Culture

The seventh iteration of this beloved empire-building strategy game has removed the tedious jobs and dialled up the fun.

Image Economies at the Monash University Museum of Art shows how technology changes our relationship to representation – and to ourselves.

Brett Sheehy’s penultimate Adelaide Festival is an array of powerful performances, from its stunning opera centrepiece to a primeval flamenco.

Jacques Audiard’s Golden Globe-winning musical Emilia Pérez is superficial, ham-fisted and fails to access the subversion made possible by camp.

It’s not as if they don’t all know. She’s told them, several times. She explained when the family WhatsApp messages went round about who was bringing what and who needed the most room in the freezer and what kinds of berries would not cost a fortune, the endless chipper shorthand as if they all were genuinely looking forward to seeing each other and couldn’t wait to wade through first the logistics and then the bacchanalian blowout all over again.

The Saturday Paper’s architecture critic looks back at the highlights of 2024.

The Saturday Paper’s film critic looks back at the highlights of 2024.

The Saturday Paper’s music critic looks at how the technology that’s revolutionising the music industry is accelerating future collapse.

Looking back at the visual art highlights of 2024.

The Saturday Paper’s television critic looks back at the highlights of 2024.