Mushroom murders, riotous mockumentary and a surveillance thriller: what to watch in October

By Adam Daniel, Associate Lecturer in Communication, Western Sydney University
Ari Mattes, Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
Darius von Guttner Sporzynski, Historian, Australian Catholic University
Jessica Gildersleeve, Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
Kate Cantrell, Senior Lecturer, Writing, Editing and Publishing, University of Southern Queensland
Stuart Richards, Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
Susan Hopkins, Senior Lecturer in Education (Curriculum and Pedagogy), University of the Sunshine Coast

As the air begins to warm and the days stretch, the screens get darker — with crime, mystery and noir creeping in.

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