Day: 7 May 2025

Photo Gallery: Slowdive + Beach Fossils – Enmore Theatre, Sydney (06.05.25)

Slowdive, the shoegaze pioneers from the UK, returned to Australia with New York’s indie darlings, Beach Fossils, performing at Sydney’s Enmore Theatre, the first of two nights. Slowdive’s performance was a masterclass in atmospheric sound. They transported the audience into a world of lush reverb and delicate melodies with the opener “Avalyn”, and tracks including…

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Interview: Sydney Film Festival director Nashen Moodley on this year’s program; “There should be no barriers to coming.”

As this year’s Sydney Film Festival program goes live (read all about it here), with 201 films from 70 countries on the bill, including 17 World Premieres, 6 international premieres and 137 Australian Premieres, bringing together hundreds of new international and local stories, festival director Nashen Moodley spoke with our Peter Gray about his vision,…

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Sydney Film Festival announces full 2025 program

The 72nd Sydney Film Festival (June 4th – 15th, 2025) program has officially launched, with Festival Director Nashen Moodley unveiling an exceptional line-up, including 15 films direct from the Cannes Film Festival, including Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident and Kelly Reichardt’s 1970s-set art heist drama The Mastermind. Other major highlights include The Life…

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Great Big Beautiful Life is a romance novel with a colourful cartoon cover featuring a man and a woman writing on a beach on opposite sides of the title. It is predominately orange and purple and blue.

Book review: Emily Henry’s latest is dividing opinion, but Great Big Beautiful Life is a great big beautiful book

American rom-com writer, Emily Henry, although having already published several novels for young adults, really made a name for herself with her first novel for adults, Beach Read in 2020. Since then, the publication of a new Emily Henry novel has become a major bookish event, with the release of her latest book, Great Big…

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Exclusive Single Premiere: Alex Watts “SFYL” (2025)

Naarm’s Alex Watts is making vintage R&B cool again, with his latest track about to hit the airwaves, the catchy and warm “SFYL” (Sorry For Your Loss). This is one that will have you heading for the dance floor, and we are stoked to be premiering it ahead of its release on Thursday. The track…

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Grand Theft Auto 6 gets a second trailer

After the disappointing news that Grand Theft Auto 6 is getting delayed to May 26, 2026, Rockstar Games has dropped a second trailer, the first real look at the game in over a year. Check it out for yourself below: The trailer certainly grants us a deeper look at the relationship between protagonists Jason and Lucia,…

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Beyoncé Is the Face of Levi’s New Campaign – And It’s a Throwback Done Right

Levi’s® has long been a seal of confidence, authenticity and timeless style, and the label’s latest campaign with Beyoncé celebrates just that. The legendary denim brand is no stranger to making headlines, but its latest high-profile collaboration has struck just at the right time. Beyoncé’s in the midst of a reinvention with her art and…

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