Green Guide
Why can’t I quit The Block?
Despite its structural failings and ludicrous storytelling, 20 seasons in there’s still something about this top-rating home renovation show that is irresistible.
- by Craig Mathieson
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This juicy Nicole Kidman murder-mystery proves trash can be treasured
As a young woman develops doubts about the family she’s marrying into, The Perfect Couple delivers a wildly escalating plot with a knowing wink.
- by Craig Mathieson
Yes it’s another British crime drama, but it’s not your usual suspect
The Jetty flips gender archetypes, but Detective Constable Manning is more than a standard antihero police detective.
- by Craig Mathieson
Colin Farrell’s Penguin is more Godfather than feathered fiend
Light on leotards, this series paints a grim picture of mob warfare in Gotham City’s underworld.
- by Michael Idato
‘It rewrote the rule book’: Revisiting one TV’s greatest series
Three decades after The Sopranos’ was first pitched, filmmaker Alex Gibney puts the show’s creators, writers and stars under the spotlight.
- by Michael Idato
★★★½
Review
In neo-noir Babylon Berlin, the heroes are never black and white
The Weimar Republic detective has dead bodies, political heat and a rail wagon full of Russian gold to deal with - and then there are his personal problems.
- by Ben Pobjie
Bullying, backstabbing and betrayal: Is Industry the new Succession?
Adding the star power from Kit Harington, the media giant is getting behind the urban jungle that is fictional investment bank Pierpoint & Co.
- by Debi Enker
The dark role that takes actor from knockabout bloke to leading man
The master of playing regular guys, Stephen Peacocke takes on a darker star-making turn role in Human Error.
- by Debi Enker
★★★½
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Jeff Goldblum is deliciously good as Zeus in this Greek myth update
Ancient mythology gets a modern twist in Kaos, as the gods strut around Olympia in billionaire leisurewear.
- by Craig Mathieson
Timothy Spall delivers a tour de force in this addictive tragedy
Based on a true story, The Sixth Commandment tells of an inspirational teacher whose life is turned upside down by an unlikely romance.
- by Ben Pobjie
Australia has reinvented the BBC’s biggest crime hit. Does it work?
In Death in Paradise’s Australian spin-off, Anna Samson plays the franchise’s first lead female detective.
- by Ben Pobjie