What happens when a seemingly innocent dinner party becomes an unexpected exercise in emotional honesty? In Olivia Wilde’s provocative and wickedly funny relationship comedy The Invite (read our full review here), Seth Rogen and Wilde star as Joe and Angela, a married couple whose increasingly fractured relationship is thrown into disarray when they invite their…
Thanks to Sony Pictures Australia, we have 5 double in-season passes (Admit 2) to see the action-packed How To Rob a Bank, from the director Bullet Train and The Fall Guy, exclusively in cinemas from November 12th, 2026. In HOW TO ROB A BANK, a crew of social media-savvy bank robbers broadcasts their daring heists,…
The most devastating thing about losing someone isn’t always the absence itself, but the possibility that holding on to them might prevent us from ever moving forward. It’s this uncomfortable intersection of love, guilt and obsession that drives Last Seen, the gripping six-part Australian thriller adapted by writer and executive producer Kris Mrksa from Ryan…
I feel like I mention this at the start of every Call of Duty review, but I’ll say it again. Call of Duty is my preferred franchise for multiplayer gaming, and I’m generally playing each year’s instalment, regardless of the varying levels of quality. Yes, there have been multiple ups and downs over the years,…
Sydney rock outfit Yendys are back with their second EP, If I Had A Hi Fi, and we’re delighted to be premiering it today, ahead of its official release tomorrow, 30 October. Following their 2025 debut Drawn Onward, the band have broadened their sound, bringing country, punk, grunge and funk influences into the mix. There’s…
Montreal indie trio Men I Trust will return to Australia next month, bringing their signature blend of hazy dream-pop, to Melbourne, Perth, Sydney and Brisbane. Featuring Emmanuelle Proulx, Jessy Caron and Dragos Chiriac, Men I Trust have built a devoted international following. Their music drifts between dream-pop, indie rock and soft-focus psychedelia, pairing Proulx’s distinctive…
Most teenagers have enough trouble navigating high school without having to contend with millions of strangers watching their every move. But for 16-year-old Australian rock sensation Maple’s Pet Dinosaur, growing up and breaking into the music industry have become almost inseparable experiences. What began as an outlet for the anger and isolation she felt while…
Western Australian singer-songwriter Michael Ward returns with “Little Yellow Aeroplane”, a grunge-rock track about trying to leave a toxic relationship. The single is out this Friday, 30 October, and we’re delighted to bring you an exclusive first listen today. More than 20 years in the making, “Little Yellow Aeroplane” was first written on the front…
When does ambition become obsession, and at what point does the pursuit of success begin to fundamentally alter who we are? In A24’s psychological crime thriller Primetime, Robert Pattinson portrays television journalist Chris Hansen, whose involvement in NBC’s controversial To Catch a Predator series transformed him into an unlikely cultural phenomenon. Set against the sensationalised…
In 2024, Aussie singer-songwriter Gretta Ray’s life took a turn when she was abruptly diagnosed with a rare, life-threatening infection of the heart. Just two days after moving to London to continue exploring her flourishing music career, she was forced to shift both her life and career, redefining her priorities and reimagining the future that…
In 1982, Loudon Wainwright III made his first trip to Australia and brought his father along. “We’d never done anything like that,” Wainwright says, speaking over Zoom from his home on Long Island, New York. “He actually wrote a column about the tour, and we had a wonderful time.” His father, Loudon Wainwright Jr., was…
Absolut® and Tabasco™ have teamed up to create a spicy new vodka blend. To celebrate, the team have enlisted former Spice Girl and queer icon Melanie C to play a DJ set at a free day party in Sydney at Beresford Sundays on Sunday 15 November. Beresford Sundays have been hosting Sydney’s iconic Sunday sessions…
Frenzee are back to turn up the heat. The Melbourne-born, Crete-raised sibling trio have just unleashed their new album Runnin’ Amok via Poison City Records, delivering another blast of high-voltage punk rock. Featuring siblings Apollonia (vocals), Adonis (guitar) and Nikos (drums), Frenzee have carved out their own lane with a sound that fuses raw punk…
More than two decades after he first introduced audiences to the gloriously misguided, culturally appropriating wannabe gangster from Staines, Sacha Baron Cohen is bringing Ali G back into a world that, in many ways, seems even more absurd than the one he originally inhabited. But while the character’s tracksuits, questionable vocabulary and unwavering confidence in…
At a time when political absurdity has become so commonplace that reality frequently feels beyond parody, the return of Sacha Baron Cohen‘s Ali G should, in theory, provide the perfect opportunity to expose the increasingly ridiculous state of modern society. After all, Baron Cohen built his reputation on confronting prejudice through comedy, using the apparent…
History has a way of making the inevitable seem obvious. We look back on defining moments with the comfort of knowing how they unfolded, often forgetting that the people responsible for shaping them were operating without that same certainty. In the 72 hours leading up to D-Day, as the Allied forces prepared to launch the…
History may remember D-Day as one of the defining victories of the Second World War, but for the men tasked with deciding when it should take place, victory was anything but certain. Before Allied soldiers stormed the beaches of Normandy, before the sacrifices and triumphs that would become etched into collective memory, there were weather…
Walking past Sydney’s TikTok Entertainment Centre on Sunday evening, you might wonder what’s happening… What is that sound? Just 9,000 people inside having a sing-song. What are they singing? “F**k yoooouuu, f**k you very, very mucchhhhh!” This is the Lily-oke show with tour band, Dallas Minor Sextet. The deal? They play, you sing. It’s that…
With their newest album Everybody Tells The Truth officially announced for release on February 5, Slowly Slowly are getting ready to enter a new chapter. For frontman Ben Stewart, it’s a chapter that feels especially good, with the band’s third Good Things Festival appearance on the horizon and a renewed confidence in the music they’re…
Castlevania has been driving stakes into the hearts of players for 40 years. Konami’s gothic saga debuted in 1986 and became a cornerstone of the NES era as Simon Belmont stormed Dracula’s castle, before 1997’s Symphony of the Night redefined what side-scrolling adventure games could be and gave the entire Metroidvania genre its name. More…
In an age where our lives are increasingly curated for social media and differing opinions can be silenced with the click of a button, the idea of throwing complete strangers into a house where there’s nowhere to hide feels more fascinating than ever. As Big Brother Australia returns to Network 10 with live nominations, live…
Few films have courted controversy quite as enthusiastically as Ken Russell’s The Devils, and even fewer have emerged from decades of censorship feeling quite so alarmingly relevant. First released in 1971, Russell’s feverish examination of religious fanaticism, sexual repression and institutional corruption has long existed under the shadow of its own notoriety, with its most…
Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) brought the full production of his now infamous comeback show to Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno Main Stadium, giving the Indonesian capital one of the largest concerts in the city’s history. And while the show’s spectacular visuals confirmed West’s lofty ambitions, glaring sound issues marred most of the night, holding…
I don’t think I’m alone in saying Fort Lauderdale has never been on my radar. You’ll hear locals trying to grab a sense of casual coolness by referring to it as just “Lauderdale”, but that doesn’t quite roll off the tongue as “Chi-Town” or “Philly”. Try as they might, it’s hard to piece apart a…
Canberra gets a bit of a bum rap amongst Australians, but the nation’s capital is well worth a visit. It’s a city only in name, preferring wide-open expanses to densely packed skyscrapers, bringing the country right onto the steps of Parliament House. A custodian of Australia’s history, good and bad, it embraces everything from museums…
Television has become awfully serious about being taken seriously. Prestige dramas arrive with cinematic ambitions, comedies increasingly disguise themselves as emotionally bruising character studies, and the once-reliable pleasure of spending half an hour with a group of funny people in a familiar setting has become something of an endangered experience. Somewhere along the way, the…
As audiences fall in love with Miranda Hart all over again, rumours of a sitcom revival couldn’t come at a better time. With traditional television comedy becoming an increasingly rare commodity, perhaps what we need now is a little more laughter, a little less cynicism, and a return to the wonderfully chaotic world of Miranda….
After conquering the global box office to the tune of $1.7 billion, Christopher Nolan‘s mythological epic The Odyssey is preparing for its next journey, this time from the biggest screens imaginable to the comfort of your living room. The film will arrive on digital platforms, 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray on November 18th, 2026 (months…
For what it’s worth, I really enjoyed the first Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun game. While it might have been a little shallow and repetitive in parts, it’s an incredibly competent and fun boomer shooter. Thankfully, Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun 2 has taken notes and kept the receipts, because even though it’s not perfect, it’s a much more varied…
There was something wonderfully unceremonious about Mudhoney‘s arrival on stage. No grand entrance, no extended introduction, just four grunge veterans who helped define Seattle’s sound, wandering into view to an immediate chorus of cheers and a heartfelt shout of “I love you Steve!” from somewhere in the crowd. With no barrier between band and audience,…
