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The Inspired Unemployed (Impractical) Jokers Season 2 review: fun times

The Inspired Unemployed are back with a new set of pranks and awkward hilarity.

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Shaun Micallef’s Eve of Destruction, ABC review: more like this please

Micallef is back, bringing plenty of laughs in a pared-down format that suits him, his guests and the ABC.

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Ray Martin, The Last Goodbye, SBS review: death becomes us

A lively new Australian series moves through both the mechanical and the cultural side of what happens after death.

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The Blind Sea review: surfing waves without sight

Tackling the waters of Portugal's notorious Nazaré is daunting enough, but with next to no vision? Australian athlete Matt Formston…

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Inside, MIFF film review: an Australian prison movie poised on perfection

Vincent Miller holds his own alongside Guy Pearce and Cosmo Jarvis in Charles Williams' incendiary feature debut.

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Critical Incident, Stan review: Sydney crime drama leads the pack

Propulsive storytelling, top performances and authentically lived-in settings lift this smart and gripping series.

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Memoir of a Snail, MIFF review: triumph of the human thumb-print

Adam Elliot's ‘Memoir of a Snail’ is gorgeously human, wonky and life-affirming.

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Flathead, MIFF review: a striking portrait of working class life

Jaydon Martin's Flathead is an unvarnished portrait of life and struggle in coastal Queensland.

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The Fabulous Four review: absolutely not fab

The Fabulous Four is formulaic, foot-curling and fetid – as if it's been forsaken forever in the Florida sun.

Decameron. (L to R) Zosia Mamet as Pampinea and Saoirse-Monica Jackson as Misia in Episode 102 of Decameron. Giulia Parmigiani/Netflix © 2024
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The Decameron, Netflix review: sexy, suave satire

Chaos, comedy and tragedy abound in this modern retelling of Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron.

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