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NewsWin a Stoker Prize Pack
Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Jacki Weaver unexpectedly star in a violent neo-gothic Bildungsroman from a master of style.
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News3D Print Your Own Art Masterpiece Forgery
Here is a story to both perturb and titillate the sensitive art-lovers among us.
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NewsKickstarter Coming to Australia and New Zealand
Nothing has quite transformed the 'crowd funding' story like Kickstarter.
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NewsAll You Can Eat at Good Food Month
Whether you're a green thumb, a gourmand, or a little bit of both, you'll find something to tantalise.
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NewsWire Creator David Simon Headlines Festival of Dangerous Ideas
The 5th FODI is more daring, controversial and mind-bending than any of its predecessors.
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NewsTwenty-Five Exceptional Films by Indigenous Australian Filmmakers That You Can Stream Right Now
Celebrate Australia's First Nations filmmakers with these potent westerns, horror standouts, coming-of-age gems, Top End rom-coms, outback noirs, and expressive dance flicks.
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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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NewsIt's Eurovision Time: Here's When You Can Watch 2025's Song Contest (with Tony Armstrong and Courtney Act Hosting Australia's Coverage)
This year's Australian entry: Go-Jo with the song 'Milkshake Man', which is being performed with a four-metre-tall blender as part of the set.
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NewsHop to It: 16 Classic and Eclectic Films You Can Stream This Easter Long Weekend
Some feature bunnies. Some include eggs or chocolate. Some have provocative takes on religion.
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NewsTen 2025 Oscar-Winning Films That You Can and Should Watch Immediately
Your newly Oscars-approved viewing list includes movies about determined architects, whirlwind romances, catty cardinals, sandworms and more.
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NewsPredicting the Oscars: Who Should, Could and Will Win at the 2025 Academy Awards
From 'Anora' and 'A Real Pain' to 'I'm Still Here' and 'No Other Land', here's what's likely to emerge victorious at the 2025 Oscars.
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NewsHere's Where You Can Watch 33 of 2025's Oscar-Nominated Movies in Australia Right Now
Massive musicals, monumental dramas, stunning animated gems, heartbreaking documentaries, two Timothée Chalamet movies: they're all Oscar contenders, and you can watch them all.
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NewsEleven 2025 Golden Globe-Winning Films and TV Shows That You Can (and Should) Watch Right Now
Make a cinema or couch date with a freshly minted Golden Globe-winner — here's what you can watch right away, and where.
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NewsTwenty-Five Movies That You Can Stream This Christmas No Matter How You Feel About the Festive Season
Pour a glass of eggnog, find your comfiest spot on the couch, then enjoy everything from 'The Holdovers' and 'Die Hard' to 'Last Christmas' and 'Eyes Wide Shut'.
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GuideThe Best Free Events to Catch During Sydney Festival 2025
Sydney Festival is saving your wallet this summer with a cost-of-living defying program of free events throughout January.
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NewsThe Seven Best Alternative Comedy Rooms in Sydney
Funny comes in all different shapes and sizes. Exercise your laugh muscles with a new routine.
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NewsAvocado Beer Is a Possibly Delicious Invention
An LA brewery has created a guacamole-inspired beer to celebrate the beginning of avocado season in California.
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NewsThe National Return to Australia in February
New York-based indie rockers The National are set to tour Australia in February 2014.
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NewsUnlikely Objects from the Bizarre Imagination of an Italian Artist
Unlikely objects invite the doublest of double-takes.
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NewsThe Discerning Lego-Builder Now Has Minimalist, All-White Bricks
Lego launches a versatile set for would-be architects.
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NewsSocks Infused with Coffee Cure Smelly Feet
For feet so sweet you can wear the same pair of socks for days.
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NewsThe Ten Best Jazz Venues in Sydney
The Sydney scene is defined by a tendency to push musical boundaries, jazz often meeting rock, world music, folk or roots.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Kick-Ass 2
Because you know you want to see how Hit Girl is handling high school.
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NewsWorld’s Most Instagrammable Hotel Opens in Sydney
1888 Hotel has built in special features to inspire photographers of all stripes.
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EventColour Culture Connection at South Eveleigh
Mon, 16 Feb - Fri, 6 Mar 2026
South Eveleigh Precinct, Eveleigh
This three-week-long festival celebrates Lunar New Year, Mardi Gras and Holi Hai through community programs and interactive experiences.
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EventMardi Gras Closing Party at Kinselas Hotel, Featuring Keli Holiday
Sun, 1 Mar, 2026
Kinselas Hotel, Darlinghurst
Keep a little energy in reserve, as this free all-day party headlined by Keli Holiday sends out Mardi Gras in style.
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EventDate Night Studio Flower Bar Pop-Up at Bar Planet
Sat, 14 Feb, 2026
Bar Planet, Newtown
Shop flowers and sip martinis, as this one-day flower market sets the tone for the year's most romantic day.
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EventHear My Eyes — 'Terminator 2: Judgment Day'
Sat, 7 Mar, 2026
City Recital Hall, Sydney
Celebrating the film's 35th anniversary, this groundbreaking event reimagines the sci-fi blockbuster with a 4K screening, live electronic score and immersive laser visuals.
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EventPeking Duk at Hordern Pavilion
Fri, 15 May, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
This roof-raising duo are gearing up for their biggest performance in seven years, complete with a debut live show and future-forward visuals.
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EventMitski for Vivid LIVE at Sydney Opera House
Fri, 29 May - Mon, 1 Jun 2026
Sydney Opera House, Sydney
Returning to Australia after seven long years, indie icon Mitski will take over our most legendary music venue for a run of four exclusive shows.
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EventDMA's 'Hills End' 10th Anniversary Show at Metro Theatre
Fri, 27 Mar, 2026
Metro Theatre, Sydney
Ten years on, this Sydney-born trio returns home to play their landmark debut album in full — plus a stack of deep cuts.
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EventEuropa! Europa Film Festival 2026
Thu, 19 Feb - Thu, 19 Mar 2026
Various locations, Sydney
Catch 43 pictures from 22 European countries, as the continent's most captivating flicks hit big screens across Australia and New Zealand.
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EventAntenna Documentary Film Festival 2026
Thu, 5 Feb - Sun, 15 Feb 2026
Select cinemas in Sydney, Various locations
From Australian premieres to Werner Herzog treks into the wilderness, this long-running documentary film festival is set to screen over 50 non-fiction flicks.
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EventDomeFest at Hordern Pavilion
Sun, 29 Mar, 2026
Hordern Pavilion, Moore Park
Focused on the conversations that shape pop culture, identity and relationships for Gen Z and Millennial women, this Australian-first podcast fan festival makes listening a shared experience.
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NewsScale a Stairway of Lights and Blossoms in Sicily
The ingenious festival decorations of Sicily's most magnificent staircase.
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NewsEccentric Doctor’s Manmade Mountain Outlawed in Beijing
Beijing architect Zhang Biqing's illegal mountain is forced to crumble.
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NewsCleveland’s Cutting Hair in Boardwalk Empire Style
Get a 1920s haircut else Nucky Thompson gon' getcha.
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NewsBerkelouw Books Newtown Closing Down (with a Sale)
As hard as this news is to swallow for bibliophiles, you can pay your final respects at the 'relocation sale'.
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NewsTen Places to Get an Early Taste of Summer
Feeling wind-blown, frost-bitten and winter-weary? It's never too late to hatch a getaway plan.
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NewsFree Beer for Doing Absolutely Nothing
Stand still for three minutes and you'll be rewarded with a cold one.
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NewsSydney Businessmen Successfully Crowdfund Booze Startup
Mr Black takes two of Sydney's favourite vices and combines them in one delicious, stylishly packaged drink.
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NewsThe Ten Best Chinese Restaurants in Sydney
Get your diaries out and organise a fascinating feast for the senses with some awesome Chinese food.
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NewsThe Taste of Orange Comes to Sydney
Taste Orange will provide a rare opportunity to taste and buy produce straight from the makers themselves.
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NewsMelbourne Festival Is After Your Heart with 2013 Program
A ten-hour theatre show, a concert in the dark and a giant Welcome to Country mark Melbourne Festival 2013.
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NewsFalls Festival 2013/14 Lineup Announced
The lineup for everyone's favourite New Year's Eve party has just landed, and it's a doozy.
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NewsWorld Movies Presents Films That Shocked the World
Be shocked, horrified, stunned and controversified with this week of films in August.
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NewsFirst FBI-Curated Art Show Puts Forgeries on Display
Warhol, Chagall, de Kooning, Gauguin, Matisse, Rembrandt, Renoir - what a bunch of big fat fakes.
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NewsWin Tickets to See Frances Ha
Greta Gerwig plays one of the most loveable characters you'll meet this year.
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NewsYour Guide to a Spring Weekend in the Hunter Valley
The perfect weekender, whether you're with friends, your lover or your mum.
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NewsThe Top Five Tracks to Hear This Weekend
Pack your party pants and these five songs because it's time for the weekend dance.
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NewsUncarriable Carrier Bags Shaming Us Into Environment Protection
The plastic bag fashion statement that may just save the environment.
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NewsRolling Stone Pop Up Bar to Hit Darlinghurst
The Rolling Stone Live Lodge will create an experience of the legendary magazine in bar form.
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NewsUnderwater Opera Announced for Sydney Festival 2014
How does an underwater opera work? Is it through air pockets? Scuba gear? Gillyweed?
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NewsMasterCard’s Locally Famous Taps Sydney’s Finest
Get rewards based around a beautifully curated knowledge of our city's many experiential treasures.
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NewsA Bluffer’s Guide to Oysters
Everything oyster is illuminated in conversation with chef Sean Connolly.
