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How scammers like Anna Delvey and the Tinder Swindler exploit a core feature of human nature

Anna Sorokin, better known as Anna Delvey, during her trial in April 2019. Sorokin is the subject of a new Netflix miniseries. Timothy A. Clary/AFP...

How the hyper-violent Squid Game has crept into digital content targeting young children

  Image: Noh Juhan | NetflixThe dystopian South Korean horror series Squid Game has become Netflix’s most watched TV series, but it is quickly becoming...

Social inequality and hyper violence: why the bleak world of Netflix’s Squid Game is a streaming phenomenon

  YOUNGKYU PARK/ NetflixSquid Game, an original Netflix drama produced in South Korea, is a streaming phenomenon. Released on 17 September, within two weeks the series...

The Queens(land) gambit: a brief history of chess in Australia

PHIL BRAY/NETFLIX The new Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit has received rave reviews around the world. Surprisingly for a chess-themed show, it received a warm reception by the global chess...

Netflix’s The Social Dilemma highlights the problem with social media, but what’s the solution?

Netflix/Screenshot Facebook has responded to Netflix documentary The Social Dilemma, saying it “buries the substance in sensationalism”.The show is currently in Netflix Australia’s top ten list...

Picture this: 3 possible endings for cinema as COVID pushes it to the brink

Image: Unsplash/Karen Zhao Hollywood’s heavyweights joined forces last week to ask the US government to help save cinemas. Directors James Cameron, Patty Jenkins and...

Sunday essay: need a sitter? Revisiting girlhood, feminism and diversity in The Baby-Sitters Club

Picture: Kailey Schwerman/Netflix The Baby-Sitters Club, the popular series by Ann M. Martin, defined my childhood. I collected the books until I was 11....

Save our screens: 3 things government must do now to keep Australian content alive

Picture: The InBESTigators/IMDB Last week, free-to-air broadcaster Seven, embracing the spirit of a petulant teen, stomped its foot and announced it would no longer follow the rules...

The Crown series 3 review: Olivia Colman shines as an older, frumpier Elizabeth

Olivia Colman as Queen Elizabeth catches adeptly a sovereign who has become a little tired and distracted behind the eyes. Left Bank Pictures, Sony...

Babylon Berlin and why our fascination with 1920s Germany reveals the anxieties of our times

Babylon Berlin recreates the wild nightlife of 1929 in Germany. Screenshot from Youtube It is curious fact that certain times and places seem to have...
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Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972. Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry.Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.