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NewsNew After-Dark Lights Festival Rialto Aglow Will Illuminate Melbourne This Winter
This free, ten-day festival is bringing interactive light installations, large-scale projection artwork and live entertainment to Rialto Piazza.
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NewsSolange Is Returning to Australia for a Huge New Festival at the Art Gallery of New South Wales
Volume will celebrate music, film and performance, with Sampa The Great, Mount Eerie and Sonya Holowell also on the lineup.
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NewsAaron Falk's Next Case Is Here: 'The Dry' Sequel 'Force of Nature' Just Dropped Its Full Trailer
Eric Bana returns as the Australian detective, this time searching for Anna Torv as a missing hiker.
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News'Kraven the Hunter' Is the Latest 'Spider-Man' Spinoff About a Marvel Supervillain — and It Has a Trailer
Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays the big-game hunter in the latest film in Sony's 'Spider-Man' Universe, following the two 'Venom' movies and 'Morbius'.
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NewsSpacey Jane, The Wombats, Hayden James and Vanessa Amorosi Are Headlining Grapevine Gathering 2023
The wine-fuelled music festival will also feature King Stingray, Cannons, The Rions, Teenage Joans and Bella Amor on its five-stop tour in October.
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NewsA Massive Marilyn Monroe Exhibition Featuring More Than 200 Artefacts Is Coming to Australia
Sydney Town Hall will host this tribute to the iconic Hollywood star, which heads Down Under for the first time.
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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 Right Now 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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NewsTwelve Films and TV Shows You Need to Stream in June
Spend your couch time watching the delicious return of 'The Bear', Glen Powell playing a fake hitman and Lily Gladstone's latest excellent performance.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in June That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with the Sydney-shot action antics of 'The Fall Guy', a heartbreaking Oscar-nominated animated gem and the love-triangle games of 'Challengers'.
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GuideTwelve of the Best RISING 2024 Events That Will Help You Get Out of the House This Winter
RISING 2024's most-exciting events include an absurdist dinner party, a massive festival within the festival and a heap of different one-off parties.
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NewsDisney+ Will Serve Up 'The Bear' Season Two (and More Sandwich Cravings) Down Under in July
Australian and NZ audiences will have to wait a month longer than US viewers to enjoy the hit series' ten-episode return.
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NewsFrom the Seven Kingdoms' Strongest Man to Embracing Vulnerability: Ryan Corr Chats 'House of the Dragon' and 'In Limbo'
In 2022, Ryan Corr entered the 'Game of Thrones' realm. This year, he's palling around with a ghost in a dramedy about mental health.
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NewsMoroccan Documentary 'The Mother of All Lies' Just Received the 2023 Sydney Film Festival Prize
Exploring Morocco's 1981 Bread Riots using doll-like figures, this Cannes Un Certain Regard Best Director-winner just nabbed SFF's biggest award.
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NewsThe Fifth and Final Season of 'Stranger Things' Just Nabbed a Huge New Star: Linda Hamilton
The 'Terminator' great is heading to the Upside Down, joining Netflix's huge sci-fi hit for its last batch of episodes.
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NewsNetflix Just Revealed Who'll Be Playing 'Squid Game' Season Two — and Dropped a Peek at the IRL Version
Green light: more of this South Korean hit is on its way, and so is an IRL game-show version.
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NewsTV Best's Vampires Are Back: 'What We Do in the Shadows' Just Dropped Its Season Five Trailer
This undead comedy saga started with Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement's movie — and this US TV spinoff is just as hilarious.
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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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NewsDemonic Teddy Bears, 36-Hour Raves and Mulled Negronis: Seven Standouts From Week One of Dark Mofo 2023
Couldn't make it to week one of Hobart's boundary-pushing winter festival? Here's what you missed.
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NewsEight New Movies You Can Watch in June That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Get comfy on the couch with the 'John Wick' franchise's latest balletic battles, Ari Aster's new nightmare and a sublime South Korean drama.
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News'Black Mirror' Still Knows How to Chill, Thrill, Twist and Surprise in Its Must-Binge Sixth Season
Charlie Brooker's dystopian hit is back with five new nightmares, all pondering humanity's worst impulses and instincts.
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News'Good Omens' Is Bringing Its Divine Chaos Back to Your Streaming Queue for Season Two in July
Michael Sheen plays an angel, David Tennant is a demon and Jon Hamm is the archangel Gabriel in this fantasy series, which is based on Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman's book.
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News2023's Vibrant Fleet of First Peoples-Designed Art Trams Has Started Rolling Around Melbourne
Six First Nations artists have decked out six trams, all responding to the theme ‘Blak futurism'.
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NewsRoman Coppola Is Coming to Australia to Headline Melbourne's Semi Permanent Spinoff Never Permanent
Just as Wes Anderson's 'Asteroid City' hits cinemas — which he co-wrote — the filmmaker will do his first-ever keynote talk in Australia.
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Event'Jurassic World': The Exhibition
Fri, 2 Aug - Mon, 28 Oct 2024
Fever Exhibition Hall, Brunswick
This exhibition filled with life-sized, lifelike creatures is your latest excuse to indulge your dinosaur obsession in Melbourne.
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EventHear My Eyes: 'Wake in Fright'
Fri, 16 Aug, 2024
Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
In its all of its newly restored 4K glory, this iconic Australian thriller is getting the Hear My Eyes treatment with Surprise Chef providing a new soundtrack.
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EventAccidentally Wes Anderson: The Exhibition
Wed, 18 Sep - Sun, 3 Nov 2024
360 Bourke Street, Melbourne, Melbourne
Bringing the Instagram feed to the IRL realm, this symmetry-loving exhibition is making its Australian debut in Melbourne.
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EventBen Schwartz & Friends
Sun, 4 May, 2025
Hamer Hall, Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
The 'Parks and Recreation' and 'The Afterparty' star is bringing his live improv show to Melbourne.
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EventOktoberfest in the Gardens
Sat, 12 Oct, 2024
Catani Gardens, St Kilda West
This big Bavarian celebration is bringing its steins, schnitties, schnapps and strudels to Catani Gardens.
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EventPinot Palooza
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 23 Nov 2024
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
Red wine fans, rejoice: this vino festival is showcasing up to 100 wineries over two spring days at the Royal Exhibition Building.
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EventIn a Violent Nature
Thu, 1 Aug - Wed, 21 Aug 2024
Various cinemas in Melbourne
Even if think you’ve caught every twist on killer-in-the-woods flicks, you haven't watched one as stunningly executed as this gorefest before.
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EventAperitivo Nights at Lollo
Tue, 30 Jul - Thu, 28 Nov 2024
Lollo at W Melbourne, Melbourne
You can score $2 oysters on Tuesdays, cheap margarita cocktails and margherita pizzas on Wednesdays, and discounted hot wings and beers on Thursdays.
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EventCollectFest Melbourne
Sat, 5 Jul - Sun, 6 Jul 2025
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, South Wharf
Marvel at some epic collections (or add to your own) at this huge convention.
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NewsAliens, Putting Earth on Trial and an Out-of-This-World Adventure: They're All in Pixar's 'Elio' Trailer
A kid pretends to be the leader of earth in the animation studio's next film, which hits cinemas in February 2024.
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NewsDocklands' After-Dark Arts Festival Firelight Will Return for Three Fire-Filled Nights This Winter
This annual event is firing up for its biggest installation ever, with flaming sculptures, light installations and a giant inflatable mushroom.
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NewsThe Latest Trailer for A24's Next Unsettling Horror Flick 'Talk to Me' Is Here to Give You Nightmares
This Australian nerve-shredder is all about conjuring up spirits using an embalmed hand — and it hits cinemas in July.
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NewsArts Centre Melbourne's New Tix at 12 Initiative Slings Discounted Tickets for 12 Hours Every Tuesday
The Tix at 12 initiative runs from midday–midnight each Tuesday, offering 50-percent off some shows and $40 tickets to others.
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NewsDark Mofo Is Broadcasting Max Richter's 'SLEEP' Live So You Can Slumber to Its Eight-Hour Lullaby From Home
The neuroscience of sleep informs this massive overnight performance, which has previously played the Sydney Opera House, Philharmonie de Paris and more.
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NewsA Supernatural Sitcom and a Meaningful Exploration of Mental Health: That's Ryan Corr-Led Comedy 'In Limbo'
Also starring Bob Morley, this six-part Australian dramedy is thoughtful, weighty, funny and exceptionally well-cast.
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NewsWin a Spectacular Night Out in Melbourne Complete with '& Juliet' Tickets, Hotel Stay, Drinks and Dinner
We've got theatre tickets, pre-show drinks, dinner and a one-night stay in the city to give away to one reader and their lucky plus-one.
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NewsEmma Stone Makes a Stunning Frankenstein's Monster in the New Trailer for Yorgos Lanthimos' 'Poor Things'
You haven't seen a riff on Mary Shelley's gothic-horror classic like this before.
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NewsPedro Almodóvar's 'Strange Way of Life' Will Make Its Australian Premiere at Sydney Film Festival 2023
Ethan Hawke and Pedro Pascal star in this 30-minute queer western, which heads Down Under straight from premiering at Cannes.
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NewsNow Open: A World-Premiere Pierre Bonnard Exhibition in Collaboration with the Musée d'Orsay Has Hit the NGV
More than 100 of the iconic French artist's works are now on display at this blockbuster showcase, accompanied by scenography by architect India Mahdavi.
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NewsHamer Hall Will Light Up with First Peoples' Art and Spirit Stories This Month
Hamer Hall will be illuminated with a huge, large-scale projection piece which will tell First Peoples' spirit stories.
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NewsCP Picks: How to Have the Weirdest and Wildest Dark Mofo 2023 If You're a Last-Minute Planner
If ever there's an arts festival that's all about embracing the unexpected, revelling in the moment and making last-minute plans, it's this one.
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NewsThe New Trailer for Henry Cavill's Final Season of 'The Witcher' Teases a Dark and Menacing Future
Toss a coin to this latest look at Netflix's big fantasy series, which arrives in two parts this winter.
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NewsDisney+'s Next Big 'Star Wars' Series 'Ahsoka' Will Hit Your Streaming Queue in August
Jedi Ahsoka Tano gets her own series starring Rosario Dawson in this spinoff from 'The Mandalorian'.
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NewsThe Trailer for 'The Afterparty' Season Two Teases a Brand-New Murder-Mystery — This Time at a Wedding
The Apple TV+ series will return with more comedic sleuthing in July, with Tiffany Haddish, Sam Richardson and Zoe Chao back from season one.
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Save the Date: Grapevine Gathering Will Bring Its Live Tunes to Five Australian Vineyards This October
The lineup hasn't dropped yet, but this wine-fuelled music festival has just confirmed its spring 2023 dates.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Has Unveiled the Next 20 Must-See Titles on Its 2023 Lineup
Hugo Weaving, Michael Cera, a satire about BlackBerry's rise and fall, documentaries about vinyl cover art and the Australian Open: they're all on MIFF's program in 2023.
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NewsAustralia's Museum of Underwater Art Off Townsville Just Scored an Impressive New Snorkel Trail
Located on the John Brewer Reef, 'Ocean Sentinels' features eight sculptures modelled after marine scientists and conservationists.
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NewsCate Blanchett Plays a Renegade Nun in the Trailer for Warwick Thornton's 'The New Boy'
The latest film from the 'Samson & Delilah' and 'Sweet Country' filmmaker premiered at Cannes, opens this year's Sydney Film Festival, then hits cinemas nationwide.
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NewsA Replica of Carrie Bradshaw's 'Sex and the City' Apartment Stoop Is Popping Up in Melbourne
And just like that, you can pretend you're hanging out in New York City — without leaving Australia.
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NewsSigourney Weaver-Led Australian Drama 'The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart' Just Dropped Its First Trailer
This seven-episode adaptation of Aussie author Holly Ringland's 2018 novel hits Prime Video in August.
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NewsSydney Film Festival Just Boosted Its Lineup with 2023's Palme d'Or-Winner and More Cannes Titles
Nine new movies have been added to this year's SFF program, including Cannes Palme d'Or-winner 'Anatomy of a Fall'.
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GuideEmbrace the Indoors: Ten Activities in Melbourne's Inner South for When the Weather Isn't Cooperating
Rug up and be entertained this winter whether you're looking for ideal coffee spots in Albert Park or hot yoga in St Kilda.
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NewsBubble, Bubble, 'Hocus Pocus 3' Is Officially on the Way with More Enchanted Trouble
After 2022's 'Hocus Pocus 2' proved such a hit, of course Disney is letting this witchy franchise run amok, amok, amok again.
