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Amy Taylor of Amyl and the Sniffers performs at Sidney Myer Music Bowl, January 24, 2025.

Amyl and the Sniffers’ biggest show yet is a riotous celebration

There’s a real sense of community and communion as the crowd thrashes, screams and whoops for 90 minutes of pure chaos.

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Cameron Woodhead and Andrew Fuhrmann

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Lost in a book: it’s the reader, less so  the author, who matters.

What we’re reading this summer – because the BookTokers told us to

Ten books to read before everyone else starts reading them.

  • Kayla Olaya
From top left: The Substance; Conclave; Anora; Emilia Perez; Wicked; and The Brutalist.

Reviewed: How our critics rated the Oscar best picture nominees

From Wicked to A Complete Unknown and Anora, here are our critics’ takes on this year’s Academy Award nominated films.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte

The role that has Natalie Bassingthwaighte talking about what a lot of women are thinking

You may know her as Izzy from Neighbours, but the multi-talented singer and actor is ready to take on her most challenging part yet.

  • Elizabeth Flux

Like Betty Draper, Will Self’s mother was angry. His novel reveals why

Based on his late mother’s diaries, this “auto-oedipal” novel is a loving tribute.

  • Vanessa Francesca
Amy Adams in Nightbitch.

I think we’re meant to feel rage, but Nightbitch left me howling with laughter

Is it drama, black comedy, satire, body horror?

  • Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
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Magicians Penn & Teller perform at Hamer Hall, January 21, 2025.

Stranger than Trump? Penn & Teller provide the best performance art of the day

In a tour celebrating their golden jubilee, the duo showed a packed Hamer Hall exactly why their act is so enduring and beloved.

  • Cameron Woodhead, Jessica Nicholas and Vyshnavee Wijekumar
Laszlo Toth (Adrien Brody) and his wife Erzsebet (Felicity Jones) in The Brutalist.

Despite all the awards buzz, is The Brutalist actually any good?

In an industry which ranks familiarity as its favourite selling point how do you peddle a script so original that it defies comparison?

  • Sandra Hall
 Elle Fanning and Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown.

Timothee Chalamet ditches the cuteness and produces an electric Bob Dylan

A Complete Unknown is the actor’s most impressive performance to date: not merely an imitation of the young Dylan, but an interpretation of his body of work.

  • Jake Wilson
Martin Place metro station.

Need another reason to love the Metro? Here it is

The Sydney Metro has become the Louvre of commutes.

  • Michaela Boland

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