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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival to Screen 30 Titles Direct from Cannes
The French Riviera is coming to us.
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NewsFive Must-See Films to Catch at Palace Cinemas' New Documentary Festival
Hot Docs is here with boxing epics, cave diving nail-biters and an exploration on Chuck Norris.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Reveals First Lineup for 2016
Start making your shortlist.
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Five Films From Cannes We Really Want to Come to Australia
From the Palm d'Or winner that made Cannes cry to a violent LA fashion world thriller from Drive's director.
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NewsAirbnb's Latest Listing? Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles' Secret Lair
If this was a true TMNT experience, it'd be located in a sewer.
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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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NewsThe 15 Best Returning TV Shows of 2024 So Far
These are the beloved small-screen favourites to say "yes chef!" to, sleuth along with and giggle with — and get catchy songs stuck in your head from, too.
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NewsThe 15 Best Films of 2024 So Far
The best movies from 2024's first half include a meditative trip to Tokyo, a scorching neo-noir thriller, multiple Oscar-winners and a stunning robot story.
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NewsHunt For The Wilderpeople's Taika Waititi Talks Buddy Comedies and Taking On Thor
"The one thing that everyone relates to the most? Family dynamics. I don't relate to bank robbers."
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NewsFive Pieces of Homework to Do Before ACMI's SCORSESE Exhibition
Get watching, reading and cooking his mother's meatballs.
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NewsWhat the Government Doesn't Want You to See: Director Eva Orner Talks Chasing Asylum
Meet the Oscar-winning filmmaker responsible for one of the most confronting documentaries you'll see all year.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival 2016 to Open With Aussie Sci-Fi
Investigate The Death and Life of Otto Bloom.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Hunt for the Wilderpeople
See the delightful newbie from the brains behind Boy and What We Do in the Shadows.
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NewsFive Films to See at Australia's New American Indie Film Festival
There's no blockbusters or sequels to be seen at Essential Independents: American Cinema, Now.
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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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NewsSydney Film Festival's Entire Amazing 2016 Program Is Here
If you need us during June, we'll be holed up in a dark room.
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NewsHot Docs Film Festival Has Announced Its First Ever Australian Program
Get your documentary fix at this brand new Canadian import.
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NewsAustralia's Punk Documentary About West Papua Is Touring Bars Nationally
You might not have heard of PFWP, but you need to see this award-winning film.
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NewsByron Bay Film Festival Announces Virtual Reality Program
The coastal film fest is taking audience interaction to the next level.
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Five Must-See Films at the 2016 Human Rights Arts and Film Festival
Starting with "the film the Australian government doesn't want you to see".
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NewsHollywood Just Greenlit Two Uber-Themed Comedies, Is Officially Out of Good Ideas
This is just like Antz and A Bug's Life all over again.
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EventThe Jungle Giants (DJ Set) at Canadian Club's Australian Open Party
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Canadian Club Racquet Club, Melbourne
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EventMelbourne Marriott Docklands Rooftop Infinity Pool Pass
Mon, 16 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
Melbourne Marriott Hotel Docklands, Docklands
Spend your summer days sipping spritzes and paddling around this rooftop infinity pool.
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EventBaby's Summer of Spritz
Thu, 28 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
Baby Pizza, Richmond
Baby's summertime happy hour deal includes a bunch of $9.50 spritzes, $6.5 Peroni Rossas and a $7.50 house wine.
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EventUnderground: The Hidden Archive of the Warsaw Ghetto
Sun, 17 Nov 2024 - Sun, 30 Mar 2025
Melbourne Holocaust Museum, Elsternwick
This is the first time the archive has been exhibited outside of Europe.
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EventChristmas Eve Community Day at Studley Park Boathouse
Tue, 24 Dec, 2024
Studley Park Boathouse, Kew
Bring the family to the river for a day of music, crafting and Christmas fun.
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EventNGV Friday Nights: Yayoi Kusama
Fri, 20 Dec 2024 - Fri, 18 Apr 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
The NGV's big Yayoi Kusama exhibition is hosting after-hours parties so you can spend Friday evenings surrounded by dots and pumpkins.
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EventRenegades Cricket Derby
Sun, 12 Jan, 2025
Marvel Stadium, Docklands
Let the sparks fly as the Renegades Derby sees the Big Bash League reach fever pitch.
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EventDouble Shot Maggie: Irish Live Music
Sat, 7 Dec 2024 - Sat, 4 Jan 2025
The Quiet Man Irish Pub, Kensington
A night full of singing, dancing, and laughing is in store at The Quiet Man Irish Pub
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EventStars Melbourne Derby
Sat, 4 Jan, 2025
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Richmond
Experience the Stars Derby as the city’s most zealous cricket fans cheer their team to victory.
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EventThe Other Art Fair
Thu, 30 Jan - Sun, 2 Feb 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Showcasing works from emerging contemporary artists, alongside live tattooing, immersive installations and cocktails, this art fair does things a little differently.
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NewsThe Rewriters: How Director Jason Perini Went From KFC Commercials to Hollywood
Meet the Sydney director who's now casually working with Tinseltown superstars.
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NewsHow The Jungle Book Director Jon Favreau Took Disney Beyond the Bare Necessities
We chat talking animals and tracking down Bill Murray with the actor-turned-director.
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NewsCinemas in Melbourne and Sydney Are Screening Purple Rain in Honour of Prince
See the artist work his magic on the big screen one more time.
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NewsTrouble at 17,000 Feet: Behind the Scenes of Sherpa with Director Jennifer Peedom
We speak to the filmmaker behind one of the year's best documentaries.
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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2016 Spanish Film Festival
See some of the last year's best Spanish and Latin American cinema.
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NewsThe Rewriters: How Golden Age Cinema's Kate Jinx Made Picking Movies Her Actual Job
Not everyone has the gumption to ditch their graphic design career for a life at the movies.
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NewsFive Must-See Films at the 2016 Melbourne Queer Film Festival
Everything from heartbreaking romantic recounts to accidental murder to Lily Tomlin being awesome.
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NewsThe Witch Director Robert Eggers Talks Childhood Nightmares and Puritan Horror
Get inside the head of the first-time horror filmmaker who's getting snaps from both satanists and feminists.
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NewsThe Daughter's Simon Stone and Odessa Young on Shaking Up Typical Aussie Movies
Why would an Aussie director adapt a 19th century Norwegian classic — again?
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NewsThis New Streaming Service Wants to Bring New Release Movies to Your Living Room
Watch Hollywood blockbusters from the comfort of your couch the same day they hit cinemas.
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NewsIs Louis Theroux Gearing Up for an Australian Documentary?
The acclaimed BBC filmmaker has the outback in his sights.
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NewsTen Films from SXSW We're Hoping Will Come to Australia
Richard Linklater's latest, the awaited Slenderman doco, and the Farsi answer to The Babadook.
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GuideConcrete Playground's Reviews of the 2016 Oscar Winners
The Academy Award-winning films you really need to see right now.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival 2016
See the cream of Cannes Down Under.
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NewsA Martin Scorsese Exhibition Is Coming to Australia
Revisit the taxi drivers, goodfellas and wolf-like stockbrokers of the movie master's 60-year career.
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NewsCanada's Hot Docs Film Festival Is Coming to Australia
Factual film fanatics, here's another festival to feed on.
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NewsWin Tickets to a Special Preview Screening of Triple 9
Join a huge Hollywood cast for a cops and robbers crime thriller by Australian director John Hillcoat.
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NewsLocal Theatre Is Coming to a Cinema Near You Thanks to Australian National Theatre Live
Australia's best theatre companies light up the silver screen.
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NewsAmerican Rape on Campus Documentary to be Shown In Australian Universities
One of the most confronting films you'll see all year.
