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    This Year's Oscar Nominations Caused Quite the Backlash

    Budapest vs Birdman; the battle of the quirk.

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    The 35th Annual Razzie Nominations Announced

    The Razzies have a few surprises up their sleeve this year — including forgiveness.

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    Jurassic Lounge Heads Back to the Australian Museum

    Your favourite after-hours museum party is back.

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    Twelve Films to Get Excited About in 2015

    A Lebowski-esque Pynchon adaptation, a sequel 30 years in the making and the Tarantino film that nearly got nixed - they've all made an impression long before they're released.

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    Should One of Sydney's Main Museums Move to Parramatta?

    Premier Mike Baird wants to pick up the Powerhouse Museum and plonk it down in Western Sydney, but a Questacon-like offshoot could be the better option.

Latest Guides
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    Win Tickets to Birdman Plus a Talking Collectable

    Birdman is cinematic ballet and the first must-see film of 2015.

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    Glass Animals Royally Seduced Sydneysiders Over the Weekend

    The Oxford foursome brought their 'Gooey' synths to the Hi-Fi — and hypnotised the lot of us.

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    Sydney Festival's Massive, Walk-Through Paper Maze: Inside There Falls

    Pick your path through a delicate story, with random interludes from the Sydney Dance Company.

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    Win Tickets to See Conor Oberst at Twilight at Taronga

    Conor Oberst, giraffes and crisp vino. That's our kind of dream picnic.

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    Behind Sydney Festival 2015's Most Visible Art Work

    Higher Ground is a perspective-skewing, Op Art-inspired installation by Maser, Ireland's favourite street artist.

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    After Hours Circus Extravaganza to Launch at the Powerhouse Museum

    Run away to the circus, without fully committing.

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    The Best of Field Day 2015

    With one of its best lineups yet, Field Day remains one of Sydney's best reasons not to completely obliterate yourself on New Year's Eve.

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    Seu Jorge: The Eclectic Brazilian Who One-Upped David Bowie

    Tipped as one the must-sees of Sydney Festival 2015, this smooth-voiced Brazilian made us rethink The Thin White Duke.

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    The 2014 Boxing Day Movie Smackdown

    It's a fierce field of contenders, except for one sadly flabby has-been.

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    The Ten Best Movies Hardly Anyone Saw in 2014

    They were box office flops in 2014. Give them some VOD love in 2015.

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    Five Films to Watch During World Movies Summer of Sin

    Spend Christmas Eve watching a classic of soft-core French cinema, and Christmas Eve Eve with James Franco's porn doco.

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    Why Fat Dancers Might Be the Most Important Thing You See at The Sydney Festival

    With Nothing to Lose, dance company Force Majeure is poking at our prejudices.

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    Concrete Playground's Summer Reading List

    Ten books from this year that no bibliophile should miss.

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    Five Reasons Why Violent Soho Have Australian Crowds Hooked

    Having just wrapped up a huge year at Festival of the Sun, these Brisbane lads have Aussie audiences in the palm of their hand.

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    Noel Fielding Announces Australia and New Zealand 2015 Tour

    Spend an evening with The Mighty Boosh co-lead's most beloved and baffling characters.

  • Guide

    The Summer Arts & Entertainment Guide

    The nights are long; savour them in the best outdoor (or air conditioned) events.

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    Theatre Goes Immersive in Sydney with The Age of Entitlement

    Choose your own adventure in a 166-year-old mansion in The Rocks.

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    Anita Sarkeesian Heads Lineup for All About Women 2015

    She explained #Gamergate to Stephen Colbert. Now Sydney.

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    Behind Melbourne’s Brand New $26 Million Contemporary Art Museum

    One of the biggest donations to the Australian art industry in years.

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    A Pedestrian-Friendly CBD May Have to Make Way For More Cars

    Plans include narrowing CBD footpaths. Actually narrowing them.

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    St George OpenAir Cinema 2015 Program Announced

    Seven premieres and Priscilla, Queen of the Desert's 21st birthday.

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    Nightcrawler's Dan Gilroy on Turning Jake Gyllenhaal into a Coyote

    And interns, the debut director thinks you'll relate.

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    Messina to Return to Sydney Festival Village in Hyde Park

    What in the world will top the Messinawiener?

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    Six Sydney Festival 2015 Hot Dates

    There's no excuse for a boring date night during January.

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    Sydney Gets Pedestrian Countdown Timers, Finally

    Now running into intersections is something you can make an educated decision about.

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    The Ten Best Sydney Festival 2015 Gigs to Buy Tickets to Now

    From Brazilian beats to French countryside jams, SydFest has a set for you.

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