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NewsWin Tickets to See The Way, Way Back
See one of the most beautiful comedies of the year for free.
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NewsConcrete Playground Runs the Tan Ultra
Our arts and lifestyle writer Hilary Simmons goes from aesthete to athlete.
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
We've made your weekend playlist for you so that you can spend more time enjoying yourself.
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NewsGet Helados Jauja Delivered to Your Door For One Day Only
The ice cream gods have answered our delicious and lazy prayers all at once.
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NewsChic with Nile Rodgers Confirmed to Headline Meredith, Opera House
Chic will get the crowd grooving at the Meredith Supernatural Theatre with their epoch-defining tunes.
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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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NewsThe 15 Best New TV Shows of 2024 So Far
From gloriously surreal comedies and unforgettable true tales to stunning remakes and savvy sci-fi mysteries, 2024 has been filled with new small-screen highlights.
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NewsGhostly Dresses Photographed Underwater
A 1000 litre pool, inner-city backyard and theatrical garments combine.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Before Midnight
Walking and talking is an art form for one of cinema's best known couples.
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NewsThe Artists of ‘At First Sight’ Explain the Love of Vinyl
Those imprinted on vinyl records reflect on society's romance with the medium.
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
Whatever you're doing this weekend, you're going to need a killer soundtrack. This is that soundtrack.
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NewsThe Ten Best French Restaurants for Bastille Day
Compiled here is a list of Sydney's best and most fun French. Carpe diem at one of them this weekend.
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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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NewsThe Dissolve Just Raised the Film Discussion Bar on the Internet
The newest jargon-free online haven for cinephile conversation.
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NewsTavi Gevinson Is Speaking in Sydney and Melbourne
Tavi, child empress of fashion writing, comes to Sydney and Melbourne.
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NewsThe Five Best Political Memes from Around the World
LOLcats have mutated into a medium that netizens use as a form of political expression.
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NewsWin Tickets to We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks
It fast becomes apparent how little you know of an organisation dedicated to transparency.
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NewsUniversal’s New Funhouse Is a Cabin in the Woods
Covering your eyes in the tense bits won't help you out of this one.
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NewsArts House Opens Door to Season Two
Fire, murder, fight clubs and a semi-sci-fi take on online journalism feature in the cutting-edge season 2.0.
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EventMinistry of Sound: Testament
Sat, 12 Apr 2025
The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne
Ministry of Sound's massive 90s and 00s parties are returning to Melbourne with Roger Sanchez, Felix Da Housecat, Utah Saints and more.
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EventState Rose and Garden Show
Sat, 9 Nov - Sun, 10 Nov 2024
Victoria State Rose Garden, Werribee South
Wander through 5000 blooming roses, stock up on new plants (and tips) and sip prosecco among the flowers.
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EventVillage Feast
Sun, 10 Nov, 2024
East Brunswick Village, Brunswick East
Expect DJ sets from Triple R’s Small Fry as well as food and drinks from Rumi, The Rocket Society, Bride Road Brewers and FoMo Cinemas.
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EventWoodford Reserve Old Fashioned Week
Fri, 1 Nov - Sat, 30 Nov 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
Snag a sip of a cocktail classic without spending a cent this November at these participating bars.
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EventInto The Vines: Gulp Fiction
Thu, 28 Nov, 2024
The Rochester Hotel, Fitzroy
Consider this mini wine festival the ultimate Thursday night knock-off, preparing you for the slow descent into silly season.
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EventUpstairs @ The Rochey
Multiple single dates
The Rochester Hotel, Fitzroy
The Rochey is hosting intimate electronic gigs every Saturday night in its upstairs bandroom.
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EventVan Gogh at The Lume
Thu, 26 Dec 2024 - Mon, 31 Mar 2025
THE LUME Melbourne, South Wharf
Sunflowers, stars and a sublime multi-sensory experience: you'll find them all at this immersive and stunning exhibition.
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EventFrench Impressionism
Fri, 6 Jun - Sun, 5 Oct 2025
NGV International, Melbourne
After its 2021 season was cut short due to the pandemic, this stunning exhibition is returning to NGV International with 100-plus iconic paintings.
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EventApéritif v Aperitivo Arvos at Molly Rose Brewery
Wed, 16 Oct 2024 - Fri, 31 Jan 2025
Molly Rose Brewery, Collingwood
Sample Molly Rose's new small-batch gins, pastis, vodkas and vermouths at its aperitivo sessions and masterclasses.
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EventMelbourne Queer Film Festival
Thu, 14 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
This year's MQFF boasts a 42-feature lineup stacked with LGBTQIA+ must-sees — and a celebration of music videos.
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NewsHarvest Cultivates a Killer Lineup
'A civilised gathering' for those disinclined to battle the marauding hordes at some of the larger summer festivals.
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NewsThe Top Five Leadership Spills on Screen
See how Australian politics compares to famous spills on screen.
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NewsSpend an Evening with David Sedaris on New Tour
You know you wanna hear David Sedaris read his insightful, satirical, real-life stories aloud.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Russian Resurrection Film Festival
For cinephiles, Russophiles and anyone who just wants to watch something a little unexpected.
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NewsHipsters at the Gate: Greek Agora Classics get a Wardrobe Update
Ever wondered what the Ancient Greeks might look like in 2013? Wonder no more.
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News‘A Bricolage of Shit': The Act of Killing’s New Take on Documentary and Genocide
The Act of Killing has been the talk of Sydney Film Festival. Director Joshua Oppenheimer tells how his astonishing documentary came together.
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NewsNew York Introduces Bill to Regulate 3D Printed Guns
How do you stop someone from printing their own gun in an instant?
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NewsThe Top 5 Tracks to Hear This Weekend
There you are with two perfectly good ears and nothing to do.
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NewsPoetic Photography that Visualises Haikus
Rina Vukobratovic gives her childhood haikus a new, photographic life.
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NewsSand Hill Road’s Secrets to Making the Perfect Pub
Matt Mullins shares the blueprint for what makes redesigned pubs like The Prahran Hotel work.
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NewsPoet and Hacker Bravo Child Shows What Artists Can Do at a Hackfest
The host of Memebrain explains why he wants artists to turn up to his hackfest.
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NewsReimagining How to Build Cities on a Human Scale
Andreas Dalsgaard, director of The Human Scale, explains how we address the contradictions of contemporary cities.
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NewsWhat If Game of Thrones Happened in the 1990s?
Ever wondered what Game of Thrones would be like if the claimants of Westeros were fighting to sit atop a beanbag?
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NewsGet Your Art on a Tram (Legally)
Melbourne Art Trams will gussy up eight trams with bold works.
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NewsWin Tickets to the Premiere of The Internship
Step inside the world of Google, alongside two tech noobs.
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks To Hear This Weekend
Happy almost the weekend day. Here is a musical gift for this momentous occasion.
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NewsFive Reasons We’d Believe Anything About Tilda Swinton
She lives on another planet, and it's one we're dying to visit.
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NewsForever Now Will Launch Your Ideas Into Outer Space, Really
And digital democracy will determine the message we send to our alien buddies.
