DIVERS at Brunswick’s Bergy Bandroom: Finding a Place for “Weird Music”

Astara Ball, Photography by Irene Pinato

An ominous mist had intermingled with the reticulating streets and harsh lights of traffic as we stumbled out of BrunswiRead Article

It’s a Family Affair: SEUN KUTI AND EGYPT 80 at RISING

Lilly Mars

Community is a big thing in the Naarm/Melbourne music scene. There's pockets that seem so exclusive that the conceptalmoRead Article

DARK MOFO 2026: The Liberation of Self Within a Congested Body Mass

Abigail Anderson

“You set me on fire” is the advertised tagline for the Museum of Old and New Art’s 2026 winter festival Dark Mofo, but wRead Article

A Diabolical Finale: THE BOYS Season 5

Taylor McGuinness

Dancer in the Dark: TR/ST at RISING

Neve Tsitas

A Palace of New Beginnings: MY LIFE IN VERSAILLES at CHIFF

Sasha Neilson

I have always been of the opinion that animated films are for everyone, and this belief has only been strengthened sinceRead Article

It Will Never Stop: The Curse of Shame in LEVITICUS

Zoe Hibbard

Leviticus is an arresting debut from Melbourne-based writer-director Adrian Chiarella, a brutal exposition of shame in aRead Article

FIRST LIGHT Gently Shines On the Sydney Film Festival

Ivy Kaye

I went into James J. Robinson’s First Light, winner of the Best Australian Director Award at MIFF 2025 and screened at tRead Article

DANNY BROWN Commands a Raving Audience at the Northcote Theatre

Ivy Kaye

OFF CAMPUS: Familiar, Addictive and Unapologetic

Paridhi Chhajed

“Dirty, rotten, filthy, stinking!”—a lyric from Warrant’s 1990 single “Cherry Pie”—sung during one of the 2026 series OfRead Article

TWENTY YEARS TOGETHER: Everyone Wants a Wedding, but Are They Prepared For a Marriage?

Mahema Singh

We all want what we cannot have. Recognition is craved by those denied it. Freedom becomes treasured when it is prohibitRead Article

Into the Haze: CHANEL BEADS at Vivid Sydney

Dylan Burrows

“Thank you for coming, we’re Chanel Beads.”  It was always unclear to me who Chanel Beads actually were. A band? A soRead Article

Laugh, Love, Fear: Emotions Drive SKFF’s Opening Shorts

Felicity Bayne

If you ever find yourself on a southbound tram in June, keep an eye out for St Kilda Town Hall—you might just stumble upRead Article

THE DEATH OF ROBIN HOOD is a Shallow Experiment in Reinvention

Lachie Carroll

I think I will be hard-pressed to find a cinematic experience more intolerable this year than Michael Sarnoski’s The DeaRead Article

DANIEL AVERY Prescribes Dimension-Altering Headbanging at RISING

Amelie de Graaf

The end of semester has left me limp with whatever cold has infiltrated campus. Luckily, I didn’t need to breathe duringRead Article

BACKROOMS: The Birthplace of a New Horror Genus

Zen Lam

In May 2019, out of 4chan’s murky depths rose a short creepypasta penned by an anonymous user detailing the lucid and drRead Article

SEAN BAKER at VIVID Painted Half the Picture

Lachie Carroll

Sean Baker and Bhad Bahbie having been on the same email chain is among one of the lessons I learned at an in conversatiRead Article

Sound the Alarm at RISING: DAY TRIPPER

Cherie Gavara-Nanu Strong

By the time the fire alarm went off at RISING’ s Day Tripper, my best friend and I had already seen spiritual jazz, survRead Article

On Experiencing MWF’s WILDER SHORES: WRITING THE CHANGING PLANET

Astara Ball

Melbourne Writers Festival’s panel, Wilder Shores: Writing the Changing Planet seeded a fascinating and foreboding discoRead Article

On Sintering and the Vitality of Indigenous Stories: A Review of the Melbourne Writer’s Festival

Celeste Dugas

Sintering. I liked the word before I knew what it meant. I liked the way it rolled off my tongue. Try it: sintering. RemRead Article

Three Days at SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL

Lachie Carroll

The Sydney Film Festival (SFF) is perhaps the most significant event on the Australian screen calendar. Although two yeaRead Article