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NewsStudio Ghibli's New Movie 'Earwig and The Witch' Will Hit Australian Cinemas in 2021
It's the Japanese animation house's first completely CGI movie — and it's directed by Goro Miyazaki, son of Hayao Miyazaki.
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NewsSBS's Soothing New Doco Series Gets Famous Actors to Narrate Everything From Nature to Noodles
'A World of Calm' is based on the popular Calm app, and features the voices of Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba, Oscar Isaac and Nicole Kidman.
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NewsNicolas Cage Screams Expletives In the Full Trailer for Netflix's 'History of Swear Words'
It hits the streaming platform in January.
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NewsThe 'Black Mirror' Team Has Made a Netflix Special Satirising 2020 and It Now Has a Trailer
'Death to 2020' stars everyone from Samuel L Jackson and Hugh Grant to Lisa Kudrow and Leslie Jones.
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FeatureConcrete Streaming Queue
The past year might’ve made us all feel otherwise, but there is always something great to watch if you know where to look.
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NewsTen Songs You May Have Missed in 2020 But Can Listen to On Repeat Over Summer
Refresh your summer playlist with these tracks — from feel-good hip hop to anthemic indie-rock.
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GuideSpectacular Autumn Events For Culture Vultures Seeking Their Next Fix
Make sure you add these must-do events to your Sydney culture calendar.
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NewsFrom the 'Mona Lisa' to 'Codex Atlanticus': A Look Inside The Lume's Multi-Sensory Leonardo da Vinci Exhibition
The only 360-degree exact replica of the world's most-famous enigmatic portrait, da Vinci's notebook pages, 40 of his machine inventions brought to life: they're all on display.
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GuideSix Spectacular Art Exhibitions Hitting Sydney in 2023
Famous Modern masters and significant contemporary artists from Australia and abroad are being celebrated in these unmissable exhibitions.
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GuideEight Unmissable Exhibitions to See in Melbourne This Winter
Chilly winter weather is the perfect excuse to explore a few (or many) of Melbourne's world-class art exhibitions.
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GuideSeven Vivid Sydney Highlights You Need to Add to Your Winter Calendar
With pop-up cabaret bars, thought-provoking conversations and free live music, the 2022 run of Vivid Sydney is set to shine bright.
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GuideImmersive and Impressive Blockbuster Exhibitions to Look Forward to Around Australia in 2022
Plan trips to dive into all things Disney, peer at Yayoi Kusama's finest in two different cities, scope out Picasso's best and fall in love with Elvis paraphernalia.
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GuideHow to Get Your Arts and Culture Fix in Tropical North Queensland
Explore beachfront markets, local art galleries and a tropical gin distillery.
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GuideTen Dazzling Melbourne Exhibitions to Look Forward to This Summer
From international art and iconic fashion to design commissions and immersive installations, here are the exhibitions serving up your summer cultural fix.
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GuideFive of the Best RISING Festival Events That You Can Still Get Tickets To
Prepare your diary now for supernatural winter forests and once-off food pop-ups.
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GuideSeven Immersive and Impressive Art Exhibitions to Visit Around Australia This Autumn
Plan trips to walk over giant Monet artworks, visit Van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' and explore decaying rooms filled with street art.
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NewsThe Ten Best Films of 2020
With exceptional dramas, joyous concert documentaries and horror mind-benders, 2020 wasn't lacking in excellent movies.
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News'Harry Potter and the Cursed Child' Will Resume Its Melbourne Season in 2021
Break out the butterbeer — the acclaimed play will bring its magic back to the stage in February.
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Gallery: A Look Inside the Hugely Ambitious New NGV Triennial 2020 Exhibition
The gallery is now filled with a giant octopus made from cigarette butts, floating neon artworks and a mirror-polished Jeff Koons sculpture until April 2021.
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News'The Flight Attendant' Turns Pulpy Airport Novel Twists Into a Quickly Addictive TV Thriller
Streaming’s latest turbulent mystery stars a career-best Kaley Cuoco.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at Australian Cinemas From December 17
Head to the flicks to see Margot Robbie's latest, a rom-com that's also a movie about sentient artificial intelligence and a lively music documentary.
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NewsMargaret and David Have Reunited On-Screen to Review (and Argue About) 2020
In this comedic segment for 'The Shovel, of course they disagreed about this hectic year.
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NewsThe New TV Version of Stephen King's 'The Stand' Will Start Streaming Down Under Next Month
The unsettling plague thriller takes place after a deadly super flu wipes out 99 percent of the world's population.
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NewsThe Ten Best New TV Shows of 2020
From a topical horror series and a mind-bending sci-fi thriller to an offbeat Aussie sketch comedy — and they're all available to stream.
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News'Chess the Musical' Is Coming to Australia If You Can't Stop Dreaming About Queens and Pawns
It first hit London's West End back in the 80s — and features music by ABBA's Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus.
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NewsMoonlight Cinema Has Unveiled Its Nostalgia-Filled 2021 Melbourne Program
Featuring favourites such as '10 Things I Hate About You!' and 'Notting Hill' — plus recent and new highlights as well.
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NewsMelbourne's Multi-Sensory Digital Art Gallery The Lume Is Finally Set to Open in Autumn 2021
The permanent gallery will launch with an immersive Van Gogh exhibition using moving images, music and smells.
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EventWinter Gin Market
Friday, July 26 - Saturday, July 27, 2024
The Craft & Co., Collingwood
Taste and buy some of Australia's best gins at this two-day winter showcase at Smith Street's The Craft & Co.
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Event'The Lord of the Rings' Marathon — Extended Edition
Saturday, July 27 - Sunday, July 28, 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Stock up on lembas bread to make it through all three films, back to back and in their extended forms, on the big screen.
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EventBEAST Meat Masters
Monday, July 1 - Saturday, November 30, 2024
Beast City, Melbourne
Everything served at BEAST's Meat Masters takeover series is heavy, meaty and heartburn-inducing. Bring on the food coma.
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EventA Quiet Place: Day One
Thursday, June 27 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024
Various cinemas in Melbourne
The always-excellent Lupita Nyong'o and 'Pig' writer/director Michael Sarnoski take this hit horror franchise back to the alien invasion's beginning in a thoughtful Big Apple-set spinoff.
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EventThe Finders Keepers Autumn/Winter Market
Friday, July 12 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
Support the next wave of independent artisans at this three-day art and design market that features over 270 makers, foodies and designers.
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EventHorizon — Bangarra Dance Theatre
Wednesday, August 28 - Saturday, September 7, 2024
Arts Centre Melbourne, Melbourne
The iconic Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander performing arts company's first mainstage cross-cultural collaboration tells tales from across Oceania.
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EventScandinavian Film Festival
Friday, July 19 - Wednesday, August 7, 2024
Select cinemas in Melbourne, Various locations
Whether you're after the latest 'Department Q' mystery or a documentary about the Norwegian wilderness, this film festival has something for you.
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EventDisaronno at Palace Cinemas in Melbourne
Monday, May 27 - Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Various Melbourne venues, Melbourne
Where to taste an authentic amaretto sour across Melbourne.
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EventBastille Day
Saturday, July 13 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Queen Victoria Market will be filled with buttery pastries, cooking masterclasses, live music and more to celebrate France's national day.
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EventQueen Victoria Market's Australian Sake Festival
Saturday, July 20 and Sunday, July 21, 2024
Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne
Take your pick from more than 200 different sakes at the Australian Sake Festival, coming to Queen Vic Market this winter.
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GuideFive Big Award-Winning TV Shows That Are 100-Percent Worth Your Time and Attention
These series have received plenty of shiny trophies — and you can stream them all to find out why.
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GuideFive Current and Cult TV Favourites That Will Transport You To a Very Different World
Stream your way into space, a haunted house, a zombie apocalypse and more than a few dystopian futures.
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NewsA Matisse Exhibition with Over 100 of the Artist's Works Is Coming to the Art Gallery of NSW
As part of the gallery's 2021 program, the Sydney exclusive will also be accompanied by a lineup of works celebrating Matisse today.
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NewsSix Gifts to Buy the Culture Vulture in Your Life This Christmas
Fill their stocking with wearable art and an unforgettable Sydney theatre experience.
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NewsSoon-to-Launch New Disney+ Expansion Star Is Basically Hulu for Viewers Down Under
It'll feature an extra 1000 titles — including 35 brand new series — in its first year.
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NewsHigh-Profile Musicians Are Doing Surprise Performances Around Melbourne for the Next Fortnight
Next time you walk past a busker, it might be someone familiar.
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NewsNicolas Cage Will Teach You the History of Swear Words in Netflix's Next Must-See Series
And if the trailer is anything to go by, it's going to be hilarious.
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News'The Handmaid's Tale' Has Been Renewed for a Fifth Season Before Its Fourth Even Airs
This tale of rebellion and revolution isn't anywhere near done yet.
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NewsThe First Trailers for Disney+'s 'Loki' and 'The Falcon and the Winter Soldier' Shows Are Here
Alongside 'WandaVision', they'll hit the streaming platform in the first half of 2021.
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NewsNetflix Has Revealed the 17 Most Popular Movies and TV Shows We've Been Streaming in 2020
'The Queen's Gambit', 'Tiger King', 'Enola Holmes', 'The Haunting of Bly Manor' — they're all on the list.
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NewsThe New Movies You Can Watch at Melbourne Cinemas From December 10
Head to the flicks to see a new take on an old favourite, a big-thinking space movie and Australia's latest western.
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GuideFive Rib-Tickling TV Comedies to Stream When You Just Need to Brighten Up Your Day
These hilarious shows will have you giggling and guffawing — and you can stream them now.
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GuideFive Ace New Series From 2020 That You Can (and Should) Binge in Full Before the Year Is Out
They're the brand new releases that made an impact this year, and you can stream them all.
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GuideFive Coming-of-Age Shows and Movies That'll Immediately Take You Back to Your High School Years
From award-winning dramas to classic comedies — and they're all available to stream.
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NewsNew Documentary 'Girls Can't Surf' Brings the Quest for Equality in 80s Surfing to Cinemas
It features pioneering female surfers such as Jodie Cooper, Frieda Zamba, Pauline Menczer, Lisa Andersen, Pam Burridge, Wendy Botha and Layne Beachley.
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NewsHit Tony Award-Winning Musical 'Come From Away' Is Touring Australia in 2021
A smash on Broadway since 2017, it's based on the true story of 7000 air passengers who became grounded in Canada after September 11.
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GuideFive 90s Favourites That'll Add Some Retro Vibes to Your Next Couch Session
Get a blast from the past with these classic movies and TV shows, which are all available to stream.
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NewsThe Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2020
From topical dramas and animated delights to rousing flicks about the 90s electronic music scene and out-there sci-fi horror movies.
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NewsThe Creators of 'Black Mirror' Are Making a Netflix Special That Satirises and Savages This Chaotic Year
It's called 'Death to 2020', and it's expected to release before the year is out.
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NewsA Waterfront Dance Festival with an All-Aussie Lineup Is Touring the Country This Autumn
For The Love returns for three huge shows in March and April, headlined by Flight Facilities, Cosmo’s Midnight and Mallrat.
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NewsNetflix Is Bringing a New Version of Aussie Series 'Heartbreak High' to Your Streaming Queue
It'll hit the platform in 2022 — but you can stream all 210 episodes of the original show in the interim.
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NewsSeven Ways to Throw Your Own Mini Festival While You Wait for the Real Deal to Come Back
Recreate your favourite festival experiences at home this summer.
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GuideEight Blockbuster Art Exhibitions to See Across Australia This Summer
Plan interstate trips to view giant mirrored sculptures by Jeff Koons, check out a major installation by Lindy Lee and explore the world of First Nations fashion — all at Australia's best galleries.
