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Half-yearly report card: the best pop culture of 2023 (so far)
What you should have watched, listened to, read and clicked on in the first half of the year.
- by Robert Moran and Melanie Kembrey
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‘In bed by 10pm’: Why Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen make the perfect pair
In Platonic, the actors try to recapture their characters’ wild youthful friendship - just don’t ask them to do it in real life.
- by Louise Rugendyke
Sam’s back: Kim Cattrall to return to Sex and the City
Kim Cattrall will reprise her role as Samantha Jones in the next season of And Just Like That, despite her rift with Sarah Jessica Parker.
- by Nell Geraets
Lost its mojo? No way. Ted Lasso is still the sweetest show on TV
The third season of Jason Sudeikis’ fish-out-of-water comedy has come to an end, but there are many ways the acclaimed ensemble show could return.
- by Debi Enker
How a Bond girl and femme fatale became a Funny Woman
The British proves she has plenty more strings to her bow by taking on a role in a comedy.
- by Benji Wilson
Succession’s Sarah Snook stars in first Australian film in five years
In Run Rabbit Run, the actor plays a divorced fertility doctor whose daughter Mia becomes obsessed with a white rabbit.
- by Garry Maddox
The Get Krack!n creators are killing it in screwball comedy Deadloch
Kate McLennan and Kate McCartney created this comically charged murder mystery. It is, like its authors, a double act in perfect sync.
- by Craig Mathieson
Even before its Cannes premiere, The Idol is 2023’s most controversial drama
Euphoria creator Sam Levinson brings shock and awe to his dark satire of the music industry The Idol, starring Lily-Rose Depp and Canadian musician The Weeknd.
- by Stephen Armstrong
Ten things you (probably) don’t know about the Succession finale
What did Jeremy Strong, who plays Kendall, do after “cut” was called? Did he really drink that meal fit for a king? What great news did Sarah Snook share?
- by Garry Maddox
Shiv’s twist changed everything, but it was perfectly in character
After Succession’s finale, viewers are divided over one topic: Shiv Roy’s massive move. But how things ultimately played out should come as no surprise.
- by Elizabeth Flux
Succession finale anoints the chosen one, but did you see it coming?
After five years, four seasons and 39 superbly crafted episodes, one of TV’s most acclaimed dramas has finally come to an end.
- by Karl Quinn