As soon as I hear that signature beat, I’m transported straight back to the 1990s. You know the one – boom-boom-ba-da, boom-boom-ba-da. A heartbeat to a generation. As quick as they land in my ear canal, my mind is back in a flannie, with a head of long thick hair well past my collar. Cigs…
For Liv Hewson, a good detective story isn’t really about the crime. It’s about the people trying to make sense of what has been left behind. That philosophy sits at the heart of Treasure & Dirt, a distinctly Australian murder mystery set in the scorched, dust-choked opal mining town of Nullah, where the brutal beheading…
Fifteen years after its release, Conan the Barbarian remains one of modern fantasy cinema’s most understood films. Dismissed upon arrival by critics and audiences alike, it was quickly branded an unnecessary remake, a hollow echo of John Milius’s 1982 classic, and a failed vehicle for a rising star. Yet time has been kinder to Conan…
There’s something inherently unsettling about the suburbs in the films of David Robert Mitchell. Familiar streets, quiet houses and seemingly ordinary neighbourhoods have a way of suggesting that something strange might be lurking just beyond the frame. With The End of Oak Street, the filmmaker behind It Follows and Under the Silver Lake takes that…
It’s that time of the year again for another round of football, with EA Sports FC 27. Fresh off another FIFA World Cup, we’re absolutely rearing to get stuck in once again, and the team at EA Sports have given us a peek behind the curtain at their next big iteration. We’re going to be…
Massive Attack the pioneers of trip-hop returned to Sydney for the first time since 2010 to play to a sold out Afterpay Arena (formerly known as Qudos Bank Arena). Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall stood largely in silhouette as the enormous screens behind them became a constantly shifting collage of images, headlines and political…
Thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures, we have 5 double digital in-season passes (Admit 2) to see Anne Hathaway and Ewan McGregor in The End of Oak Street, from director David Robert Mitchell (It Follows), in Australian theatres from August 13th, 2026. After a mysterious cosmic event rips Oak Street from suburbia and transports their neighborhood…
Gang Of Youths made their triumphant return to the Sydney live music scene last night, performing at the iconic Sydney Opera House to an enthusiastic sold out concert hall. Led by the charismatic front man David Le’aupepe they didn’t disappoint playing fan favourites and new songs. Gretta Ray even joined in for the closer of…
Like all people of good taste, I am obsessed with New York City. The sense of community, the hospitality, the dynamism, the energy and the breathlessness of it all. All of it. It may smell of humanity’s worst indulgences – I’m not blind to the decay of a hyper-capitalist, hyper-pressurised rat race – but once…
Daniel Caesar is heading back to Australia this November, expanding his Son of Spergy world tour with three headline arena shows in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. The dates mark the long-awaited Australian leg of the singer-songwriter’s biggest global tour to date, following an extensive run across Asia, North America and Europe. The tour arrives in…
2026 is flying by, which means Good Things is right around the corner. With the lineup looking likely to drop this coming Tuesday, after a few pushbacks, delays, and plenty of teasing from the Good Things crew, we’re predicting/manifesting that these artists might make the lineup. Nickelback If you’ve seen the new Good Things logo…
A tale that travels all the way back to 1905, Fiddler on the Roof is by no means a new musical, yet its timeless themes carry through to today. Premiering on Broadway in 1964, with a film version released in 1971, this musical now marks its 62nd anniversary with its premiere season at the Theatre…
For countless families around the world, CoComelon is already an instantly recognisable part of childhood. Now, director Kat Good is taking JJ and his friends somewhere they’ve never been before: the big screen. Marking Good’s feature directorial debut, CoComelon: The Movie expands the preschool phenomenon into a colourful musical adventure that follows JJ (Connor Esterson)…
Each week at the AU we work hard to dig up the best new music from across Australia and beyond. This week is no different with ten brand new tracks added to our Discovery playlist on Spotify and Apple Music. Whether you’re chasing something to soundtrack the commute, or just looking for something new, we’ve…
Pregnancy has long been fertile ground for horror cinema, but Son of Sara transforms familiar fears into something far more intimate. As Sara, a woman whose increasingly disturbing cravings coincide with the return of her estranged boyfriend and the terrifying possibility that something sinister is growing inside her, Chloe Van Landschoot delivers a performance that…
Son of Sara opens with a compelling premise. Sara (Chloe Van Landschoot) is heavily pregnant after a one-night stand and living with her supportive partner, Carol (Tymika Tafari), but increasingly disturbing symptoms – an insatiable appetite for raw meat, violent bouts of sickness and terrifying visions – suggest something far more sinister than a difficult…
The hype train for Grand Theft Auto 6 keeps on rolling. It’s hard to believe we haven’t laid eyes on any official gameplay yet, but it’s a safe bet we’ll get a much better look later this month. Grand Theft Auto 6: An Extended Look will hit Netflix on Friday, the 28th of August for…
Eli Roth has never been a filmmaker I’ve felt compelled to defend. He’s a provocateur whose work often lives or dies by how much you’re willing to embrace outrageous violence, juvenile humour and unapologetic excess. At his best, films like Cabin Fever, Hostel and Thanksgiving understood the particular corner of horror they occupied, balancing their…
It felt like the 2003 Summer Festival season all over again in Toronto last night, as the Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age hit the massive Rogers Stadium to kick off their 2026 North American tour. After two cancelled tours – one (the 25th anniversary “Van Tour”) due to COVID-19, and their 2022…
BINGE has unveiled a first look at its upcoming original series Apocalypse, while also confirming longtime Australian television presenter Jonathan LaPaglia as the show’s narrator. Best known for hosting Australian Survivor and Top Gear Australia, LaPaglia will guide viewers through the eight-part reality series, which poses a simple but daunting question: Could you survive the…
There’s something gloriously difficult to pin down about Phillip Philadelphia. At once a queer melodrama, an absurdist comedy, a portrait of creative decay and a love letter to the strange beauty lurking beneath the Gold Coast’s sun-soaked façade, Adam C. Briggs‘ latest feature refuses to settle into any one identity. Shot on luminous 16mm, it…
For Allan Clarke, documentary filmmaking isn’t simply about preserving history – it’s about challenging audiences to confront the stories they’ve long ignored. The award-winning Muruwari and Gomeroi filmmaker, journalist and writer has built a career giving voice to communities too often left out of Australia’s national conversation, from The Bowraville Murders and The Dark Emu…
There are few comedy franchises as defiantly committed to their own wavelength as Super Troopers. Twenty-five years after the original became an unlikely cult sensation on DVD shelves and dorm-room repeat viewings, the Broken Lizard gang are still making movies that feel as though they were conceived during an extended road trip between lifelong friends;…
TikTok may have introduced the world to Emei through the irresistible hooks of “Late to the Party” and “Scatterbrain,” but Night at the Opera reveals an artist far more interested in emotional honesty than algorithmic moments. The EP marks a conscious return to her musical theatre roots, embracing melodrama, humour and heartbreak in equal measure…
When Violent Night arrived in 2022, it felt like the cinematic equivalent of finding a lump of coal that somehow turned out to be the perfect Christmas gift. Tommy Wirkola’s gleefully blood-soaked action-comedy paired David Harbour’s weary Santa Claus with outrageous festive carnage, but beneath the shattered ornaments and sharpened candy canes was an unexpectedly…
After proving that Santa Claus could dispatch mercenaries with the same ease he delivered presents, director Tommy Wirkola‘s Violent Night earned an unlikely place alongside the festive classics many audiences return to every December. Beneath the gloriously excessive violence and gleefully inventive action was a surprisingly sincere Christmas story, one that found David Harbour’s weary…
For an artist as culturally omnipresent as Charli XCX, Erupcja is a fascinating first major acting vehicle; yes, depending on when you’re seeing this, she has been seen across such features as The Moment (which shouldn’t really count as she was essentially playing herself), Faces of Death and I Want Your Sex, but Erupcja was…
Dash cams have quietly shifted from nice-to-have gadgets to essential vehicle insurance policies on Australian roads. Uniden’s latest offering, the iGO Cam 63R, sets out to solve the biggest dilemma in the market: how to get legitimate 4K front coverage and crisp rear recording without shelling out top-dollar cash. With an RRP of $300, the…
When Ted Lasso concluded its third season, it felt less like a television finale than a heartfelt farewell. It was the kind of ending that seemed content to leave AFC Richmond exactly where audiences hoped it would: bruised, wiser and full of possibility. So the announcement of a fourth season inevitably raised the question every…
New York City’s famous Top of the Rock represents its limitless ambitions in many ways that Manhattan’s other observation decks cannot. And I can qualify that by looking at how warm and energising the feeling of nostalgia is. Whether it’s your first time up to the iconic deck, or your fifth, you’ll know that feeling….
