Punk. What is punk? Is it just loud music? Nope. Authenticity? yes! Activism? yes! Self-advocacy? yes! Being labelled as ‘difficult’? well apparently! Think Grace Tame, Eileen Gu, Malala Yousafazi – women supporting women, smashing glass ceilings, expectations, and absolutely the patriarchy. Relentlessly. Tirelessly. One critical, loud message at a time. They are punks, role modelling…
From the producers of burlesque show The Delinquents, their new show Fafi D’Alour is just as fun and exciting. A five piece band sets the tone of the evening in the upstairs room at the House of Delinquents in Adelaide’s Pirie Street. It’s a feature of the Adelaide Fringe that venues are created all over the…
English punk rock duo Lambrini Girls consisting of Phoebe Lunny (vocals/guitar – she/they) and Selin Macieira (bass – she/they) on their first Australian tour, delivered a gloriously chaotic set of political charged songs to an equally loose crowd at a sold out Metro Theatre in Sydney. Supported perfectly by electro-pop sensation Big Wett. Pete Dovgan was…
There’s something deliciously ironic about the fact that, in an age obsessed with spoilers, audiences are flocking to stories where many already know the ending. Prime Video’s “Crime On Prime” slate isn’t just ambitious – it’s strategic. With adaptations of novels by James Patterson, Patricia Cornwell, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and Catherine Ryan Howard launching…
There’s a particular kind of grime that clings to the best grindhouse horror – the sense that if you wiped your hand across the screen, it would come away sticky. Dolly, directed by Rod Blackhurst, leans into that filth with feral enthusiasm. This is not polite horror. It’s blood-caked, sun-bleached, and proudly nasty; a love…
Romantic comedies don’t usually hand the microphone to the guy who gets left at the altar. Solo Mio does, and that alone gives it a slightly different flavor. Kevin James has flirted with the genre before (and memorably scene-stole in Hitch), but here he steps fully into leading-man territory. Reuniting with the Kinnane brothers (Directors…
The opening night of Head Over Heels could have been a complete disaster. Days before the season commenced, the air conditioning system broke, the preview was cancelled completely, and one of the main performers was struck down with illness, unable to perform. Having the director announce this before the lights went down makes you wonder…
We’ve added ten new tracks to our Discovery Playlist this week — available on Spotify and Apple Music — including one we had the pleasure of premiering earlier in the week. Leading the charge as our Track of the Week is “Skin Contact” from Sydney duo Pamela., a release that feels tailor-made for late-night listening…
If legacy sequels are supposed to coast on nostalgia, Nick Corirossi and Armen Weitzman clearly missed the memo. With The Napa Boys – the entirely fabricated “fourth chapter” of a wine-soaked comedy franchise that never actually existed – the longtime collaborators have pulled off something both mischievous and oddly sincere. Co-written by Weitzman and Corirossi,…
As someone who listens to their fair share of new music, there’s honestly not much better than seeing an artist you’ve followed on and off for a couple of years release a large body of work and absolutely crush it. In this instance, Molly Millington has gone about and released a debut album that’s one…
The laughs feel a little different in 2026 – fuller, louder, maybe even a touch sentimental – as the Melbourne International Comedy Festival celebrates its 40th birthday. What began in 1987 as a relatively modest gathering of funny people has grown into something that now feels woven into the city’s DNA. For four decades, every…
The road to Scream 7 has been so fraught with controversy that it could almost qualify as its own horror story. Following the success of 2023’s Scream VI – itself marked by the absence of franchise cornerstone Neve Campbell amid a pay dispute – the seventh entry endured director departures, cast exits, online backlash, and…
Ahead of its official release this Friday, we’re delighted to exclusively premiere the new single “Fall In Love Again” from Boorloo/Perth singer-songwriter Jess Cullity. “Fall In Love Again” leans fully into romantic optimism — a reflective pop anthem that captures the vulnerability and excitement of opening your heart after heartbreak. Built on a polished pop…
As the audience take their seats in the Speigeltent, the atmosphere is already electric. Bernie Dieter’s Club Kabarett is described as the hottest cabaret, East of Berlin! The three piece “haus band” are already on-stage, filling the tent with upbeat tunes. Meanwhile, dazzling performers sashay through the assembled throng, handing out flags emblazoned with “Slut”,…
I’m a huge fan of the Resident Evil franchise. Resident Evil 4 is one of my favourite games of all time, and Leon Kennedy’s return alone could have sold me on Resident Evil Requiem. But even then, it’s doing so much more than just putting together the best bits of entries that came before. Those building…
While we knew that Marvel’s Wolverine would be landing sometime later in 2026, Insomniac Games has revealed this morning that it will now be launching on the 15th of September, exclusively on the PlayStation 5. Let's cut to the chase: Marvel's Wolverine launches September 15, 2026. Wishlist #WolverinePS5 now: https://t.co/xS7hTug5uQ pic.twitter.com/CSylQtBBce — Insomniac Games (@insomniacgames)…
With her feature debut Idiotka, filmmaker Nastasya Popov delivers a spirited satire that skewers influencer culture and reality television while grounding the chaos in something surprisingly tender: family. At its centre is Margarita – or Margusya – played with precise comic timing and quiet vulnerability by Anna Baryshnikov. A young Russian American woman living in…
The Melbourne Women in Film Festival (MWFF) is marking a major milestone in 2026, unveiling its tenth-year program with a bold and celebratory lineup championing women and gender-diverse filmmakers from Australia and beyond. Running March 19th – 23rd across ACMI and Federation Square, the festival continues its decade-long commitment to amplifying underrepresented voices on screen….
Rolling down windows, music blasting, endless stretches of Australian landscape unfold ahead. Road trips hit differently when you’re behind the wheel in South Australia, where vineyards give way to rugged coastlines faster than you can say “pull over for photos.” We’ve spent countless weekends chasing sunsets along SA’s most stunning routes, discovering wine regions tucked…
With Scream 7 stalking its way into cinemas this week, there’s no better time to revisit the franchise’s most sacred tradition: the opening kill. From subversive fake-outs to era-defining terror, the first ten minutes of a Scream movie are its thesis statement – laying out the rules, the tone, and the body count to come….
Lismore has long worn its floods as a badge of resilience – a town that rebuilds, again and again, along the banks of a river that refuses to be tamed. But in Floodland, director Jordan Giusti looks beyond the mythology of grit and endurance to ask a far more unsettling question: what happens when resilience…
I began my gaming journey long before the God of War franchise launched in 2005, but since that very first game, I’ve felt it’s been an incredible and important staple, with many entries ranking among my favourite games of all time. Be it the setting, the storytelling, the memorable characters, or the gory action, it…
In the adrenaline-charged action-adventure The Bluff, Priyanka Chopra Jonas stars as Ercell “Bloody Mary” Bodden, a former pirate forced to confront her violent past to protect her family. Director Frank E. Flowers spoke with our Peter Gray to discuss bringing the Cayman Islands’ rarely seen history to life on screen, the meticulous authenticity behind the…
The Bluff is a spirited dive into pirate-infused action, set against the jaw-dropping Cayman Brac, where towering bluffs and Skull Cave provide the perfect backdrop for a story about revenge, family, and redemption. At its heart is Priyanka Chopra Jonas as Ercell “Bloody Mary” Bodden, a woman dragged back into the violent world she thought…
Graduation marked the finish line. After that came work, routine, responsibility. In 2026, that timeline feels almost fictional. Careers pivot midstream. Entire industries reinvent themselves. A single new skill can open unexpected doors. Adults are stepping back in because staying still is no longer safe. The most exciting shift is not just access to knowledge….
The darkened stage contains little but a white telephone upon a table. It rings. Young dancers, clad in harlequin-style outfits race to answer it, reminding us of the time that was commonplace in our homes. It becomes a dance of calling, answering and connecting, setting the scene for what is to come. The young Taiwanese…
The Sunday rain couldn’t keep eager concertgoers away from 170 Russell in Melbourne, where Broadside, This Wild life, Hot Chelle Rae, Cartel and Anberlin rolled into town for Destroy All Lines’ An Emo Extravaganza. Announced late last year, there was lots of hyper surrounding this event. Still, a last-minute venue downsize for Melbourne hinted that…
Nestled amongst the attractions of sideshow alley at the rear of the Garden of Unearthly Delights is an unassuming collection of white ocean containers. They house three of the Darkfield experiences, Seance, Flight and Invisible. The nearby screams of patrons being flung high in the air on the various rides lend a strange contrast to…
History is often told in sweeping gestures – conquest, empire, survival. But in Zumeca, David Maler narrows the lens. Set against the violent collision of worlds in the early days of the Americas, the film reframes the so-called “discovery” of the New World through something far more intimate: the relationship between a Spaniard, Miguel, and…
There’s a particular kind of audacity required to make a film like The Testament of Ann Lee. It’s a historical epic. It’s a spiritual fever dream. It’s a full-bodied musical about celibate 18th-century dissenters who worshipped by trembling and dancing themselves toward transcendence. And somehow, under the assured direction of Mona Fastvold, it coheres into…
