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Award-winning comic web series Over and Out, Netflix sci fi movie I Am Mother and ABC iView's State of the Union are just some of this week's Hivemind picks.

The present day-with-a-twist anthology series is best when it avoids easy moralising and keeps us in a spin.

Emotionally harrowing, richly textured and politically relevant, Chernobyl champions truth-telling - as long as it makes for a good story, says Mel Campbell.

From mentorship to resilience, patience and power, Gen X women have learnt to navigate our male-dominated world for change – and Gen Y are listening.

Screenwriter Giula Sandler gives us advice on contributing and collaborating without being annoying.

Collaborative art forms are all about finding the right people to work with, which is bad news if you're an introvert allergic to mingling.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) conducted two high-profile raids on journalists investigating asylum seekers and the military in Afghanistan.

The AFP raid on the ABC is just Act One in a much longer story which will turn into a lawyers' picnic and a focus for outrage.

Our greatest hurdle today is recognising the shift needed from disability access and awareness, to disability-led and employment.

Artist-in-exile Badiucao goes incognito for serious reasons in new Australian documentary airing on the ABC.

Why do we tell stories, and how are they crafted? In this series, we unpick the work of the writer on both page and screen.

Is there such a thing as an identifiable Netflix film? Adrian Martin has a first take on an important pressure on the direction of world cinema.

From the West Wing through Friday Night Lights, Enlightened and The Leftovers, this list is great but very US-centric.

Cultural commentator and long-time recapper Mel Campbell looks back at the show that won and broke so many hearts.

Pamela Adlon's tough, unsentimental comedy about stretched motherhood is just as good in its third season as in its first, writes Adrian Martin.

She remembers a time before TV was cool, but persistence built this writer's career and it's taking her far.

Ten brings back ensemble melodrama with Five Bedrooms, satire is not dead on the ABC, plus a beautiful short film and more.

Netflix's Ted Bundy film conveys the superficial charm of the serial killer, but doesn't go much deeper.

Adrian Martin finds guilty pleasure and strange connections between three new shows: Now Apocalypse, The Act and Fosse/Verdon

With David Anderson given the nod as MD of the ABC, four pundits gave their views on whether he's ready to lead.