• News

    SXSW Sydney Screen Festival's Latest 2024 Lineup Drop Includes Cults, Animated Cats and Christmas Carnage

    More than 20 features have joined the program, complete with Guy Pearce's latest Australian role, a rap mockumentary and Ilana Glazer-starring mom-com 'Babes'.

  • News

    Splash-Hit Céline Dion-Fuelled Musical-Comedy 'Titanique' Is Making Its Australian Debut in Sydney This Month

    The laughs will go on at this off-Broadway award-winner, which is told through Dion's songs — and is finally making its maiden voyage Down Under.

  • News

    Live 'Dungeons & Dragons' Show 'The Twenty-Sided Tavern' Is Rolling Into Australia for Its Down Under Premiere

    You won't just watch this stage version of the tabletop roleplaying game — you play along, choosing the characters and helping shape the story.

  • Event

    'Batman' Live in Concert

    Thu, 24 Oct - Sat, 26 Oct 2024

    Regent Theatre, Melbourne

    Tim Burton's 'Batman' is celebrating its 35th anniversary on the big screen with a live orchestral score.

  • News

    Tim Burton's 'Batman' Is Celebrating Its 35th Anniversary on Australia's Big Screens with a Live Orchestral Score

    As well as marking three-and-a-half decades since the classic Michael Keaton-starring superhero movie debuted, these concert screenings commemorate 85 years of the caped crusader.

  • News

    How Belfast Rappers Kneecap Made a Blast of a Music Biopic by Playing Themselves — and Championing the Irish Language

    Co-starring Michael Fassbender and taking cues from 'Trainspotting', this lively Sundance award-winner features the hip-hop trio in the roles they were born to play.

  • Event

    Mark Manson: 'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck' Live

    Wed, 6 Nov, 2024

    Hamer Hall, Southbank

    'The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck' author Mark Manson is coming to Melbourne to give brutally honest advice.

  • News

    The Kid LAROI Has Joined SXSW Sydney's 2024 Lineup as the Festival's Music Keynote Speaker

    Before he heads around the country on his latest tour, the Australian singer-songwriter will chat about his career at SXSW Sydney.

  • News

    The 2024 Japanese Film Festival Program Is Here with Animation From a Studio Ghibli Alum and Chaotic Karaoke Antics

    This is the 28th year that the event has brought Japanese cinema's latest and greatest to Australia, with its 2024 lineup featuring ten new films and a free retrospective.

  • Event

    Japanese Film Festival

    Mon, 21 Oct - Sun, 3 Nov 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    This year's festival includes a gorgeous animation from a Studio Ghibli alum, chaotic karaoke antics and an ode to a samurai stuntman.

  • News

    SXSW Sydney's Latest Round of 2024 Speakers Includes Lucy Lawless, Grace Tame and Tim Minchin

    Sports stars Nick Kyrgios and Noémie Fox, playwright Suzie Miller and former Bangarra Dance Theatre Artistic Director Stephen Page have also joined the festival's lineup.

  • Event

    National Cinema Days at Reading Cinemas

    Sat, 31 Aug - Sun, 1 Sep 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    Head to the movies this Saturday and Sunday from just $5 at any of the chain's cinemas across the country.

  • News

    Canadian Dramedy 'Universal Language' Has Won Melbourne International Film Festival's 2024 Bright Horizons Award

    What if Winnipeg resembled Iran in the 80s? That's just part of the absurdist film that's taken out MIFF's major award in the prize's third year.

  • News

    Nine New Movies You Can Watch Right Now That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming

    Get comfy on the couch with Austin Butler's latest brooding role, serial-killer chiller 'Longlegs' and the animated antics of 'Inside Out 2'.

  • News

    Cherishing a Different Type of Icelandic Filmmaking in Cinemas: Baltasar Kormákur Chats Romantic Drama 'Touch'

    There isn't a trace of Nordic Noir to be found in this tender love story, which hops between Iceland, the UK and Japan.

  • Event

    Italian Film Festival

    Fri, 20 Sep - Thu, 17 Oct 2024

    Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations

    This year's feast of Italian cinema in Melbourne is filled with award-winners, iconic directors and famous faces.

  • News

    The Italian Film Festival's 2024 Program Is Filled with Award-Winners, Iconic Directors and Famous Faces

    Highlights include SFF prizewinner 'There's Still Tomorrow', the latest from 'The Great Beauty' filmmaker Paolo Sorrentino, and Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci as Cardinals electing a new Pope.

  • Event

    Good Things

    Fri, 6 Dec, 2024

    Flemington Racecourse, Flemington

    Korn, Sum 41, Violent Femmes and Billy Corgan lead the 2024 lineup at this big alternative, metal and punk music fest.

  • News

    The Huge 2024 Good Things Lineup Is Here with Korn, Sum 41, Violent Femmes and Billy Corgan

    There's no shortage of big names hitting the stage in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane when this music fest returns in December 2024.

  • News

    SXSW Sydney 2024 Has Added a Heap of New Acts to Its 25-Stage Music Lineup — and New Speakers, Too

    More than 25 new talents have joined the bill — and Academy Award-winning composer AR Rahman will get chatting.

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