Alex Garland's film Civil War really does put you on the edge of your seat, and really does feel like a premonition, as we watch the slow collapse of the American empire flicks.com.au/reviews/get-re…

A little exclusive: Priscilla has been found! It has survived bushfires and floods and years out in the open after being abandoned - it's a heck of a story and I loved writing this theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

'It’d be rather hackneyed of me to say I was on the edge of my seat during [this] dystopian vision...that, terrifyingly, feels more like a premonition than a fever dream. But there I was.'

@LukeBuckmaster reviews Civil War, in cinemas today.

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The original Heartbreak High felt raw, unfiltered, dangerous. Netflix's reboot is hyper-real, borderline cartoonish. Both the show and the characters seem desperate to impress; there’s so much posturing theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

.@LukeBuckmaster praises Curb's finale for perfecting Seinfeld's controversial courtroom ending.

'David uses his big curtain closer as a déjà vu act...continuing his characterisation as an own-worst-enemy agitator never able to let things go.'

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.@LukeBuckmaster praises Curb's finale for perfecting Seinfeld's controversial courtroom ending.

'David uses his big curtain closer as a déjà vu act...continuing his characterisation as an own-worst-enemy agitator never able to let things go.'

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Ambitious, audacious, outrageous, hilarious. Me on the self-reflexive genius of the #CurbYourEnthusiasm finale flicks.com.au/features/the-s…

You’ve never seen a biopic like Origin - Ava DuVernay’s hugely ambitious film about Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson. It's unmoored from space and time, and uneven in the most interesting of ways. My review flicks.com.au/reviews/youve-…

'Ava DuVernay’s film about Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson is uneven in the most interesting of ways.'

Read @LukeBuckmaster's review of complex drama Origin, now in cinemas.

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Reading this is like a punch to the gut. Terrifying.

‘Simply mind-boggling’: world record temperature jump in Antarctic raises fears of catastrophe

Scientist are reporting an unprecedented leap in temperature of 38.5C in the coldest place on Earth
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Netflix's #Ripley is pretty freakin' stylish, and pretty freakin' good - with beautiful monochrome compositions and a great performance from Andrew Scott. My review flicks.com.au/reviews/netfli…

New Australian WWI drama Before Dawn lacks gravitas, brings nothing really new to the table and needed a more compelling arc. My review theguardian.com/film/2024/apr/…

The biggest streaming titles arriving in April include Ridley, The Sympathizer and Scoop plus the second season of Heartbreak High, part two of The Jinx and more. Here's my monthly column theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2…

Finally some love for one of this century's greatest comedies!

Death to Smoochy: Robin Williams brings his manic energy to gleefully twisted children’s TV revenge-o-rama | Movies | The Guardian theguardian.com/culture/2024/a…

“Oh we’ll get you off that smack oh yes we will!!' One of my favourite Robin Williams films is also one of the most under-appreciated. I revisit the great Death to Smoochy theguardian.com/culture/2024/a…

A loving Star Trek parody; a showcase for Jesse Plemons in diabolical bastard mode; a troubling piece of speculative fiction about omnipotence…

Stoked it is getting a sequel, Dr Luke Buckmaster revisits one of BLACK MIRROR’s greatest episodes brnw.ch/21wIb7s

How long before this is turned into a movie? bbc.com/news/business-…

'Think of climate change, in fact, as a kind of slow-motion World War III. After all, it couldn’t be more global or, in the end, more destructive than a world war of the worst sort.' A great piece from TomDispatch salon.com/2024/03/25/ano…