SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE: A Starving Child, a Fallen Woman, an Envelope of Cash.

Victoria Lincoln

Can Bill Furlong stand by and let his neighbours suffer beside him? This is the core tension faced by the protagonist ofRead Article

ALI MCGREGOR’s Late-Nite Variety-Nite Night: Divine Decadence Darling!

Sabine Pentecost

For the past couple of years, the women in my family have flocked to the preview of Ali McGregor’s Variety Night to sampRead Article

HADESTOWN: A Political Romance to be Reckoned With

Kirsten Abustan

Step into a world that’s all too familiar with the Australian production of Anaïs Mitchell’s award-winning musical HadesRead Article

“There is No Turning Back When Everything is Destroyed”: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay on HYSTERIA

Aditi Acharla

When one watches a movie titled Hysteria you’d assume catastrophe from the very instance it starts. Instead, in Mehmet ARead Article

WHAT WAS THAT? The LORDE has Risen?!

Owini Wijayasekara

It is at this exact intersection I meet Lorde, in her newest single ‘What Was That,’ released April 24, 2025, off her upRead Article

“I did”: brighter days ahead, the mystical reawakening of ARIANA GRANDE's eternal sunshine

Owini Wijayasekara

Ariana Grande hit an artistic stride in eternal sunshine, breathing life to heartbreak in her private and public identitRead Article

MARIANA ENRÍQUEZ at MFW: Sacred Haunts, Body Horror and Neoliberal Canines

Zeinab Jishi

Sometimes when I walk around Melbourne, I always feel ghosts around me. It is a distinctly strange experience to walk onRead Article

WARFARE: What it’s Like to be the First Noah Centineo Film About Conflict in the Middle East

Lachie Carroll

Warfare, the latest pseudo-blockbuster from A24, speaks a whole lot of nothing despite its ear-piercing explosions and gRead Article

THE CORRESPONDENT: Wrongful Imprisonment, Mise-en-scène and the Persistence of Australian Journalism

Felicity Bayne

CW: Graphic depictions of death, abuse of power, violence, profanityRead Article

THE BRIMBANK COMEDY GALA: A Celebration of the New Wave of Comedy

Taylah Xuereb

The Brimbank Comedy Gala brought life and laughter to the Bowery Theatre. As a feature of the Melbourne International CoRead Article

YELLOWJACKETS Season Three and What Not to Do with Melanie Lynskey

Lachie Carroll

LANEWAY 2025: Is it Brat to be a brat?

Sabine Pentecost (writer)

Laneway 2025 was a mixed bag. Once in a lifetime performances were witnessed, countless people were shoved around by druRead Article

25 Albums to Look Out for in ‘25

Dom Lepore & Felix O'Kane

2024 was quite a year for music, with the inescapable brat summer and many pop and indie acts reaching superstardom. 202Read Article

Dive Inside Ichiko Aoba’s World – Luminescent Creatures

Aditi Acharla

Ichiko Aoba’s latest album, Luminescent Creatures, implores listeners to experience its world–from its beginning to its Read Article

AMY HETHERINGTON: A Mum’s Night Out (And One Lone 19 Year Old)

Zeinab Jishi (writer)

BEST OF BRITISH: Not Quite the Best at MICF

Amaya Sachdev (writer)

ELLIOT ULM at MICF: Not Enough GRAPHIC DESIGN, LIVE!

Nathan Pham, Chiaki Chng (writers)

If you’ve mastered the Adobe pen tool and maybe accumulated a double digit screen time, you’ve probably heard of Elliot Read Article

KEEP ME YOUNG: Sez Reminds Us of Our Worst (and Funniest) Moments in Our Youths

Janice Hui (writer)

It is April Fools Day, and I am, very fittingly, attending a show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival: Keep MRead Article

Decisions or Divorce? A COUPLE DECIDES WHAT TO HAVE FOR DINNER at MICF

Owini Wijayasekara (writer)

Someone behind me at The Butterfly Club let out an exasperated sigh and said, “My sister left me to grab a drink!” “YouRead Article

For the Merciless: MICF'S ALL FIGHT ONE SURVIVES

Owini Wijayasekara (writer)

I’ve never considered myself a cutthroat person, but on a Saturday evening at Roxy’s Kitchen and Bar, I killed a man—mulRead Article

MICF's MURDER VILLAGE: The How-dunnit Who-dunnit You’re Dying To See

Claire Le Blond (writer)

Content warning: MurderRead Article