As part of their ongoing exploration of art and technology, ILA, Australia’s Centre for Immersive Light and Art have enlisted Berlin-based multi-disciplinary art collective flora&faunavisions to create an immersive and interactive experience. The experience, called TIMELIGHT ‘Beyond our ticking world’ allows visitors to interact with a virtual digital canvas to explore themes of time and…
On the surface, Hugo Keijzer‘s The Occupant appears as if it’ll be another entrant in the survivalist drama genre, focusing on a young woman, seemingly out of her depth as she battles the elements of an unflinching nature. The Georgia-Russia border serves as the primary setting, with Ella Balinska‘s Abby serving as Keijzer’s focal point,…
Desperate to save her sister, Abby (Ella Balinska) takes a dangerous job in the remote Georgian wilderness. Stranded in the mountains after her helicopter crashes, she finds hope through a mysterious helper radioing from nearby. As he guides her through the harsh conditions, Abby struggles to survive, and her grip on reality falters until she…
Before we get into this review, there are a few things you should know about me. I’m an Australian with Italian heritage, and my favourite film of all time is The Godfather. My grandparents are actually from Sicily, and I can even speak the Sicilian dialect myself. And to top it all off, I’ll be…
All good parties must come to an end. We’ve all been there before; stuck talking to someone’s random cousin, sat around the classic glass topped table in your mate’s parents’ backyard at 4am after what had been a great night. Thankfully, Northeast Party House have enough intuition to know when to call their time as…
After announcing himself as a horror filmmaker to be reckoned with following his bold 2022 debut Barbarian, it’s understandable that audiences may be entering Zach Cregger‘s sophomore scarer Weapons with a certain level of expectation. Of course, the rather ambiguous trailers have only added to the overall dread the film suggests, and the trivia nugget…
Brisbane/Meanjin’s Call the Mourning recently dropped single “Break“, an angsty musing on obsession and the last release ahead of their upcoming EP. Today we’re excited to be premiering the accompanying music video exclusively here on The AU Review. Call the Mourning consists of Constance Grafos (vocals/guitar), Dominic Willimott (drums), and new addition Kai Giovanni (bass),…
Not every monitor needs to push bleeding-edge display tech to stand out. Alienware’s AW2525HM proves that going all-in on core performance (speed, colour, and comfort), can be more than enough. Designed for the competitive crowd but accessible to anyone chasing a high-refresh experience, this 25-inch Full HD panel delivers blistering speed, accurate colours, and a…
Cameron Winter, best known as the voice behind Brooklyn-made Geese, will play his first solo Australian show at the Forum in Melbourne in early February 2026. It’s a one-night-only, Australian-exclusive date. The show follows the release of Heavy Metal, his debut solo album, which quietly dropped via Partisan Records in late 2024. A soft-handed turn…
Cinema, as of late, has really taken advantage of nostalgia and the good faith that audiences will hold onto such and turn out for a years-later legacy sequel. The last few years alone have given us continuations to such once-dormant properties as Jurassic Park, Star Wars, Indiana Jones, Top Gun, Scream, Halloween, and I Know…
In the action-comedy The Pickup, a routine cash pickup takes a wild turn when two mismatched armored truck drivers, Russell (Eddie Murphy) and Travis (Pete Davidson), are ambushed by ruthless criminals led by a savvy mastermind, Zoe (Keke Palmer), with plans that go way beyond the cash cargo. As chaos unfolds around them, the unlikely duo…
The heist film genre gives itself away to a multiple of mentalities. Yet, whether it adopts a more action-based personality or one more comedic, it ultimately plays very much by the same central narrative of a snatch-and-grab job that, more often than not, has its share of obstacles to overcome. The Pickup, the latest heavy-name…
Nu-metal fusion artist Kim Dracula is heading home to Australia later this year, teeing up a string of dates with very special guest Wednesday 13. Known for their wild blend of genres, huge vocal range, and wildly theatrical stage show, Kim Dracula has come a long way from their Tasmanian beginnings. Collabs with Jonathan Davis…
Platinum selling post-hardcore act Pierce The Veil are heading our way in 2026, announcing the Australian leg of their I Can’t Hear You World Tour. They’ll hit Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth in April of next year, with support from Movements and Jack Kays. The San Diego trio’s latest tour has been a massive…
The Used are headed back to Australia this August, and they’re not coming quietly. Rather than playing a standard setlist, the pop rock icons are going all in- three nights in each city, playing three of their most beloved records in full. That’s right, fans will get the chance to experience one of three iconic…
The Meanjin/Brisbane octet The Holy Rollercoasters have been together for eight years and delivered their debut album, Odyssey, in 2023. At the midway point in 2025, they are just about to call it quits. Before they do this, however, they are leaving a significant farewell to fans, in the form of a farewell album and…
Agatha Christie is a timeless story-teller, weaving intriguing stories about complex characters with dark secrets. With some 66 crime novels, 150 short stories and over 25 plays, she is regarded as the Queen of Crime. Director Robyn Nevin AO has bought And Then There Were None to life with style and humour. The play is set…
Australia’s beloved heavy and alternative music festival, Good Things, is locked in and confirmed for early December in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane. This year will also see the Sydney venue upgraded to the Sydney Showgrounds due to overwhelming demand in previous years. With the official lineup being announced on August 12th, fans are speculating hard…
It’s hard to believe next year will mark the 20th anniversary of brother-sister duo Angus & Julia Stone’s initial assault on Aussie hearts and global charts. Angus was just 20 at the time, but he’d already found his groove. His hips haven’t stopped swaying ever since. A prolific songwriter, there’s been no let-up in hits…
If you’re planning to travel overseas anytime soon, it’s worth considering how you’ll stay in touch with others while you’re away. Of course, there’s Wi-Fi just about everywhere these days, but when you’re out and about, in between those hotspots, things could get a little tricky. Simify is aiming to fix this problem with their…
Little Birdy on tour celebrating the 21st Birthday of their iconic debut album bigbiglove played at Sydney’s Manning Bar on a very wet and miserable Saturday night. Little Birdy delivered the entire album with heartfelt precision, breathing revitalised life into each song. “Beautiful to Me” carried its original charm with the crowd singing along to every…
Crowded House are heading out on tour this October and November, but not in the way you’d usually expect. Instead of the arenas and outdoor stages we’re used to seeing them on, they’ll play a string of smaller, more intimate venues across the country in a rare pop-up tour. The seven dates will not only…
Fit For A King are perhaps one of the most relentless forces within the modern metal core scene- unafraid to evolve while staying true to their foundations. With their 2018 record Dark Skies, the Texas five-piece struck a rare balance between brutal heaviness and heartfelt honesty which catapulted them to a new tier of success….
For Sydney-based Dinley Jones, 2025 has been a whirlwind already. After making it to the top 21 in the most recent season of Australian Idol, the singer, dancer and all-round creative force has been riding a wave of momentum with a growing fanbase and a fresh single. Before Idol came calling, Jones was doing what…
When it comes to home cleaning tech, we’re constantly asking for devices that are smarter, lighter, and less of a pain to maintain. Enter the Tineco Carpet One Cruiser, a sleek and intelligent carpet cleaner that might just make you rethink how often you deep-clean your floors (in my case, definitely not enough!). Retailing at…
August is somewhat alarmingly already upon us, but that hasn’t stopped us from adding ten new songs to our Discovery Playlist on Spotify and Apple Music, including two tracks we premiered earlier in the week. Our track of the week goes to Melbourne’s new wave/post-punk outfit Radio Free Alice, with “Toyota Camry”. Radio Free Alice…
In her real time crime thriller set in a war zone, The Cranes Call, director Laura Warner embeds with war crimes investigator Anya Neistat and her team as they track down a group of survivors bold enough to take a stand against those accused of committing the most heinous crimes of rape, torture and murder…
BLACKPINK’s JENNIE (Jennie Kim) has been making a splash as a solo artist both in music and on screen. After the renowned K-pop group BLACKPINK decided to take a break to focus on solo projects, Jennie launched her solo career with the single “Solo” in 2018, and just a year later, became the first solo…
Alright Animals, Mother is coming! Following the critical acclaim of her latest album . (Period) (You can read our glowing review here), Kesha will continue the monumental success of her biggest headline run of her extraordinary career with the eagerly awaited Australian leg of The Tits Out Tour– her first headline tour Down Under in over…
Earlier this year, Max Mutchnick and David Kohan brought a classic sensibility of the sitcoms of heyday to streamer Hulu (Disney+ here in Australia) with Mid Century Modern. The Will & Grace creators maintained a sense of nostalgia with the multi-camera format and live audience participation, whilst updating the humour to include a more modern…
