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Watching You review – surveillance thriller is barely worth watching

Based on a JP Pomare novel about a network of voyeurs, this series feels low-stakes and slow-paced in comparison – despite a haunting performance from Aisha Dee

The Guardian - AU · Oct 2, 2025

The Clearing's investigation of The Family invites us to ask: what's the appeal – and risk – of crime stories based on real events?

There’s a scene in the Disney+ series The Clearing in which Amy, a 12-year-old girl, readies herself for punishment at the hands of her minder. Amy has failed to control the behaviour of seven-year-old Asha, her new “sister”. Her family is a doomsday cult, and the cult has only recently…

The Conversation · Jun 20, 2023

The Clearing review – Miranda Otto is a chilling cult leader in eerie mystery drama

Guy Pearce and the excellent Teresa Palmer also star in this show based on a real Australian doomsday cult, but it lacks the atmospheric wow factor of similar series

The Guardian - AU · May 24, 2023

‘Essential’, ‘quietly hopeful’, ‘propulsive’: the best Australian books out in August

Each month, Guardian Australia editors and critics pick out the upcoming titles they’ve already devoured – or can’t wait to get their hands on

The Guardian - AU · Aug 4, 2022