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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

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…

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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

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The Australian cult that fed children LSD: Guy Pearce on the ‘disturbing’ true story behind The Clearing

Actor and co-director Jeffrey Walker speak about the chilling inspiration behind the series

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‘Candid’, ‘gripping’, ‘compulsory reading’: the best Australian books out in May

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

Bridgerton, Muppets Mayhem and Ten Pound Poms: what’s new to streaming in Australia this May

Plus an adaptation of a Markus Zusak novel, a big-budget sci-fi mystery and an Australian creature feature

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Disney+ releases series on Victorian cult, based on In the Clearing

Melbourne-based author JP Pomare's cult thriller, In the Clearing, inspired by a real-life cult, is Disney+'s first original Aussie series

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‘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

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Making a killing

Two Kiwi novelists with film and TV deals, earning good money

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