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NewsDanny Boyle's Making a Trainspotting Sequel with the Original Cast
This time, he's taking on amateur porn — but don't expect 50 Shades of Grey.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Straight Outta Compton
Watch the meteoric rise of one of hip hop's most iconic groups.
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NewsThe Best, Worst and Weirdest of the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival
Separating the good from the bad from the ugly.
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NewsThe Ten Best Retro Film Programs in Melbourne
See an old classic the way it's meant to be seen.
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NewsFight Club as a Rock Opera? It's Actually Happening
Chuck Palahniuk, David Fincher and Trent Reznor are apparently all on board.
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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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NewsThe Ten Must See Films at the 2015 Melbourne International Film Festival
Thrillers, award winners and movies at a 90 degree angle.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Unveils Full 2015 Program
Frances Ha fans, you'll love this closing night.
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NewsThe Lido to Add New Flavour to Melbourne's Cinema Scene
Rooftop cinema, a 'hidden' jazz room and Huxtaburger are all part of the picture at the Lido.
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NewsThe Best, Worst and Weirdest Movies of the Sydney Film Festival 2015
Here's what left our mouths agape, for one reason or another.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Adds 26 New Titles from Cannes
Gaspar Noe's 3D sex scenes are headed this way.
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Watch Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard in the First Macbeth Trailer
Australian director Justin Kurzel's highly anticipated follow-up to Snowtown.
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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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NewsSee Studio Ghibli's Spirited Away as an 8-Bit Video Game
Hayao Miyazaki's beloved film, as an adorable platform adventure.
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Melbourne International Film Festival Reveals First Lineup for 2015
Sundance smashes, Jason Segel taking on David Foster Wallace and Neil Armfield’s hotly-anticipated adaptation of 'Holding the Man'.
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NewsWhat to Expect from the Newly Resurrected Astor Theatre
Newly appointed general manager Zak Hepburn talks us through Palace's plans.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Wild Tales
Six people are driven to the verge of a nervous breakdown in this twisted tour de force.
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NewsWatch the First Trailer for New Parks and Rec-Style Muppets Show
Muppets in mockumentary format. Would watch.
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NewsWes Anderson Designed a Cafe That Looks Like One of His Movie Sets
You'd better believe it's kitschy as blazes.
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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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EventThe MSO's Sidney Myer Free Concerts
Sat, 15 Feb and
Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne
One of Melbourne's summertime traditions is back — and if you can't make it along in-person, they're also being broadcast live.
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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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NewsThis Trailer for Studio Ghibli's Final Film Has Already Broken Our Hearts
Catch a glimpse of When Marnie Was There, Ghibli's last feature.
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NewsWin Tickets to Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter
The loneliness of the superfan is poetically told through the story of Kumiko and her quest for Fargo's buried money.
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NewsFive New Reasons to Have High Hopes for Jurassic World
The Jurassic World trailer has taught us a lot about the made-up new dinosaur, Indominus (yes, Indominus).
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NewsWin Tickets to See Banksy Does New York
See the adult scavenger hunt that swept through New York's art scene.
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NewsThe STD Ghost, Pubertal Werewolves and the History of Sex in Horror Movies
Worth your time: the new movie whose protagonist is haunted by an anthropomorphised STD.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Mommy by Filmmaker Xavier Dolan
The Quebecois wunderkind has taken out the Cannes Jury Prize at 26.
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NewsShould You Switch to Australian Netflix?
There are some Netflix shows we're slapping down our $8.99 for immediately. And then there are some glaring omissions.
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NewsFive Reasons to Tune in to World Movies Uncut
World Movies is the only station in Australia allowed to show R18+ films, and they're taking full advantage of it.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Chris Rock's Top Five
A hilarious reminder of just how good Chris Rock can be.
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NewsTim Burton to Direct Live Action Dumbo Remake
Dancing pink elephants and creepy circuses — classic Burton.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Chappie
For everyone who fell for the heart-rendingly emotive Beymax, here's a new robot to love.
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NewsFive Pieces of David Lynch Homework to Do Before GOMA's Between Two Worlds
Apart from the most influential TV show of all time, he's made a littering PSA, music, comic strips and his own coffee blend. Get acquainted.
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NewsOscar-Winning Documentary Citizenfour Was Streaming Online Free — But Not Legally
Sit in on the Snowden chats that changed everything.
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NewsFlight Facilities Make Their 'Weapon of Choice' Sam Rockwell for New Video
Sam Rockwell tries his hand at a Christopher Walken.
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NewsFive Films to See at the Alliance Francaise French Film Festival
Lea Seydoux and Vincent Cassel as Beauty and the Beast? Yes please.
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NewsCould Richard Linklater Be Considering a Boyhood Sequel?
Poor Ellar Coltrane thought he was out of the water.
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NewsGet Sloshed with the Stars: The Oscars 2015 Drinking Game
Nothing spices up the Oscars like a relentless, unforgiving drinking game.
