A Curated Guide to MIFF 2025

Angela Nacor

Angela explores the newly released MIFF 2025 program, helping you to decide on your next film pick.Read Article

Smokescreen’s Intimate Act Unveils the Dark Side of Marketing

Zeinab Jishi

Inside fortyfivedownstairs’ black box was a humble set consisting of two chairs around each side of a table and a liquorRead Article

Love, Revenge and More Love in RIVIERA REVENGE

Claire Le Blond

Riviera Revenge is a semi-romantic comedy about an elderly couple grappling with the revelation of infidelity from fortyRead Article

RISING’S DAY TRIPPER: Eclectic Music Takes Over the CBD

Dom Lepore

Capturing Impressions in NGV’s FRENCH IMPRESSIONISM Collection

Jessica Fanwong & Zeinab Jishi

IS A RIVER ALIVE?: Macfarlane’s Journey of Water-logged Discovery and Redefining Life

Zeinab Jishi

MALL GRAB Reigns at PICA

Lila McRae-Palmer

Intimate, Everyday and Just a Mark Off of Top Class: COMPLETE WORKS TABLETOP SHAKESPEARE at RISING

Claire Le Blond

Complete Works: Tabletop Shakespeare has a simple premise–Shakespeare, performed with household objects. Forced EntertaiRead Article

SUNRISE ON THE REAPING—What Do We Gain From Another Hunger Games Prequel?

Alicia Savy

CW: Major spoilers for Sunrise on the Reaping Katniss and Peeta are shuttled between districts and Capitol parties oRead Article

SCORPIONS: A Poignant Metaphor for Tuppence Middleton’s Experiences with OCD

Felicity Bayne

CW: OCD, immersive descriptions of obsessive thought cycles and compulsive rituals—the author warns for those with OCD tRead Article

INHALER wants you to Open Wide

Kiana Wallace

JIM E. BROWN Under The Curtin

Junae Won

When my friend Amelie told me last year that she went to a Jim E. Brown concert, I searched Instagram for “Jimmy Brown”.Read Article

SINNERS: Eternity, The Double-Edged Sword

Zen Lam

Content warnings: Death or dying, racism, violenceRead Article

Little Revelations and the Faith we find in Fiction: Emily Maguire and Josephine Rowe at MWF 2025

Claire Le Blond

Content warning: References to religious trauma, sex, and literary violenceRead Article

THIN RED LINES: The Melbourne Writers Festival Poetry Event

Saria Ratnam

It’s been a week since I attended Thin Red Lines, a quarterly poetry event curated by Georgia “George” Kartas and ThabanRead Article

Sevenfold Theatre Company: THE BOYS and the Perpetual Suffering of The Women

Owini Wijayasekara

Content Warnings: In-depth discussion of domestic and gender based violence, mentions of homocide, themes of toxic mascuRead Article

SUE ME: Audrey Hobert Becomes Her Own Pop Star

Owini Wijayasekara

When Audrey Hobert hits the pop scene, I am at the ready. Not to ‘claim my spot as an OG fan,’ but by the time her debutRead Article

Ocean Vuong’s EMPEROR OF GLADNESS Redefines Family, the Loser and Change

Zeinab Jishi

CW: SuicideRead Article

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