mountain villages, reports Leo Earle.

Barbie doll

The brilliance of Barbie is its confrontation of patriarchy and power, writes Christine Hepsie.

MC Izzy Brown

In an interview with 麻豆传媒 Radio, musician, activist and filmmaker Izzy Brown said there is 鈥減ower in people and when those people are dancing the cops don't know what to do鈥, writes Ruth Heymann.

Actors' strike, arrests in West Papua & 10 years of offshore detention. July 22, 2023.

Isaac Nellist and Leo Earle go through the latest news from across the continent and around the world.聽

SAG-AFTRA strike

Members of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) 鈥 representing 160,000 actors across the United States 鈥 went on strike on July 14, joining writers on the picket lines, reports Malik Miah.

Sand film 2023

Janaka Biyanwila reviews Sand (Munnel in Tamil), directed by Visakesa Chandrasekaram, which screened at the Sydney Film Festival.

Scenes from a climate era

Leo Earle reviews Belvoir St Theatre鈥檚 new production, which is a smorgasbord of short plays that reflects us to an audience of us.

Scenes from the Climate Era

Belvoir St Theatre's Artistic Director Eamon Flack on telling the stories and imagining the realities of climate change.

The Circle of Silence film

The Circle of Silence is a work of witness, remembrance and hope, writes Leo Earle.

writers strike

Film and TV writers began their strike on May 1 in Hollywood and New York, to demand a living wage and job security聽amid an聽explosion in profits in the streaming era, reports Malik Miah.

Boycott film

Many US states have passed laws penalising companies that use boycotts聽to pressure Israel on its human rights record, writes Selma Dabbagh. Julia Bacha鈥檚 2021 documentary Boycott tells the story of these efforts to stifle dissent.