Critical Attention is produced by Izzy Roberts-Orr, and co-presented by The Rereaders and Kill Your Darlings. To find out more about The Rereaders head to www.therereaders.com and to read more and subscribe to become a member of Kill Your Darlings from as little as $14.95, head to www.killyourdarlings.com.au

In episode one, we chat to Lauren Carroll Harris, who has recently been announced as an ongoing critic working with Kill Your Darlings to publish ‘Wake in Light: On Australian Film’ a collection of four essays exploring contemporary Australian cinema. 

Critical Attention is supported by the Victorian Government through Creative Victoria.

In this week's podcast we head to the cinema to roll around in the dirt with Red Dog: True Blue. Then we attempt to go swimming at Melbourne's beaches with the hottest take of the summer in the Guardian. And finally, we round out 2016 by discussing our favourite books, films and more.

In this week's podcast, guest critic Nick Tapper steps in to replace the incomparable Dion Kagan. We are joined by David Carlin and Francesca Rendle-Short, the editors of 'The Near and the Far' - a new literary anthology that connects Asia and Australia. Then we walk through David Hockney's curious exhibition 'Current', whose various works are largely created and displayed on iPads at the National Gallery of Victoria. Finally, we tune in to 'Viceland', the Canadian and American takeover of SBS' secondary digital channel.

In this week’s podcast we stir awake to the nighttime rhythms of the Tom Ford directed, Amy Adams starring thriller Nocturnal Animals. Then we regally sit back and watch Netflix’s 10 part epic biopic of Queen Elizabeth the 2nd – The Crown. And finally, we inspect the contents of the latest Best Australian Essays, the annual qualitative anthology from Black Inc, and this year edited by Geordie Williamson.

In this week's podcast we head to the cinema to witness Paul Verhoeven's latest psychosexual thriller, 'Elle'. Then we ask whether Lit Theory is necessary to studying towards a Creative Writing degree. And finally, he's here, he's maybe queer, he's in his work gear and he definitely deserves a cold, hard beer - who is the tradiesexual?

In this week’s podcast we explore Deep Water, SBS’s audacious multimedia series about Sydney’s brutal history of gay hate crimes. Then we watch the Emily Blunt’s blurry-eyed thriller, The Girl on the Train. And finally, we head down to The Art of Banksy exhibition, opening wallets, if not minds, beside Federation Square.

In this week’s podcast we watch the Australian iteration of the reality TV staple Survivor. Then we listen to the new album from Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds, Skeleton Tree. And finally, we look at the work of comic artist Sam Wallman as he explores the death of the Australian auto-industry.

In this week’s podcast we head to the cinemas to indulge Bridget Jones’s Baby. Then we drop in on the new Australian comedy web series, Little Acorns, set in a childcare facility. And finally, we revisit the homes of our past, while looking at the latest issue of the Stilts Journal.

In this week's All-Australian podcast, we watch 'The Get Down', Baz Luhrman's new Netflix series set at the dawn of Hip Hop. Then we fall under the sensuous spell of ACMI's exhibition 'Del Kathryn Barton: The Nightingale & The Rose'. Finally, we go for Bogan with Abe Forsyth's Cronulla comedy film 'Down Under'.

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