September 2024 - The Monthly
This year’s Booker longlist includes Rachel Kushner’s sharply funny activist thriller and Percival Everett’s revisit of ‘Huckleberry Finn’ from the slave Jim’s perspective
Standing on ceremony | The Monthly
Dec 1, 2024 · There was something frenzied about Senator Lidia Thorpe’s performance at the reception for King Charles III in Parliament House, and it was not Senator Thorpe. For the Gunnai, Gunditjmara and Djab Wurrung politician, the display was predictable – you could set your watch to it. Thorpe’s interjections were not revelatory or novel, despite the columns of fawning progressive sentiment about ...
October 2024 | The Monthly
Ten critics nominate their cultural highlights of the year, taking in theatre, visual art, books, dance, festivals and a YouTube miniaturist
November 2024 | The Monthly
Science and technology. The people who mistook their lives for an app. Anna Krien
December 2024 – January 2025 | The Monthly
Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winning take on a rags-to-riches story set in the sex industry, and Guan Hu’s energetic, heartfelt story of a tough guy and a wild dog
August 2024 - The Monthly
Jane Schoenbrun’s instant cult film about the discovery of the authentic self, and Disney’s fictionalised series about teen friendship and the murder of a 14-year-old
The Great Housing Disaster: The renters resistance
With home ownership out of reach, more and more younger Australians have no choice but to rent for much longer than their parents ever did – maybe for the rest of their lives. That puts younger Australians at the mercy of landlords, making some intensely angry and leading to what might be described as a “renters resistance”.
Introducing Read This - The Monthly
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February 2024 - The Monthly
The French author’s fragmentary novel employs the horror genre to explore anxieties about intimacy, celebrity and our infatuation with life on screens