Day: 15 September 2025
Ready or Not delivers relentless tension for a top-tier FPS experience
For years, Ready or Not has built a reputation on PC as one of the most hardcore tactical shooters around. A throwback to the unforgiving SWAT-style sims of old, but with modern weight and grit. Now it’s made the jump to consoles with cross-play intact, and against all odds, the leap has paid off. What…
Playlunch deliver the best headline gig of the year at Sydney’s Manning Bar
It’s not often I say things as outlandish as the title above suggests, but I’m here to reassure you it is 100% correct: Playlunch just played the best and most fun live set of the year. Hot on the heels of the release of the second album, Sex Ed, Playlunch returned to Sydney’s Manning Bar…
Olivia Dean adds extra dates to ‘The Art of Loving’ Australian tour
Following overwhelming demand from presale, Olivia Dean has announced new arena shows in Melbourne and Sydney as part of her The Art of Loving tour for October 2026. These additions mean Australian audiences now have an extra chance to see her, joining previously confirmed dates. The tour celebrates Dean’s forthcoming second album The Art of…
Interview: Ryan Corr on bonding with joeys and immersing himself in the spiritual energy of Alice Springs for Kangaroo
Kangaroo is a heart-warming family comedy about ex TV personality Chris Masterman (Ryan Corr), who becomes stranded in an Outback town outside Alice Springs. There, he teams up with 12-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie (Lily Whiteley). The pair form an unlikely friendship and work together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys in the remote but stunning…
Interview: Kate Woods on returning to Australian feature filmmaking with Kangaroo; “It’s my happy place.”
Kangaroo is a heart-warming family comedy about ex TV personality Chris Masterman, who becomes stranded in an Outback town outside Alice Springs. There, he teams up with 12-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. The pair form an unlikely friendship and work together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys in the remote but stunning Outback community – an…
Audrey Hobert to play two intimate Australian shows this October
Breakout singer-songwriter and rising pop sensation Audrey Hobert has announced two debut Australian shows for early next month. Marking her first performances Down Under and some of her first live performances ever, Melbourne and Sydney fans will be given the rare chance to see her up close before she inevitably takes on much larger stages….
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery; Neo-Gothic-inspired sequel is as divisive as it is exciting: Toronto International Film Festival Review
Skilled filmmaker and whodunnit expert Rian Johnson has, once again, subverted the expectation of what should constitute a Knives Out mystery. Whereas the first film in this now continuing franchise was a tight riddle and the sequel (Glass Onion) indulged in its vacation villainy, Wake Up Dead Man takes its cues from such gothic fiction…
Dust to Dreams; Idris Elba directs rich short film that serves as a meditation on music and reconciliation: Toronto International Film Festival Review
Selected for the Toronto International Film Festival’s Short Cuts program, Dust to Dreams, courtesy of actor Idris Elba flexing his directorial muscle once more, is a soft meditation on on love, music, and reconciliation, set against the backdrop of Lagos, Nigeria. There’s such a rich tapestry of narrative and the emotional outlay that comes from…
Interview: Director Andy Hines and stars Matt Walsh and Rhys Darby on their small town Canadian thriller Little Lorraine
Inspired by Adam Baldwin’s song “Lighthouse in Little Lorraine”, and based upon on a true story of a cocaine smuggling ring that ran through the eponymous small Nova Scotian town in the 80s, Little Lorraine is a harrowing dramatic thriller that served as one of the prime Canadian spotlight titles at this year’s Toronto International…