Little White Lies • 28th January 2021 Jurassic Lark: The satirical genius of Jim Henson’s Dinosaurs Animatronic puppets, searing social commentary, this short-lived early ’90s sitcom had it all.
Kill Your Darlings • 18th January 2021 Did The X-Files Prime Us for the QAnon Era? The smash-hit 90s series featured deep state conspiracies, evil elites and microchips hidden in vaccines – did we take a show that told us to ‘trust no-one’ too seriously?
Flicks.com.au • 25th August 2020 Hopepunk’s not dead: 7 relentlessly hopeful shows streaming right now It’s been a dreadfully dark year, so the time is ripe for an embrace of hopepunk shows. Critic Aimee Knight presents seven of the best (and where to stream them).
Kill Your Darlings • 26th March 2020 Why Musicals Are TV's Problem Child Are laptop and smartphone screens too small to honour the big feelings that thrive in musical theatre and films?
The Lifted Brow • 24th February 2020 Excerpt: 'Reap What You Sow: The Seed and The Harvest of Wholesome Games' Every day I eat my breakfast, pat my 16-bit dog, and leave behind the pixels that look like a log cabin, ready for the great digital outdoors.
Little White Lies • 28th August 2019 Netflix’s The Dark Crystal series captures the essence of Henson’s original Age of Resistance takes the song of Thra and transposes it for the Anthropocene.
Overland literary journal • 12th November 2019 Clap back: pop music’s love affair with the double clap A deep dive into pop music's ultimate power move.
Little White Lies • 31st May 2019 The Muppet Movie at 40 – Jim Henson’s fuzzy testament to friendship The birth of the Muppet Cinematic Universe remains a high water mark for family moviemaking.
The Lifted Brow • 18th March 2019 Excerpt: 'TheSerialEavesdropper Has Logged On: Toward An Aural Equivalent Of The Gaze' There are sundry forms of seeing and being seen. Are there as many ways to hear and be heard?
Overland literary journal • 21st February 2019 Work Your Cares Away: Revisiting Fraggle Rock Behind its hyper-colour façade, Fraggle Rock offers deep commentary on class, labour, environmentalism and Jim Henson’s quest for world peace.
Little White Lies • 17th July 2019 Review: Varda by Agnès The late doyenne of French cinema offers a personal guide through her treasured oeuvre.
Little White Lies • 3rd May 2019 Review: Woman at War An Icelandic choir teacher stakes a stand against big business in this compelling eco-thriller.
Junkee • 3rd December 2018 Featuring A Strong Female Lead: The Best Women On TV In 2018 The best television of 2018 has absolutely been dominated by women — it’s just a fact.
The Lifted Brow • 9th May 2018 Two Girls, One Gaze: The Ins and Outs of The Pornhub Podcast Could this novel audio format help normalise porn on the broader pop cultural plateau and, eventually, in everyday conversation?
Little White Lies • 22nd May 2019 Review: Asbury Park: Riot, Redemption, Rock ‘n Roll Bruce Springsteen and Stevie Van Zandt delve into the origins of the New Jersey sound.
Melbourne International Film Festival • 8th August 2016 A Frame Can Be a Cage: Animals on Screen at MIFF 2016 "Kedi", "Unlocking the Cage" and "Bugs" examine how non-humans fit in our anthropocentric world.
Little White Lies • 9th March 2018 Review: Sweet Country Warwick Thornton’s gorgeous period drama cuts to the heart of Australia’s dark colonial past.
Little White Lies • 20th October 2016 Why Shock Treatment is an “equal” to The Rocky Horror Picture Show Was creator Richard O’Brien on the money when describing his other box office flop?
Junkee • 12th December 2014 'Paddington' Is This Holiday Season’s #1 Film About Xenophobia It seems like another arbitrary remake of an antiquated children’s franchise, but Paddington is one of the most thought-provoking films of 2014’s mainstream.
Little White Lies • 12th December 2018 Review: Free Solo Alex Honnold is caught between a rock and a hard-on.
