By any measure,
Music, the cinematic debut of Adelaide pop star Sia Furler, is a confounding big-screen disaster, a film so clumsy and ill-conceived that a viewer s main takeaway is: Huh, directing movies must be harder than it looks? In the end, that just might work in its favour.
As its US release next month awaits ominously, the film already looks set to enter cultdom, the pantheon of movies so bizarrely inept they re a must-watch. It s a hall of fame that includes such inverted triumphs as Tommy Wiseau s
The Room (2003), the Oscar bait-turned-digital-laughing stock
Cats (2019), and perhaps
Music s closest kin in terms of its mawkishness and weird offensiveness, the internet favourite
Lord Sydney Ling was known as a European aristocrat with a Guinness World Record â but was any of it real?
Posted
SunSunday 17
updated
MonMonday 18
JanJanuary 2021 at 12:11am
Lord Sydney Ling was an elusive figure who may or may not have been descended from European royalty.
(
Print text only
There was no doubt the old man had an aura about him.
Maybe it was just the sun shining on the Parisian cafe, or his reputation as a forgotten film auteur and kind of underground celebrity.
Either way, Justin Parkinson, who operates bars and restaurants in Manchester, felt overwhelmed sitting in his presence.
These podcasts will help you start 2021 in a good way
Posted
SatSaturday 2
updated
SatSaturday 2
Start 2021 with a list of fresh podcasts to listen to.
(
Print text only
Cancel
2020, the year we d all like to forget, is now past tense. If you re keen to kick off 2021 with some new podcasts, look no further.
We asked some of the ABC s presenters and producers what they have cued on their podcast apps.
From unexpected pop song explainers to slow news and a comedy mystery with a twist, this list has it all.
An award-winning podcast collectively hosted by women from inside a prison.
The Best Podcasts Of 2020 For Your Listening Pleasure
It s been a good year for listening to people talk.
We missed you too. Sign up to our newsletter, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter, so you always know where to find us.
Podcasts really had another moment during 2020 I don’t wanna make a huge call, but I think these bad-boys are here to stay!
During a year where TV and film became insanely hard to produce podcasts thrived like some kind of bacterial, yeast-based infection, in a warm and wet environment. All you need is a bunch of arcane equipment, two chuckling friends, a semi-famous guest, and a can-do attitude wallah, you’ve got a podcast! The medium doesn’t even need to be recorded in the same room so it’s completely COVID safe.