Everybody’s macrodosing on microdramas

31 Οκτωβρίου 2026, 21:30
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Everybody’s macrodosing on microdramas

Following the news that Margot Robbie’s turn on Neighbours is fated to be clipped into a microdrama, Ima Caldwell explains the ins and outs of the rapidly growing medium of social media soap operas, werewolves and all

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The moment I knew: He loved to travel, I had a fear of flying. I expected him to scull his beer and wish me well

Leading questions: ‘My sister-in-law is nearly 40 but cannot handle losing at board games. What can I do?’

Stream team: The Twilight Zone, the spooky supernatural series that changed pop culture forever

What to watch | While we all continue being loudly impatient for You Can See Everything to be released in Australia, Hannah J Davies recommends revisiting the 2022 film The Dropout, which stars a brilliant Amanda Seyfried as Elizabeth Holmes – and which I didn’t realise until reading this piece was a TV adaptation of a podcast that I’m now going to listen to too. – Steph Harmon, culture editor

What to listen to | Sampa the Great’s world-class third album fuses hip hop with a deeper exploration of her family connection to Zamrock. Rewarding repeat listens, it revels in charisma, defiance and cheek – and a track that hits like a truck. – SH

What to read | The astonishing artist-author Shaun Tan is back with yet another book that blurs the line between children’s literature and adults’. Homecoming is a vivid fable about a human girl who lives in a world of strange creatures, who is confronted when a human stranger suddenly arrives to tell her that she doesn’t belong there. We’ve called it a “masterpiece”. – Sian Cain, deputy culture editor

What to cook | There’s a strawberry glut incoming, and Anna Jones’ strawberry shortcakes with zesty creme fraiche are a fresher, more summery take on scones and jam. – Yvonne C Lam, deputy lifestyle editor

What to book | Ken Russell’s 1971 film The Devils is in cinemas, restored and uncut for the first time after years of censorship. Oliver Reed stars as a sexually magnetic French priest and Vanessa Redgrave is the jilted nun who accuses him of being demonic, with horrifying, hypnotic results. And Derek Jarman did the set design! What more could you want? – SC

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