Andy Hazel

top 5 all-time poster. “riding in a golf cart fatly” is outstanding

Warwick Thornton’s Wolfram set to open the Gold Coast Film Festival The 2026 Gold Coast Film Festival opens with Warwick Thornton’s Wolfram following its critical acclaim at the Berlin Film Festival. Set in the same universe as the acclaimed 2017 film Sweet Country…

From the world of Thornton's acclaimed 2017 film Sweet Country, Wolfram features standout performances from Deborah Mailman and its remarkable young leads, delivering a moving story of survival, resilience and unexpected connection.

Delta Goodrem, Eurovision and Australia's eternal 2004 At the core of Eurovision is the simple truth that it is always 2004. This is why it remains so popular in Australia — and has always felt, impossibly, Australian.

Opinion | No country is better at remaining in political and cultural stasis than Australia. That's why Delta Goodrem — 2004's girl next door — is the perfect choice as our Eurovision representative, @cormacmccafe.bsky.social writes. www.crikey.com.au/2026/03/05/d...

It should not be difficult to oppose an illegal war based on lies with no actual goals that polls at 27%

If by "electrifying" Pete Bradshaw means tonally unhinged, synonym-spouting tic-wracked superhero with inconsistant makeup and a chemistry-free "relationship" with a sonamublent Christian Bale, then yes.

an image promoting a substack article titled ‘25 medieva manuscripts you can look at online right now’

i made a starter back of beautiful and unique manuscripts you can browse online! (with links) for anyone that wants a good way to spend an afternoon :)

open.substack.com/pub/weirdmed...

Very much value my @crikey.com.au subscription.
Indi media is so worth paying for in these times of billionaire ownership and opaque influence.

If by "electrifying" Pete Bradshaw means tonally unhinged, synonym-spouting tic-wracked superhero with inconsistant makeup and a chemistry-free "relationship" with a sonamublent Christian Bale, then yes.

SPIES IN DISGUISE | OFFICIAL HD TRAILER #1 | 2019 YouTube video by 20th Century Studios UK

It's been seven years, and I am still thinking about the plot twist in the TRAILER of Spies in Disguise.

Four steps to generational equity

"The facts cannot be ignored," writes Bill Kelty. "A single income earner, even on $80,000 a year, has nothing much left after income tax, the Medicare levy, the GST, HECS, rent, utilities and health insurance, if they have any." satpa.pe/TcQlR88

Thank you @chelseaman.bsky.social.

Interesting caption, Herald Sun:

"Generic image of a knife-wielding lunatic. Stabbing. Stabbed. Crime. Knife crime. Knives. Man."

www.heraldsun.com.au/news/law-ord...

This is the stuff of horror films: your late academic colleagues, turned into shambling, corporate-owned automatons.

Ghastly.

NOW we can get that sequel to Honor Among Thieves.

Fascinating reading this today after having received two emails requests overnight from 'organisations' to purchase the Curb.

Taylor Swift's acting career is kind of fascinating...

Amsterdam (2022)
Cats (2019)
The Giver (2014)
The Lorax (2012)

Maybe the most generous assessment I've ever heard.

Live Review: Stella Donnelly, Ullah, Hannah McKittrick @ Corner Hotel, Melbourne The acclaimed singer-songwriter launches her album 'Love and Fortune' at Melbourne's Corner Hotel, with support from Ullah and Hannah McKittrick.

My review of Stella Donnelly's album launch on Saturday night.

I get why/that people say this, but dont' underestimate this:

all other social networks are invested in making sure that posts that link to journalism remain buried, or at least never go viral.

BlueSky doesn't do that. That makes it very valuable to a ton of newsrooms righ tnow.

The Native Cats play the NTS Radio Festival at Northcote Theatre.

If Reform had won this, it would be all over our media as an ‘unstoppable force’ and Hanson would be platformed as saying it was inevitable here. But no one ever treats a progressive win in the same way. That’s an ‘outlier’

Awesome!

Do you play in bands or make music yourself?

Loneliness Comes Without A Sound, by Tacoma Radar from the album No One Waved Goodbye

@catbus.phd I love your recs here. Is this kind of thing your bag? tacomaradar.bandcamp.com/track/loneli...

Hannah Spencer wins Gorton and Denton for the Greens, Labour comes third – UK politics live Turnout in Gorton and Denton byelection over 47%, with 36,903 verified votes cast. Reform UK finished second with 10,578 votes.

“I’m a plumber”.

Proposed redistribution for Tasmania is up www.aec.gov.au/redistributi... #politas

Fundamentally, it's just nice that I'll have an MP who skeets stuff like this.

I'm not nuts to think I should start stocking up on physical media of any and all socially critical Warner's releases, right?

Netflix Bows Out of Warner Bros. Race, Declines to Match Paramount’s Bid Paramount upped its offer to $31 per share

Bad bad not good.