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In a shocking attack, the ballet director Marco Goecke smeared dog excrement in the face of Wiebke Hüster in retaliation for her review. Yet it isn’t the first time an artist has assaulted a critic. Our writers share their worst moments

Converted from petrol in the 1950s, the world's first electric Porsche is parked in a Melbourne workshop. Here's how it got here — and the forgotten history of early EVs.

Tom Hanks as a grump, Emma Thompson as a villain, Daniel Craig as a flamboyant detective, Antonio Banderas as a cat - plus docos, awards-season contenders, family films, biopics and more.

It isn't Matilda's absurdly lousy parents.

It’s Gravy Day as Guardian Australia staff make song suggestions from the well-known to the obscure

Twenty-five minutes into "Roald Dahl's Matilda the Musical," Miss Agatha Trunchbull appears onscreen for the first time. She's initially introduced in glimpses — crooked teeth, thin lips, intricate uniform, severe updo — but the camera then zooms out to reveal a new version of the well-known villain, thoughtfully reimagined over…

December movie guide includes a short-re-run of the third highest grossing film in Australia, Top Gun: Maverick

A new version of Roald Dahl’s classic tale is coming to Netflix this festive season

The comedian admits he still feels ‘body shame’

‘I’d be good as a comic baddie, some f**king quirky anti-superhero’

Minchin and Milly Alcock are perfectly fine, but don’t share the playfully brittle chemistry that made their original union pop and crackle