Aussie drag, career vampires and a bloody game of hide and seek: what we’re watching in December

By Stuart Richards, Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
Dennis Altman, Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
Erin Harrington, Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
Lisa French, Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
Susan Hopkins, Lecturer in Communication, University of Southern Queensland

Our film and TV experts review a host of new streaming picks, including the final season of acclaimed mockumentary What We Do In The Shadows.

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