Sam Neill
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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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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
‘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