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NewsCalling All Nordic Cinema Fans: Australia's Scandinavian Film Festival Has Dropped Its 2022 Lineup
This year's festival will feature 19 new and classic films, primarily hailing from Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From June 23
Head to the flicks to see Baz Luhrmann's Elvis biopic, a supremely naked New Zealand comedy and a grand French drama.
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NewsThe King of Australian Cinema Takes on the King of Rock 'n' Roll: Baz Luhrmann Talks 'Elvis'
The ‘Moulin Rouge!’ and 'The Great Gatsby' filmmaker wasn’t going to make his Elvis Presley biopic unless he found the right star — and then came Austin Butler.
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NewsStart Your Engines: 'RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under' Will Return for Its Second Season in July
Another lineup of Australian and New Zealand drag queens will sashay into your streaming queue from Saturday, July 30.
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NewsNetflix Just Dropped the Explosive Full Trailer for the Rest of 'Stranger Things' Season Four
"Your friends are not prepared for this fight. Hawkins will fall."
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NewsThese Six New Artist-Curated Music Playlists Are Inspired by Different Victorian Regions
Soundtrack your travels with song selections curated by homegrown acts like Alice Skye, Evelyn Ida Morris and Benny Walker.
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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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NewsJodie Comer's West End Debut 'Prima Facie' Is Being Beamed Into Australian Cinemas Thanks to NT Live
The 'Killing Eve' star plays a brilliant young barrister in this scorching one-woman play, which'll screen in cinemas Down Under in July.
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NewsThe New 'Westworld' Season Four Trailer Will Get You Questioning the Nature of Your Own Reality
"We're not here to transcend, we're here to destroy."
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NewsBilly Joel Is Coming to Australia This Summer Just for One Huge Concert at the MCG
The Piano Man is heading Down Under to play one show in Melbourne, featuring everything from 'Uptown Girl' to 'We Didn't Start the Fire'.
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NewsEighteen New Movies You Can Watch in June That Have Been Fast-Tracked From Cinemas to Streaming
Escape the winter cold with Sandra Bullock’s latest rom-com, Nicolas Cage playing Nicolas Cage and a haunting sci-fi drama about androids — all from your couch.
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NewsYou Can Currently Wander Through a 700-Square-Metre Kaleidoscope Outside Arts Centre Melbourne
After 'House of Mirrors' and '1000 Doors', installation artist Keith Courtney now wants you to mosey through a huge expanse of glass, steel, mirrors and moving prisms that resembles a human-sized kaleidoscope.
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NewsThe Aboriginal Flag Will Fly Permanently on the Sydney Harbour Bridge by the End of 2022
The New South Wales Government will commit $25 million in the 2022–23 NSW budget to installing a third flagpole atop the bridge before the year is out.
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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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NewsAcclaimed Belgian Drama 'Close' Has Just Won the 2022 Sydney Film Festival Prize
Fresh from nabbing the Grand Prix at this year's Cannes Film Festival, Lukas Dhont's sophomore feature about a teenage friendship has picked up SFF's biggest award.
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NewsHBO Has Renewed Rose Matafeo's Delightful Rom-Com Sitcom 'Starstruck' for a Third Season
The charming 'Notting Hill'-style series will return for another round of smartly updated and subverted romantic comedy tropes.
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NewsThirteen Weird, Wild and Wonderful Nicolas Cage Double Features to Stream
One actor, 26 films and so many facial expressions — this is the movie marathon you didn’t know you needed.
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NewsIt Looks Like HBO Might Be Making a New 'Game of Thrones' Sequel Series About Jon Snow
Now you know something: Kit Harington is reported to be returning to his most famous role.
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NewsBill Hader's 'Barry' Is the One of Most Gripping Shows on TV — and It Just Keeps Getting Better
Even more phenomenal than its first two seasons, the hit HBO show’s third batch of episodes is available to stream in full now.
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NewsNetflix Is Turning Stage Hit 'Matilda the Musical' Into a Movie — and Here's the First Trailer
Roald Dahl's beloved story leaps from the page and stage back to the screen, with Emma Thompson as the villainous Miss Trunchbull.
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EventTogether for Lebanon Fundraiser
Sun, 8 Dec, 2024
Abla's, Carlton
Abla’s, A1 Bakery, Alimentari, Larderfresh and Linden Cook are joining forces to raise money for people in Lebanon.
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EventRhys Darby: The Legend Returns
Tue, 8 Apr - Sun, 13 Apr 2025
Athenaeum Theatre, Melbourne
The New Zealand comedian is bringing his first stand-up show in almost a decade to Melbourne.
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EventThe Lord of the Rings — A Musical Tale
Sat, 26 Apr - Fri, 30 May 2025
Comedy Theatre, Melbourne
The musical version of JRR Tolkien's classic is taking the hobbits to Melbourne's Comedy Theatre.
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EventLego 'Star Wars': The Exhibition
Sun, 4 May 2025 - Mon, 26 Jan 2026
Melbourne Museum, Carlton
Australia's world-first Lego 'Star Wars' exhibition is soaring into Melbourne in 2025 — from May the fourth, of course.
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EventThis Never Happened Presents
Fri, 17 Jan, 2025
170 Russell, Melbourne
Dance Music record label This Never Happened is back for another Melbourne party that won't allow phones.
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EventThe Rose Street Market
Sat, 23 Nov - Sun, 24 Nov 2024
Rose Street Artist's Market, Fitzroy
Fitzroy's weekly artisan design and art market is a must-hit if you're up for some weekend shopping and wandering.
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EventThe Fitzroy Mills Market
Mon, 25 Nov, 2024
The Fitzroy Mills, Fitzroy
This much-loved Fitzroy market showcases a top selection of local food producers an makers each Saturday.
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EventEtta's Summer Seafood Towers
Fri, 22 Nov - Sat, 21 Dec 2024
Etta, Brunswick East
This incredible wine bar and restaurant is serving decadent seafood towers for just $75 per person every Friday and Saturday afternoon.
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EventPortsea Hotel's Summer Music Series
Multiple single dates
Portsea Hotel, Portsea
The Presets, Jake Webb, Darley and DJ Levi will be playing waterfront gigs this summer at Portsea Hotel.
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EventLong Live Longnecks at BANG
Wed, 20 Nov 2024 - Fri, 28 Feb 2025
BANG at The StandardX, Fitzroy
You can get two-for-one Melbourne Bitter Longnecks and $1 homemade dumplings during this happy hour deal.
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NewsHarry Styles Navigates a Love Triangle in the Teaser for 'Carol'-Style Period Drama 'My Policeman'
The former One Direction member has two new movies hitting screens before 2022 is out, both set in the 1950s.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From June 16
Head to the flicks to see Pixar's new Buzz Lightyear-focused 'Toy Story' spinoff and the new eerie film from 'Ex Machina' filmmaker Alex Garland.
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NewsHear My Eyes Is Bringing Aussie Classic 'Chopper' Back to the Big Screen with an All-New Live Score
Catch the Eric Bana-starring gem at this year's Melbourne International Film Festival — and then at Sydney's City Recital Hall.
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NewsEveryone's a Person of Interest in the Latest 'Only Murders in the Building' Season Two Trailer
Murder-mystery fans, rejoice — it’s almost time to get sleuthing again.
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NewsTISM, Bring Me the Horizon, The Amity Affliction, NOFX and Millencolin Lead Good Things' 2022 Lineup
Aussie legends TISM will play their first live gigs in 19 years when Good Times heads to Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane this summer.
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NewsNetflix Has Greenlit a 'Squid Game' Reality Competition TV Show Because Of Course It Has
Making the hit South Korean thriller a reality — without the murder — 'Squid Game: The Challenge' will see 456 players compete to win $4.56 million.
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NewsBlessed Be the Dystopian Dramas: 'The Handmaid's Tale' Will Drop Its Fifth Season This Spring
The Emmy-winning Elisabeth Moss-starring series will return mid-September, stepping back into June's life after season four's climactic events.
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News'The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent' and Its Nic Cage Chaos Has Been Fast-Tracked to Digital
Spend your next at-home movie night watching Nicolas Cage play Nicolas Cage.
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NewsDocklands' After-Dark Arts Festival Firelight Returns for Three Fire-Filled Nights This July
After a two-year hiatus, this program of flaming sculptures, light installations and wintry fare is firing up the inner-city precinct once more.
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News'Star Wars' Just Topped the ABC Classic 100 Countdown of the Best Film, TV and Game Scores
The force was strong with this countdown — and you've now got 100 iconic soundtracks to listen to.
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NewsGreen Light: Netflix Just Dropped the First Teaser Trailer for 'Squid Game' Season Two
Creator Hwang Dong-hyuk has confirmed that Seong Gi-hun will be back for 'Squid Game' season two — and so will the Front Man.
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NewsThese Australian Icons Are Turning 90 This Year — Here's How They've Made a Lasting Impact
A boot brand, a broadcaster and a big ol' bridge — say three cheers to this lot for reaching the big 9-0 in 2022.
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NewsHBO's Brilliant New Meta Miniseries 'Irma Vep' Is a Bold Film-to-TV Remake About a Film-to-TV Remake
Instantly one of 2022’s best new shows, this smart and savvy eight-part film-industry satire stars Alicia Vikander as a huge Hollywood actor making a new series in France.
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NewsDisney+'s 'Ms Marvel' Loves the MCU More Than You — and It's a Whole Lot of Infectiously Joyous Fun
Marvel’s first Muslim superhero headlines an engaging and entertaining coming-of-age streaming series — the MCU's seventh in 18 months — that’s steeped in fandom.
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News"You Can't Stop This Now": Here's Your First Sneak Peek at 'Stranger Things' Season Four Volume Two
Netflix won't drop the last two episodes in 'Stranger Things' season four until July 1 — but it has just released a first teaser trailer.
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NewsCreepy Clouds Are Just the Beginning in the Full Trailer for Jordan Peele's New Horror Epic 'Nope'
The 'Get Out' and 'Us' filmmaker is back with another eerie thriller that'll have you looking up.
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NewsWe Bet You'll Look Good on the Dance Floor at Arctic Monkeys' Big 2023 Aussie Outdoor Gigs
Sheffield's finest are returning Down Under for Falls Festival and Lost Paradise — and they've just added standalone gigs in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From June 9
Head to the flicks to see the latest entry in the 'Jurassic' franchise, or the new masterpiece by Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi.
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NewsDwayne Johnson Gets Superpowers (and Joins Another Franchise) in the First 'Black Adam' Trailer
In the latest entry in the DC Extended Universe — and a spinoff from 'Shazam!' — The Rock plays an ancient prisoner turned god.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Has Revealed the First 33 Movies From Its Huge 2022 Lineup
MIFF will celebrate its 70th fest with almost a month of impressive titles, expanded screenings in suburban cinemas and the return of its online program.
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NewsThe Silo Art Trail Has Just Scored a New Two-Part Mural in Horsham
A portrait of a Wotjobaluk warrior by street artist Smug is the latest work to grace the outdoor gallery.
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News'A League of Their Own' Has Been Turned Into a TV Series Starring Abbi Jacobson and Nick Offerman
There's no crying in baseball, again — with 'Broad City' star Abbi Jacobson also co-creating this TV remake of the classic 90s flick.
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NewsAfter-Dark Arts Festival WinterWild Will Return to Illuminate Apollo Bay This Winter
This year, the Otway Coast's eclectic celebration will feature community seafood feasts, bonfire productions, tunes by Cash Savage and The Last Drinks, and stacks more.
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NewsNetflix Has Just Dropped a New Trailer for Its Huge Page-to-Screen Fantasy Series 'The Sandman'
Based on Neil Gaiman's graphic novels, the series will follow a being called Dream — who is also the king of dreams.
