What to watch
Why Adam Liaw has been in tears on The Cook Up ‘many, many times’
The popular host of the nightly cooking show on SBS Food says he’s more than happy to be serious. “We do get into some very difficult conversations.”
- by Bridget McManus
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How Truman Capote became the talk of the town...again
The author was always a one-off: the story of his life as extraordinary as anything he wrote himself.
- by David Free
★★★★
Green Guide
Whitstable Pearl puts Kerry Godliman where she belongs: centre stage
Best known as Ricky Gervais’ terminally ill wife in Afterlife, Kerry Godliman radiates warmth in this drama-come-detective series.
- by Ben Pobjie
★★★★
Review
Bratty, bawdy and silly, Drive-Away Dolls has all the hallmarks of a Coen brothers film
Margaret Qualley and Geraldine Viswanathan star in this cheerfully throwaway crime comedy, which is the solo directing debut of Ethan Coen.
- by Jake Wilson
★★★★
Review
The Zone of Interest lays bare the banality and ordinariness of evil
Jonathan Glazer’s drama about the Auschwitz camp commandant and his wife takes a meticulously forensic approach, allowing them to incriminate themselves.
- by Sandra Hall
Doco on conman Hamish McLaren puts the spotlight on devastated victims
It takes courage to go on camera and reveal how deeply you fell for a scammer’s game, says the producer of King Con.
- by Craig Mathieson
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
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
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
★★½
Review
Madame Web can see the future. Pity she didn’t see this flop coming
This shamelessly ludicrous Spider-Man spin-off, led by Dakota Johnson, is a desperate attempt to keep the franchise flag flying.
- by Sandra Hall