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The new Mr and Mrs Smith are no Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt – and that’s a good thing
Donald Glover and Maya Erskine are a new kind of pairing for a new generation. One that doesn’t need their heroes to be slick.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Latest
★★★½
Streaming
Messi’s World Cup provides a different portrait of the world’s greatest footballer
Lionel Messi, like Diego Maradona before him, is a totem of worship in Argentina, especially after winning the 2022 World Cup.
- by Craig Mathieson
Provocative Swedish drama shows how the law can fail us
A Nearly Normal Family is the latest Swedish series to put the flaws in the legal system under the spotlight.
- by Tom Ryan
Australia is obsessed with reality TV, and it’s become one of our key exports
What did we all do on Valentine’s Day? Obviously we spent it with our most precious.
- by Thomas Mitchell
‘I learned on the job’: Ben Mendelsohn’s new look
The Australian actor delivers another luminous performance in his role as fashion designer Christian Dior.
- by Michael Idato
The shows Gogglebox’s couch critics would like to press pause on
As the reality show begins its 10th season, original Gogglebox couch critics Matt Dalton and Faye Kontos reveal the shows they would happily put on mute.
- by Bridget McManus
Podcast
The Morning Edition podcast
Start your morning with the story behind the story
Find out how to hear the story behind the story with the best journalists in the country, each weekday morning from 5am.
- by Chris Paine
★★★
Review
The murders on this new whodunnit give you a warm, cosy feeling
The Good Ship Murder combines bouncy British quirk, glorious Mediterranean scenery and peculiar deaths in the best tradition of the cosy crime genre.
- by Ben Pobjie
★★★
Streaming
Ben Mendelsohn and Juliette Binoche are French fashion icons in The New Look
The parallel and overlapping careers of Christian Dior and Coco Chanel are the focus of Apple TV’s period drama.
- by Craig Mathieson
‘I’m bracing myself for pushback’, says creator of mosque drama House of Gods
Osamah Sami burst onto the scene with his Muslim rom-com Ali’s Wedding. With his new drama House of Gods, set inside a mosque, he’s really getting serious.
- by Karl Quinn
‘Cute, sweet, sexy’ roles would not work for me: Constellation star
The star of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo says she’s never read anything like this psychological thriller about a woman’s return to Earth after a catastrophic event on a space station.
- by Craig Mathieson