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Saoirse Ronan in Brooklyn.

Hidden gems: 40 underappreciated movies to stream these Easter holidays

From action classics to musical rom-coms, these are the underseen and the misjudged movies ripe for rediscovery.

  • Craig Mathieson

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The 2025 big TV quiz: How much did you watch and how much did you remember?

Think you know what’s been on TV this year? Challenge yourself with our quiz

Time to put those square eyes to good use and see how much you remember from the small screen in 2025!

  • Louise Rugendyke, Meg Watson and Elizabeth Flux
Christopher Chung stars in Apple TV+’s Slow Horses.

Slow Horses launches Christopher Chung’s life in the fast lane

He plays the thoroughly unlikeable Roddy Ho in Slow Horses, but Christopher Chung is only getting started.

  • Louise Rugendyke
Lynne McGranger wins the Gold Logie.

Lynne McGranger takes the Gold, Tom Gleeson makes mischief and the ABC cleans up: Highlights of the 2025 Logies

Home and Away stalwart Lynne McGranger won two Logies, while the ABC comedy series Fisk romped home with five awards on a night that also paid tribute to cancer-stricken comedy legend Magda Szubanski.

  • Karl Quinn
Nadine Bates and Kristen Souvlis are co-CEOs of Like a Photon Creative, a Brisbane-based production company that makes animated feature films and other screen works.

The screen queens building Brisbane’s answer to Pixar

West End-based Nadine Bates and Kristen Souvlis have produced seven feature animations since 2020, with more and bigger to come.

  • Nick Dent
Clockwise from top: Ballard, The Keepers, The Institute, Snowfall, Untamed, The Cleaner.

What to stream this week: Eric Bana’s Netflix thriller and five more picks

An American murder mystery featuring Eric Bana and Sam Neill? Weirdly, we’ve seen this story before. Plus: a much-hyped Stephen King adaptation.

  • Craig Mathieson
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Leigh Sales agreed to become a mentor on The Assembly after watching the French version of the show, where President Emmanuel Macron was grilled.

Leigh Sales on the bold show that puts 15 autistic students in charge

No topic was off limits when celebrities such as Sam Neill, Amanda Keller and the prime minister agreed to take part in The Assembly.

  • Louise Rugendyke
India Donaldson was 38 before she made her feature directing debut.

Her father found Sam Neill. Has this debut director also cast a future star?

When India Donaldson asked her little sister if she knew any actors, she couldn’t have guessed that Lily Collias had the makings of a star.

  • Karl Quinn
Frances O’Connor plays defence barrister Meredith Nelson-Moore, while Neill returns as Brett Colby.

The Twelve is back, with new cast, new crime, old Trojan horse tactics

Sam Neill returns as the “silver fox” barrister, but around him swirl a storm of micro-plots that are the show’s real purpose.

  • Karl Quinn
Author Kate Manne at the Sydney Writers’ Festival at Carriageworks.

‘Misogynistic massacre’: Sydney Writers’ Festival closing address dedicated to Bondi Junction victims

A feminist author used her closing address to call out “himpathy”, where men who commit violence receive “disproportionate and undue sympathy”.

  • Helen Pitt