Noah Kahan Wants Your Existentialism on THE GREAT DIVIDE

Owini Wijayasekara

Noah Kahan’s sophomore album The Great Divide is a great excuse to cry it out! Kahan explained it best on his Jimmy FallRead Article

SAINT LEVANT at RISING: A Testament to the Power of Music

Amaya Sachdev

Melbourne Town Hall glows pink and purple, as I climb the stairs to the Main Hall. It’s a Tuesday night, 2 June 2026, anRead Article

Cold Paris Farrago: MARK WILLIAM LEWIS at The Night Cat

Gabriel Vatta

It was around 10:30 pm on Johnston Street at the end of March when I found myself in Dusty’s, and inside was a man namedRead Article

THE VALLEY: A Portrait of Rural Australia

Elizabeth Price

Described as “a portrait of life in a small town in rural Australia today”, The Valley (2026) is a thoroughly enjoyable,Read Article

Seeking Fun and Whimsy? Look No Further Than the Melbourne Renfair!

Ella Brown

Hear ye! Hear ye! The Melbourne Renfair has come and gone having graced the Yarra Valley Racecourse with a weekend of meRead Article

ETHEL CAIN Brings the American South to Cardiff Castle

Sophia Lark

Travelling from London to Cardiff for a concert less than five hours after landing from Australia might seem excessive, Read Article

Ultimate Mash-up Madness: The Thrill of LUUDE at Max Watts

Astara Ball

Down Under Swanston Street, Aussie drum and bass DJ Luude delivered one of his most bone-shaking sets yet. The TasmanianRead Article

A Diabolical Finale: THE BOYS Season 5

Taylor McGuinness

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

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

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

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

BABY JACKFRUIT BABY GUAVA: Gay Son or Thought Daughter?

Junae Won

The question of whether someone would prefer a homosexual son to a deep-in-thought daughter is thrown lightly around theRead Article

A Canvas of Survival in A FOX UNDER A PINK MOON

Celia Irving

The EU migrant crisis peaked over 2015 and 2016, and the US withdrew from Afghanistan in 2021. While these moments may fRead Article

Things We Hunger For in PEOPLE AND MEAT

Anandi Ganguly

“I longed to dissolve into laughter, so I dissolve into tears instead.” At its heart, People and Meat is a tender, beauRead Article