Clare Rigden

4 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Clare Rigden

The Four SeasonsStreaming now on NetflixWhen I was a teenager in the 1990s I remember going to a friend’s house and watching The Big Chill. I think someone’s sister’s friend’s friend had recommended it as the cool “adult” film to watch, and we’d rented it from Video Ezy with the promise of a titillating watch. Reader, it was not. I remember being bored stiff watching the exploits of a bunch of people who looked and acted like my parents.

4 days ago | perthnow.com.au | Clare Rigden

Hearing someone sit down and play the piano in a public space can be a moving experience. There’s something so beautiful and unexpected about hearing those tinkling notes carrying through crowded spaces like train stations, busy streets or bustling markets that’s almost transformative. It’s enough to bring a tear to the eye. “It is. And I cried a lot during the filming of The Piano,” says Amanda Keller, speaking with STM from her home in Sydney.

1 week ago | thewest.com.au | Clare Rigden

WA’s Rue Mupedzi is back competing on MasterChef again after placing seventh in 2023’s season — and she’s off to a flying start. Not only has she sailed through last week’s Gordon Ramsay challenges, she also wowed guest judge Peter Gilmore with her incredible black forest dessert in last night’s episode of the new Back To Win series, which gives 24 former contestants another crack at the MasterChef Australia title.

1 week ago | perthnow.com.au | Clare Rigden

Long Way HomeFriday, streaming on Apple TV PlusYou might know Ewan McGregor as the A-list star of movies like Star Wars and Trainspotting. Not me! The piece of work I most associate with the Scottish actor is this project: the motorbike action/adventure series he’s been involved with for the past 20 years. What? You’ve not heard of it? You’ve been missing out: it’s fab.

1 week ago | thewest.com.au | Clare Rigden

Bergerac’s back — but not as you know it. The Jersey-set British crime series which ran for 10 years from 1981 and starred John Nettles in the title role of Jim Bergerac is back on screens. But this time Brassic star Damien Molony is stepping in to play the troubled DCI, and things look very different indeed.