Weekender: The Diplomat gets chaotic, Dangerously Modern provides a showcase of Australian art, and Die, My Love is a showcase for Jennifer Lawrence

There’s a simple pleasure in seeing competent people doing their job well, which is one of the draws of The Diplomat, a show that follows in the tradition of the West Wing in balancing high stakes political drama with chaotic personal drama to great affect. As it enters season 3, and the chaos begins to overwhelm the competence, the team discuss whether it manages to keep meeting audience expectations.Ce and Hannah Story head to Dangerously Modern at the Art Gallery of NSW and are thrilled at this exploration of Australian women artists who went to Europe to find their acclaim and brought modernism, surrealism, and cubism back home with them. (For more, check out the Dangerously Modern podcast by Radio National's Rosa Ellen)Sky's enthusiastic about Jennifer Lawrence's performance in Die, My Love, but a little more muted about the film itself, and suggests that Predator: Badlands will appeal to action fans, even if some purists may take exception with the direction of the franchise.And in music, Ce shares Feel It Change by Stella Donelly, and Sky pitches The Ladder by The Veils.