Culture

This year's Sydney Film Festival, running from June 3–14, features films about First Nations resistance, a Palestinian uprising and communities seeking justice, writes Ben Radford.

Person to person, a panoramic video exhibit in the 2026 Sydney Biennale by artists Merilyn Fairskye and Michiel Dolk, shares the rich history of Woolloomooloo told through first-hand stories of local residents, writes Peter Boyle.

In Turbulence: Australian Foreign Policy in the Trump Era, Clinton Fernandes looks at the implications for Australia as United States President Donald Trump and his government upend the so-called “international rules-based order”. Darren Saffin reviews.

Gisèle Pelicot was secretly drugged, sexually assaulted and raped by her husband Dominique and 50 other men over a 10-year period. Mary Merkenich reviews her story.

Try Me For Treason showcases recent testimony given in Russian courts by Russian and Ukrainian opponents of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, writes Dave Mitchelmore.

Mat Ward looks back at April’s political news and the best new music that related to it.

Mark Gillespie writes about the inaugural radical 78er History Walk, where he links past struggles to the present, including the ongoing police violence against peaceful protesters.

Students, staff, volunteers and supporters of Sydney’s community radio station 2SER have launched a campaign to save the station from closure, following a major funding withdrawal, reports Andrew Chuter.

Two people. The same scanning system. Here’s why you should care about what’s happening in Gaza, writes Jude Alexander.

Andrew Chuter reviews The Once and Future Riot, a layered account of the communal violence between Hindus and Muslims in India’s Uttar Pradesh state.

Jamil Stone attended the launch of multidisciplinary writer Fiona McGregor’s latest book, The Trap, which is set on 1942 and based on historical events.