CHRIS THURMAN: When art is a reckoning with the divine

Without psychosis, we may not have William Blake, Vincent van Gogh or Robert Schumann

Five things to watch this week

The Jake Paul vs Tyson fight airs on Netflix at 3am on Saturday

CHRIS THURMAN: Ensemble weaves SA-style production of Cretan mythology

Performers create a world that is comic and tragic, bawdy and poignant, hedonistic and tender

What Trump’s win means for Hollywood

The entertainment industry should turn away from its 2016 attempts to influence politics

Lunch with Thandiswa Mazwai

Over Chicken Licken Hotwings and cap classique, the award-winning singer chats about what it’s like to be an elder

Hollywood’s liberal celebrities fail to win over voters

Many embraced Karmala Harris but they had no clout with the voters who took Trump over the line

Five things to watch this week

John Williams finally gets a documentary about his distinguished and influential career as modern film music’s most famous composer

The bigotry, fear and ignorance ruling US voters

Trump’s victory shows that the manufacturers of the culture war have triumphed

US music giant Quincy Jones dies at 91

Jones had major influence on US music in his work with artists ranging from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson

Five things to watch this week

Semi-autobiographical drama, vampire comedy, struggle against Pinochet, Spanish thriller and high school witch hunt

CHRIS THURMAN: Hamlet can help us watch Palestine with greater insight

The NT Live experience compounds the meta-theatricality of the play with meta-filmic references

Five things to watch this week

Zodiac killer, family drama in the Outback, Rudolf Höss’ son meets Auschwitz survivor, easy-to-watch murder mystery and the Boss

CHRIS THURMAN: David Kramer revives versatile, pitch perfect Orpheus McAdoo

Kramer’s latest musical incorporates opera while deftly dealing with colonial SA’s race politics

CHRIS THURMAN: Basking in the aura of uniqueness

One definition of 'good' art is that it demands sustained attention

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