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NewsThe British Film Festival Has Announced a Star-Studded 2017 Program
Featuring the best new films Old Blighty has to offer.
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NewsWatch the Creepy Trailer for Netflix's New Stephen King Adaptation, 1922
More King horror thrills are coming our way.
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NewsMeet the Australian Actor Playing a Wannabe Rapper in One of This Year's Best Films, Patti Cake$
The film looks set to be Danielle MacDonald's breakthrough role.
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NewsAn Immersive Blade Runner-Themed Bar Is Popping Up at Melbourne's Cinema Nova
In anticipation of Blade Runner 2049's release, the cinema is transforming its bar into a futuristic haven with video installations, murals and themed cocktails.
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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2017 Lavazza Italian Film Festival
See a touching drama about conjoined twins, a doco abut sea-dreaming nonnas, and a film all about coffee.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, Aussie westerns and expressive dance flicks.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or a couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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NewsNine 2024 Emmy-Winning TV Shows That You Should Watch Immediately
Your new must-watch list of Emmy-winners includes 'Baby Reindeer' and its has-to-be-seen-to-be-believed tale, the history-making 'Shōgun' and, yes, 'The Bear'.
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NewsThe Six Best Ways to Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival in Melbourne
Celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival (Moon Festival) in Melbourne by hitting up cultural performances, noshing on mooncakes, and gathering together a big group mates for a yum cha feed.
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NewsNine 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'.
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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream This Month
Spend your couch time watching Rashida Jones navigate a sci-fi mystery in Japan, Nicolas Cage face a post-apocalyptic future and a gripping Australian romance-scam thriller.
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NewsThe 15 Best Straight-to-Streaming Movies of 2024 So Far
From 2024's first half, you need to be catching an Oscar-winning documentary, Glen Powell as a fake assassin and plenty of horror shocks from your couch.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in July That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with 'Furiosa', the latest gem from Hirokazu Kore-eda and a hypnotic vision of an AI-dominated future.
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GuideMust-Stream TV: All the Best Shows You Should Be Watching From 2024 So Far
Don't spend hours scrolling through streaming platforms — here's 2024's standout shows that you need to see.
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NewsMelbourne's ACMI to Open Permanent Virtual Reality Lounge
The dedicated space will showcase a rotating array of VR works.
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NewsMelbourne's Palais Theatre Is Screening Star Wars Complete with a Live Orchestra
It will celebrate not only the space opera saga's longevity, but the upcoming release of Star Wars: Episode VIII — The Last Jedi in December.
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NewsThis Year's Venice Film Festival Features a Dedicated Virtual Reality Island
The world's oldest major film festival is also hosting its first-ever VR competition.
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NewsThe Best, Weirdest and Most Unexpected Films of Melbourne International Film Festival 2017
A documentary about rats, an Australian film on faking it till you make it and a Parisian terrorist thriller all make it onto our must-watch list from MIFF.
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NewsThis Immersive Cinema Experience Will Let You Pretend You're On the Titanic
Sail Sydney Harbour while watching Kate and Leo tussle with an iceberg.
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NewsWatch the Chilling New Trailer for 'Black Mirror' Season Four
The first look at the new six-episode season.
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ShopCounterweight Vinyl & Espresso
32 Chambers Street, Footscray
Browse secondhand vinyl — the specialty is classic dance and bass — or sit down for a coffee and pastry.
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NewsThis New Subscription Service Wants to Give You Access to Super Cheap Movie Tickets
They're calling themselves the Netflix of cinema.
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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2017 Korean Film Festival in Australia
From a Kill Bill-like vengeance movie to an animated train station zombie flick.
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NewsItalian Film Festival Announces Characteristically Eccentric 2017 Program
IFF's 28-film, six-week national tour features excursions off the beaten track, Oscar winners and an ode to coffee.
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NewsFive Different Takes on the Heist Film
Essential reading ahead of your next movie night… or if you’re planning to rob a bank.
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NewsMelbourne's South East Is Getting a New Six-Screen Cinema
Operated by Village Cinemas with a bar and combined capacity of over 1000 seats.
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NewsMIFF Will Proceed with Closing Night Screening of Dr G Yunupingu Documentary
And they'll donate a portion of ticket proceeds to the late Indigenous icon's foundation.
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EventSection 8 Birthday Beach Party
Mon, 24 Feb - Sun, 2 Mar 2025
Section 8, Melbourne
The return of a cult classic Melbourne laneway party to celebrate a very special occasion.
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EventTesselaar KaBloom Festival of Flowers
Sat, 29 Mar - Sun, 27 Apr 2025
Tesselaar Tulip Farm, Silvan
Give your autumn a blooming boost with this floral event, featuring flower displays, acrobats, food trucks and, for the first time, a soaring ferris wheel.
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EventSingaMalaya Festival
Sun, 23 Feb, 2025
EziStreat, North Melbourne
Bringing a hawker-style night market to the heart of North Melbourne, this one-day event celebrates the best of cuisine, culture and community.
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EventCorteo — Cirque du Soleil
Fri, 22 Aug - Sun, 24 Aug 2025
John Cain Arena, Melbourne
Focusing on a clown imagining his funeral procession, this dazzling hit filled with acrobatic wonders features the Montreal-based company's first-ever central stage setup.
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EventWine & Cheese Fest 2025
Sat, 1 Mar, 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
The best days out are ones packed with dreamy local cheese, vino and grape stomping.
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EventHans Zimmer Live
Tue, 29 Apr - Wed, 30 Apr 2025
Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne
Hear 'Dune', 'Gladiator', 'Interstellar' 'The Lion King' and more performed by a live orchestra and a full band.
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EventYounghusband Market
Multiple single dates
Younghusband Precinct, Kensington
Once a month until July, you can drop by this newly developed precinct in Kensington to shop all sorts of local artisan wares.
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EventHerb & Chilli Festival
Sat, 15 Mar - Sun, 16 Mar 2025
125 Quayle Road, Wandin, Wandin
Spice up your life at this Yarra Valley food fest, featuring live music, chilli-eating contests, cooking demos and hot sauce aplenty.
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EventEA Presents 'The Sims 25' Pop-Up
Fri, 21 Feb - Sun, 23 Feb 2025
ACMI, Melbourne
This Y2K-inspired 'The Sims' pop-up is hitting ACMI to celebrate 25 years of the beloved life simulation game.
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NewsYou Can Now Visit Pennywise's Lair from Stephen King's 'It'
Spend some quality time with your friendly, neighbourhood murder clown.
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NewsMeet the Director of Australia's First Muslim Rom-Com, Ali's Wedding
Will local, mainstream audiences be willing to embrace a story about a Muslim immigrant, in which there is hardly a white character in sight?
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NewsWe're Giving Away Double Passes to See New Heist-Comedy 'Logan Lucky'
See the latest from Steven Soderbergh featuring on-screen brothers Channing Tatum and Adam Driver in an 'Ocean's Eleven' meets 'Dukes of Hazzard'.
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NewsTen Must-See Films at the Melbourne International Film Festival 2017
From Tribeca Film Festival's best doco to Greek weird wave, Melbourne-set coming-of-age horror and an animated account of sexual taboos in Islamic society.
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NewsThis New Ghostly Pop-Up Wants to Deck You Out for the Afterlife
For the release of A Ghost Story, Melburnians can get kitted out with 'clothing' for eternity.
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NewsYou'll Soon Be Able to Stay in the World's First Marvel Hotel
Cosy up with caped crusaders at Disneyland Paris.
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NewsWatch the Thrilling New Trailer for 'Stranger Things' Season Two
Catch a glimpse before the second season drops in October.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Tickets to See A Ghost Story
See the minimalistic ghost story what was a Sundance and Sydney Film Festival favourite.
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NewsHot Tub Cinema Is Coming Back to Melbourne
The only cinema you're like to get pruny at — hopefully.
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NewsA Huge Studio Ghibli Showcase Is Coming to Australia
Prepare to be spirited away as all 22 of the Japanese animation house's films are screened around the country.
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NewsMIFF Reveals Complete Chock-a-Block 2017 Program
Hope you haven't got anything planned for August.
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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2017 Scandinavian Film Festival
With odes to real-life figures of sexual freedom and explorations of indigenous plights, Nordic noir is just the start of this Scandi film offering.
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NewsPalace Cinemas Is Opening a New 12-Screen Theatre in Melbourne's West
The new Moonee Ponds site will feature three 'platinum' screens and an outdoor cinema space.
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NewsA Look Inside ACMI's Cracking New Wallace & Gromit Exhibition
Get a glimpse at the magic and creative process behind beloved animation studio Aardman.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Adds 33 New Cannes Titles to Its 2017 Lineup
Travelling from the French Riviera to Melbourne cinemas this winter.
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NewsWe're Giving Away Tickets to See Baby Driver
See the highly anticipated SXSW Audience Award winner about a talented getaway driver with a killer personal soundtrack.
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NewsHungarian Film On Body and Soul Wins 2017 Sydney Film Festival Official Competition
It is the first film that's been directed by a female filmmaker to win the Sydney Film Prize.
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NewsMore Australian Content Might Be Coming to Netflix and Stan
The Australian government are considering enforcing local content quotas.
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NewsAustralia's Scandinavian Film Festival Announces Full 2017 Program
See 20 features from Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland — including the winner of the Silver Bear for best director at this year's Berlinale.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival 2017 to Open with Amazon Thriller 'Jungle'
Daniel Radcliffe kicks off the festival with the real-life tale of Yossi Ghinsberg, an Israeli adventurer, who trekked into the Amazon as a 22-year-old in 1981.
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NewsBreaking Bad Is Coming Back as a Virtual Reality Experience
Prepare to follow in Walter White's footsteps.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Reveals First 2017 Films
Charlie Hunnam and Robert Pattinson trekking through the jungle, Jason Schwartzman starring alongside the Beastie Boys' Adam Horovitz, and all six episodes of the new 'Top of the Lake'.
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Studio Ghibli Is Building Its Very Own Theme Park
The Totoro-themed park is scheduled to open in 2020 — and if it doesn't feature a catbus, we'll eat this susuwatari.
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NewsFive Films from Cannes 2017 We Can't Wait to See in Australia
Now showing in French Riviera cinemas between May 17 and 28, and hopefully coming soon to a screen near you.
