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achlan Rose of Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird perform on stage at the Corner Hotel on the 25th of July 2025 in Melbourne.

Nostalgia and rock collide in an intimate live performance

Cousin Tony’s Brand New Firebird have been at it for a decade. Live, their normally smooth sound is roughened up, in the best of ways.

  • Will Cox, Cameron Woodhead, Sonia Nair and Tony Way

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Teresa Palmer as Isabelle, an outsider who disrupts a previously quiet neighbourhood, in The Family Next Door

Perfect on the outside, chaos within: Teresa Palmer taps her heart of darkness in ABC drama

Her series skewers the facade of suburban normality. But for the Byron Bay actor and social media star, there’s nothing new in that.

  • Karl Quinn
Bridget Bourke will play Margot Wendice in Dial M for Murder at Theatre Works.

In the ’50s, this Hitchcock story might have passed for light entertainment. Today, it reads as true crime

A new production of Dial M For Murder tackles both the story’s dark themes and Alfred Hitchcock’s troubling legacy.

  • John Bailey
Betty Kuntiwa Pumani with her major work Antara commissioned for Malatja-malatja at Bundanon, 2025.

Landmark show is a monumental tribute to family, Country and care

Betty Kuntiwa Pumani’s exhibition at the Bundanon Art Museum binds generations.

  • Ksenia Radchenko
American artist Laura Allcorn (yellow top) with her work Pledge Drive For Attention.

Hopelessly distracted by you: Can we break our love affair with tech?

Doomscrolling, video autoplay and swiping left, right, up and down is devouring everyone’s attention. A new exhibition asks how we might break the habit.

  • Karl Quinn
Julie (Keeley Hawes) in The Assassin.

Keeley Hawes’ complicated assassin is a bit hit (and miss) in manic thriller

The creators of outback caper The Tourist, brothers Jack and Harry Williams, offer another romp through picturesque locations, but it’s a bit of a slog at times.

  • Karl Quinn
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Luna Garret and Clément Favreau in French film Holy Cow.

Blunt and charming, this French film about cheese-making is filled with pride

Holy Cow balances familiar grit with an equally familiar feelgood formula – but there are some more surprising elements.

  • Jake Wilson
Co-dependent couple Tim and Millie find their bodies starting to fuse after a strange accident while hiking.

Why real-life couple Dave Franco and Alison Brie just had to do Together, together

There’s a lot more to this comedic Aussie body horror than a massive sale at Sundance and an ugly plagiarism lawsuit.

  • Karl Quinn
Pierce Brosnan plays an artist in Four Letters of Love

Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan can’t save this clanger of a film

In spirit, Four Letters of Love is a very slightly elevated Hallmark movie. But that’s not the biggest problem.

  • Jake Wilson
Ingrid (Sally Phillips), Austin (Michael Theo) and  Julian (Ben Miller) continue their adventures in season two of Austin.

ABC comedy Austin returns with more humour, heart and Michael Theo

There is much to rejoice about this Australian and British comedy drama co-production, which shines with a beautifully peculiar wit.

  • Lenny Ann Low

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