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NewsSydney Film Festival 2025 Broke the Record for the Highest-Selling Event in the Harbour City Fest's History
More than 150,000 attendees went to 242 films across 448 screenings and events — which is up 11 percent on 2024.
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NewsThe Latest Trailer for 'Squid Game' Season Three Is Here — and "No Matter How You Look at It, Life Is Just Unfair"
The final games in this enormously popular hit Netflix series' gripping life-or-death contest are almost upon us.
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NewsJust as Cannes Did, Sydney Film Festival Has Awarded Its Major 2025 Prize to Jafar Panahi's 'It Was Just an Accident'
At SFF's opening night, the Iranian filmmaker was announced as one of the fest's special guests — now, at closing night, he's collected the event's top accolade.
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NewsFrom 'Spaced' and 'Shaun of the Dead' to a Live-Action Adaptation of an Adored Animated Hit: Nick Frost Talks 'How to Train Your Dragon'
Stepping into this beloved franchise, Frost is relieved that the folks making casting decisions "don't think 'oh god, he was cutting someone's head off in a film that he wrote like two years ago. Is that going to be a problem?'."
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NewsTaking a Bite Out of Shark Flicks and Serial-Killer Films in the Same Australian Thriller: Jai Courtney and Sean Byrne Chat 'Dangerous Animals'
"He's so much more than the shark-obsessed serial killer," says Courtney about his latest part. "I thought that this was the role that he was born to play," explains 'The Loved Ones' filmmaker Byrne.
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NewsMatchmakers, Dating Maths, and Dakota Johnson's Magnetic Chemistry with Pedro Pascal and Chris Evans: Celine Song Talks 'Materialists'
Two years after 'Past Lives' had audiences swooning, Celine Song has again found inspiration in her own experiences — this time from a six-month stint trying to help others find love.
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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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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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NewsEight Epic Sculpture Parks in Australia Worth a Road Trip
From sculptures among vineyards and wildflowers to metal figures appear that sit on the surface of a gigantic salt-crusted lake.
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NewsThe Twelve Most Impressive Art Galleries in Regional Australia
From country Victoria to the WA coast to the Tiwi Islands, these galleries house homegrown and Indigenous art collections worth planning a whole weekend around.
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NewsHow a First-Time Feature Director's Australian Childhood Experiences Sparked a SXSW-Winning Body Horror: Amy Wang Chats 'Slanted'
This Chinese Australian writer/director makes the personal satirical in her debut feature, digging into beauty standards within the realm of US high-school proms.
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News'Parasite' Composer Jung Jae-il Is Coming to Australia to Conduct the Movie's Score Live at 2025's Melbourne International Film Festival
Also responsible for the 'Squid Game' score, Jung is teaming up with Orchestra Victoria — and will play piano himself during two concert screenings of Bong Joon-ho's Oscar-winning hit.
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NewsDon't Just Watch the Latest 'F1' Sneak Peek — Apple's New Haptic Trailer Will Get You Feeling Every Engine Rev and Roar as Well
Starring Brad Pitt and shot during real Formula 1 race weekends, this high-octane thriller is aiming to be as immersive as possible — including with its trailer.
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NewsKendrick Lamar Has Added Two Solo Stadium Shows to His December 2025 Trip to Australia for Spilt Milk
As well as headlining Spilt Milk to kickstart summer, Lamar is also bringing his 'Grand National' tour to Sydney and Melbourne.
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NewsThe Full Trailer for Ari Aster's 'Eddington' Is Filled with 2020's Nightmares — and Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Facing Off
After 'Hereditary', 'Midsommar' and 'Beau Is Afraid', Ari Aster is still cultivating unease — this time in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NewsThis Must Be the Place: David Byrne Is Bringing His New 'Who Is the Sky?' World Tour Down Under in 2026
The iconic Talking Heads frontman is playing his first Australian and New Zealand shows since his 2018 'American Utopia' tour.
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NewsFilled with Fire Sculptures and Candlelit Installations, After-Dark Experience 'Afterglow' Is Making Its World Premiere in Brisbane
Brisbane Festival 2025 is set to light up the City Botanic Gardens with this fiery event, which will also feature live performances.
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NewsBrisbane Festival Is Turning Three of the City's Pedestrian Bridges Into Art Installations — and That's Just the Start of 2025's Program
This year's lineup spans 106 productions and 1069 performances, including a world-premiere dance work from choreographer Benjamin Millepied and LA Dance Project.
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NewsMinistry of Sound Classical Is Seeing Out Spring and Welcoming Summer 2025 with an Orchestra-Meets-Dance Music Festival
Cassius are headlining in Melbourne, Sydney and Perth, while Sneaky Sound System are doing the honours in Brisbane.
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NewsIf You Don't Want 2025's Sydney Film Festival to End, Four Extra Days of Screenings Have Been Added to the Program
'Eddington', 'The Mastermind' and Palme d'Or-winner 'It Was Just an Accident' are among the movies that are scoring added sessions.
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NewsSarah Snook Just Added a Tony to Her Trophy Cabinet for the Broadway Season of Sydney Theatre Company's 'The Picture of Dorian Gray'
The Australian star won Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Play — and the production also picked up Best Costume Design.
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NewsJamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan Have Even More Body Swaps to Deal with in the Full 'Freakier Friday' Trailer
How is this sequel living up to its name? By also getting Lohan's character's daughter and future stepdaughter in on its identity crisis.
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NewsTackling Trauma, Secrets and Family Complexities in a Tasmania-Set Murder-Mystery: Thom Green and Shannon Berry Talk 'The Survivors'
After 'The Dry' and 'Force of Nature', this is the latest bestselling Jane Harper novel to reach the screen — this time as a six-part Netflix series.
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NewsFollowing in Ralph Macchio's Footsteps While Starring Beside Him (and Also Fighting Jackie Chan): Ben Wang Chats 'Karate Kid: Legends'
This nostalgic franchise's latest martial-arts prodigy was a fan of the films first, and shares more than off-screen fighting skills with his character.
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NewsNow Open: Works by Monet and Renoir Are Among the 100-Plus Masterpieces on Display at the NGV's 'French Impressionism' Exhibition
This huge exhibition first hit Australia in 2021, but was forced to close quickly due to the pandemic — so it has made a stunning return.
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NewsTeeing Up Streaming's Next Charming Sports Comedy: Owen Wilson, Peter Dager, Marc Maron, Mariana Treviño and Judy Greer Talk 'Stick'
Apple TV+ already gave the world 'Ted Lasso' — now, with 'Stick', it's bringing small-screen humour and heart to golf.
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NewsXenomorphs Aren't the Only Terrifying Threat in the Full Trailer for Disney+'s New 'Alien: Earth' Streaming Series
On streaming, you'll soon be able to hear humanity's screams, with this spinoff from the iconic sci-fi films teasing "five different life forms from the darkest corners of the universe".
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News"Think of What We Could Do Together": The First 'Wicked: For Good' Trailer Returns to Oz with Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo
2024's Oscar-nominated 'Wicked' proved a stage-to-screen smash — and now this second effort will wrap up the story in November 2025.
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NewsMelbourne International Film Festival Has Unveiled Its First 26 Movies for 2025 — and There's Already Plenty to Look Forward To
This year's Palme d'Or winner, an Australian time-loop comedy and the latest from 'Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind' filmmaker Michel Gondry are just some of the highlights so far.
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NewsAcclaimed Iranian Director and 2025 Cannes Palme d'Or-Winner Jafar Panahi Has Arrived in Australia for Sydney Film Festival
Sydney Film Festival's 2025 'Jafar Panahi: Cinema in Rebellion' retrospective just gained the best guest possible: the filmmaker himself.
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NewsIf You Can't Get Enough of British TV, Britbox Is Adding Dedicated Drama, Documentary and Entertainment Channels to Its Streaming Lineup
You'll be able to watch David Attenborough documentaries, comedy quiz shows like 'Would I Lie To You?', Agatha Christie murder-mysteries and more.
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NewsHere's the Stacked First Batch of Events That's Taking Over Brisbane for Melt Festival's 2025 LGBTQIA+ Celebrations
Reuben Kaye, the Miss First Nation drag contest, a queer wrestle party, 'Femme Follies Burlesque': they're all on the lineup so far.
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NewsMaking the Call to Give an Eerie Ethan Hawke-Starring Horror Hit a Sequel: Scott Derrickson Chats 'Black Phone 2'
This time, 'The Black Phone' filmmaker Scott Derrickson "wanted to make a high-school coming-of-age movie instead of a middle-school coming-of-age movie".
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NewsFrom Cannes to the Harbour City: Nine New Movies Have Just Joined Sydney Film Festival's 2025 Program
The Joel Edgerton-starring 'The Plague', the latest from 'The Worst Person in the World' director Joachim Trier and Gael García Bernal playing Magellan are all new to the SFF lineup.
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NewsSchool's Back: Here's the Teaser Trailer for 'Gen V' Season Two Ahead of 'The Boys' Spinoff's September Return
Godolkin University has a new Dean and Homelander's actions in 'The Boys' are having an impact in this college-set series' second season.
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NewsAdam Sandler, Bad Bunny Caddying, Cameos, Callbacks: They're All in the Full Trailer for 'Happy Gilmore 2'
This star-studded 29-years-later sequel will tap, tap, tap its way into your streaming queue in July.
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NewsThe Fifth and Final Season of 'Stranger Things' Will Start Dropping in Three Parts From November — and Here's Your First Look
You'll be watching the first volume at the end of November, the second volume on Christmas and the finale on New Year's Eve.
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NewsThe First Teaser Trailer for Guillermo del Toro's Oscar Isaac- and Jacob Elordi-Starring 'Frankenstein' Is Alive
The 'Pan's Labyrinth' and 'The Shape of Water' director's entire career so far has been leading to this Mary Shelley adaptation.
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NewsBenoit Blanc Investigates "the Impossible Crime" in the First 'Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery' Teaser Trailer
This time, Andrew Scott, Josh O'Connor, Cailee Spaeny, Glenn Close, Josh Brolin, Mila Kunis, Jeremy Renner, Kerry Washington, Daryl McCormack and Thomas Haden Church co-star.
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News"Why Did You Keep Me Alive?": Netflix Has Pressed the Button on the Full Trailer for 'Squid Game' Season Three
If you can't wait to discover how this South Korean hit continues after season two's cliffhanger, and also how it ends, you can before June is out.
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NewsRaising 2020s-Era Australian Horror to Great Heights Not Once But Twice: Danny and Michael Philippou Talk 'Bring Her Back'
'Talk to Me' cemented these YouTubers-turned-feature filmmakers as new directing talents to watch — and now they've whipped up a second exceptional horror film about loss and mortality.
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NewsA List of All of the Wes Anderson Films, Ranked
No one makes movies quite like Wes Anderson, so we've revisited and ranked them all — even though every single one is a gem.
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News2025's Sydney Film Festival Is Closing with Dakota Johnson-Starring Relationship Comedy 'Splitsville'
After debuting at 2025's year's Cannes Film Festival, this movie about two complicated marriages is headed to the Harbour City.
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NewsWhen Wes Anderson Welcomes You Into a Cinematic World Like No Other: Benicio del Toro and Michael Cera Chat 'The Phoenician Scheme'
"One thing that we tried to keep in mind was 'don't try to be funny'," del Toro told us about taking the lead in Wes Anderson's latest feature. "Don't try to make the laugh happen. Let the laughs follow."
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NewsCirque du Soleil's Spectacular 'Corteo' Has Added More Shows to Its Upcoming 2025 Australian Season
You've now got more chances to see the acrobatic wonders of this beloved production when it heads Down Under from August.
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NewsComing Soon: The National Centre for Environmental Art Is Australia's First Gallery Dedicated to Works About the Natural World
Thanks to the Wama Foundation, this new gallery will be part of an art and environment precinct in the Gariwerd/Grampians National Park.
