Aug
05
Critical Corner: Home Truths
A review of Ngaio Marsh Award-winning author Charity Norman's new novel Home Truths.
5 min read
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Jul
26
Critical Corner: Parade by Rachel Cusk
In this edition of Critical Corner, a quick review of Rachel Cusk’s Parade.
4 min read
Jul
02
Critical Corner: The Bear
In this edition, a review of The Bear season three.
6 min read
Jun
26
Revisiting Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas 20 years later
What one of the biggest games of all time feels like to play, twenty years later.
5 min read
Jun
11
Critical Corner: Still Is, Tarot
In this edition of Critical Corner, two short reviews of two new books of poetry: Still Is by Vincent O’Sullivan and Tarot by Jake Arthur.
4 min read
Jun
07
What it takes to curate an exhibition at the library
A quick Q&A with Auckland Libraries associate curator of ephemera Zoë Colling on the library’s latest exhibition That’s So Last Century, about fashion in Tāmaki Makarau between the 1950s and 1990s.
5 min read
Jun
04
Critical Corner: Le Comte Ory
NZ Opera brings a Rossini to New Zealand for the first time, and manages to stick the landing – mostly.
4 min read
May
28
Five Thoughts on the New Zealand International Comedy Festival
The New Zealand International Comedy Festival has come to a close for another year. I had some thoughts about it!
3 min read
May
24
Critical Corner: Stellar Blade, Bridgerton, First Things
In this edition of Critical Corner, quick reviews of PS5 exclusive Stellar Blade, season three of Bridgerton, and Harry Ricketts' memoir First Things.
6 min read
May
17
On the Ethics of Baby Reindeer
A rumination on the storytelling ethics behind the most popular show on the planet.
5 min read