Brodie Lancaster
Brodie Lancaster is a critic and the author of No Way! Okay, Fine.
Have we all traded our anonymity for convenience?
Paranoia about being watched much of the time no longer feels like the ramblings of just tin-hatted conspiracy theorists.
- Brodie Lancaster
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‘Why can’t they just be happy?’ Thomas Weatherall on the end of Heartbreak High
As the local Netflix hit comes to end, the actor knows better than anyone the kind of mark the show has made.
- Brodie Lancaster
I watch people bake and save lives. Am I addicted to competency porn?
As the world slips its moorings, shows like The Pitt celebrate the steady course.
- Brodie Lancaster
- Opinion
- Oscars
Awards season ruined cinema, but I no longer care about little gold men
Every film is treated not as a piece of art but as a contestant in a pageant. It’s time to ditch the hype and go back to enjoying movies on merit.
- Brodie Lancaster
- Opinion
- Restaurants
Forget the buzz. What restaurants need is people like this
My social life was dead in 2016, but there was one place I felt at home.
- Brodie Lancaster
- Opinion
- Pop culture
Does Timothée Chalamet looking real mean the beauty tide is turning?
Watching Marty Supreme offered a welcome reprieve from the facial perfection of recent years.
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Is this wild, Ozempic-style thriller a rip-off of The Substance?
Demi Moore won acclaim in The Substance. Now her ex, Ashton Kutcher, stars in The Beauty. Spoiler: both works are symptoms of the same cultural diagnosis.
- Brodie Lancaster
Instead of big resolutions, I keep track of life’s smaller moments
This will be the fifth year I’ve spent tracking my habits and behaviour in order to witness my actions every day.
- Brodie Lancaster
- Opinion
- Local council
There’s a place near you where problems are solved. You can even borrow a book
Modern libraries are community hubs where knowledge – and friendship – is free to all.
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- Opinion
- Social media
Social media bans are nothing new to me, and here’s why they don’t work
We need to educate everyone, not just those under 16, about how to navigate the beast.
- Brodie Lancaster