Culture

Jafar Panahi’s Oscar-nominated film, It Was Just an Accident, powerfully investigates the moral dilemmas of revenge in a world defined by violence.

British tenor Allan Clayton, who tours Australia this month to sing Winterreise, draws on a natural melancholia for his globally acclaimed performances.

Trans pioneer Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s new album – recorded in the wake of his dementia diagnosis – calls for joy in the face of the inevitable.

Once an incubator for Australia’s indie music scene, Triple J’s Hottest 100 is now little more than a tired listicle.

Megadeth’s self-titled farewell album rivals the band’s early thrash metal masterpieces.

Melbourne’s new Australian Museum of Performing Arts opens with DIVA, a truly dazzling exhibition.

After three years out of the spotlight, singer-songwriter and bird enthusiast Stella Donnelly is back with a new album and fresh inspiration.

Mr and Mrs Williams live on a large property where they raised their children. The children are gone and now there is too much house. At first, they liked spreading out, claiming rooms for their hobbies. Mr Williams designed the Gym, the Library and the Oratory. Mrs Williams created the Sewing Quarter, the Spooky Suite and the Decoupage Den. Both had a hand in creating the Kitty Room, a place of carpeted ladders, dangling woollen balls and boxes, where their cats once pursued their obscure feline purposes. There are no more cats at the house, the special rooms are unused and Mrs Williams has dementia.

Exceptional performances and spirited direction allow Richard Linklater’s new film, Blue Moon, to transcend a dismal screenplay.

Academy Award-winner Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s Shakespearean novel, Hamnet, is a film about the collective expression of grief.