TV & Movies

It’s that time of year again where Melbourne welcomes Moonlight Cinema back for its 28th summer. Returning to their usual turf—the Botanic Gardens Friday 29 November 2024. This annual cinematic tradition has multiple flicks to feast your eyes on. 

No, it's not just you—eBikes are everywhere right now.

Mighty MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival) is back this week from Thursday 8 August to Sunday 25 August. The program is 250 films thick, with round-the-clock screenings, world premiers, and emerging talent debuts. We’ve deciphered the program into bite-sized pieces so you know what to watch, where to eat (and drink), and all the things you can do off-screen.

Whether it’s a '90s sitcom or a cult classic blockbuster that’s found its way into your rotation, the cooler weather is making us want to rug up on the couch and turn on those guilty pleasures. 

In just a few days time, new-comer FoMo Cinemas in East Brunswick Village is set to pop corn for the first time to debut a new premium approach to the cinema-going experience that celebrates film nostalgia.

We know there’s a lot to get through on Netflix, Stan, Disney+, Apple TV and so on, but sometimes you just need to get outside, right? Who said the outdoors meant no screen time though? Not us. And let’s be real here, sometimes you just want to enjoy the movie without that kid behind you kicking your seat, or the group next to you talking over the tear-jerker moments. The best outdoor cinemas Melbourne has are free from such distractions. So pack a blanket and switch your phone to silent, we’ve got movies to watch.

If films are your schtick–you’ll be pleased to know that Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) will be back in theatres and online this August. Perfect for a winter night out, MIFF is packed with everything from engrossing documentaries and insightful speakers to anticipated blockbusters and plenty more. 

Dipping into the decade of nostalgia, Yellowjackets on Paramount+ is back for another nail-biting season.

There's never been a better time to be (or indulge) a Disney fan with the Disney100 Celebration taking over the 'Happiest Place On Earth'.

Inspired by the power of the Post-it note to spark a spicey vibe in the new Paramount+ series, The Flatshare, we’ve scoped out our fave ways to show your partner some love for free and let the romance and good vibes flow.

Taking inspo from Paramount+’s new rom-com series, The Flatshare, we’ve pulled together six ways you can slowdown and reconnect with your roomies amongst everyone’s busy schedules. 

Based on the best-selling book by Beth O’Leary (that we may or may not have devoured in a single sitting), The Flatshare will be dropping on Paramount+ on XX December, so the countdown is well and truly on. 

Film lovers rejoice! 20th Century Studio's hottest new release, Amsterdam, is hitting cinemas next month and we're on the edge of our seats to see it. 

Mia Thomspon shares her thoughts on the harmony between technology and dance. 

From films to fulfilling culinary adventures, this is the perfect culture-lovers escape. 

This is one show you do not want to miss. 

Nestled in the beating heart of Surfers Paradise, we’ve found the perfect place for the ultimate fun day out. Think: epic games, live sport and a total foodie nirvana. So where can you find this awesome spot? Perched on the corner of Surfers Paradise Boulevard and Cavill Mall, boasting a 100-metre frontage opposite the world-famous Surfers Paradise Beach, is Paradise Centre. Home to over 90 stores, an alfresco dining precinct and a buzzing entertainment hub, gather your crew and make tracks here stat.

Outdoor movie powerhouse, Open Air Cinema has teamed up with Disney+ once again to bring back their sell-out drive-in cinema so you can catch all your favourite nostalgic flicks on the big screen.

Moonlight Cinema will return this summer for its 25th year, showing new and classic movies in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide, Perth, and Brisbane.

It’s time to splurge on popcorn buckets as big as your head, frozen cokes and choc-tops because 20th Century Studios' newest historical drama, The Last Duel is the big-screen experience of your dreams

Shut those blinds, pull those drapes and mute the group chat. This is officially a sign to have a lazy weekend in. 

If you, like me, were hopeful we had MIFF 69 in the bag, you’d also be feeling the weight of this morning’s announcement. And while the idea of having to wait another year to be ushered down the aisles of The Forum or The Capitol with popcorn and cocktail in hand isn’t a pleasant one to ruminate on, it’s not all bad news. 

The hunt is on.

Enthralling as it is overwhelming, the program is hefty to say the least, so we’ve enlisted someone who knows it inside and out, the MIFF brains trust, more affectionately known as MIFF’s Artistic Director, to break it down and share with us his top picks.

Leaps and Bounds showcase of the sheer talent that’s smattered liberally just north of the Yarra river. In its third year, Leaps and Bounds is making, well, leaps and bounds with a festival that’s as diverse as it's ever been. You’d be remiss not to explore the program to its fullest—which you can do so here—however there are several unmissable events in the near two-week celebration of all things audible, visual, sensory and beyond. Scope them out here:

And it’s going to save 2020

There’s no business like show businesses, and 2020 proved that to all of us. Last year, the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) went online for the first time and racked up their largest audience ever, so this year’s festival will build on that success with a hybrid delivery at home and in the real world.

Everyone loves a trip down memory lane. And what better way to get you there than a movie night with some old-school 90s classics. 

May movie mayhem is here. 

Not since Priscilla has Australia seen something as bloody fabulous as RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under. Coming this September the absolute dazzling line-up will descend upon Australia for a spanking live tour featuring all ten of the Queens from season one of the show.

If you, like us, have rewatched all your favourite sitcoms from back to front during the city’s very lengthy lockdown twice over (and taken a trip to Central Park more than you’d like to admit), then you’re probably craving some new content. Well, fortunately for you, and us, Friends! The Musical Parody is finally coming to Melbourne.

Once upon a time, a little animated mouse on a steamboat stole the hearts of many, and now almost one hundred years later, that mouse is the face of one of the biggest and most-loved animation studios in the world. From humble beginnings, Disney has become synonymous with magic, childhood and all things animation. And now for the first time, the Disney: The Magic of Animation exhibition is travelling south of the equator and coming exclusively to ACMI in Melbourne. 

Winter is coming and there’s been plenty brewing north of the wall, it’s been over ten years since we first waded our way through the world of Westeros and watched as crowd favourites fell to the sword (sorry Ned) and our very expectations were dashed episode after episode.

The Welcome To Thornbury crew has decided that slinging good times doesn’t have to stop at brews and food, so they’ve just transformed their warehouse space into an indoor cinema.

We sit down with Touch Sensitive to chat about the perfect movie night set-up.

After a few false starts for theatre in Melbourne over the past year for reasons we don’t need to discuss, Disney’s Frozen, The Hit Broadway Musical is set to open this June at the magnificent Her Majesty's Theatre.

After a long, cold year full of almost no stimulation, Melbourne is coming back alive with a plethora of events, performances and exhibitions being announced on the daily. The latest is Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge! stage show, and first-round tickets are on sale now.

It’s always a vibe when one of Melbourne’s cultural hubs puts on an after-dark, adults-only, boozy session, and the latest to do so is none other than the Scienceworks Planetarium.

As part of MPavilion’s comprehensive season, the long-running cultural festival is resurrecting Melbourne’s much-loved Rooftop Cinema for a very limited season.

One of Melbourne’s most cherished independent cinemas, The Sun Theatre, is setting up shop with a second location in the Gantry Plaza at Seaworks Williamstown.

You had us at drive-in. Village Cinemas have teamed up with the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC) to create Australia’s first indoor drive-in—they’re calling it the MCEC Drive In(Door) Cinema. Weather is no match for this drive-in, rain or shine, you can enjoy movies from the comfort of your own car. 

Welcome to Culture Curve—your go-to guide to what’s on the rise and slide in culture in December 2020.

Pedro Pascal is somehow still insanely attractive even while wearing a helmet the entire time.

Your go-to guide to what’s on the rise, and on the slide in culture right now. 

It's been a while since we've been able to go to the movies, but with the reopening of Dromana Drive-In this week, it's all seemed a little bit closer. Now, Coburg Drive-In has announced that they'll be back showing films from Wednesday 3 June.

You may or may not be aware that Coburg’s former prison, Pentridge, has been undergoing a massive redevelopment. And today, the news comes that a major part of the new Urban Village will comprise of a 15-screen cinema.

This month, we're adding bedroom pop to our playlists, a genre spawned from artists getting creative in iso. We investigate a new wave of augmented reality e-commerce that's adding a little creativity to practicality, and we take a deep dive on the mega-force of gaming—no longer just a channel for entertainment and escapism, but the final curtain of pop culture. 

The multi award-winning musical, created by Lin-Manuel Miranda, was initially due to head to our shores in March 2021. But with a little thing called COVID getting in the way, that's on the back burner for now. Fortunately, there's still a chance to see the ground-breaking hip hop musical, and you don’t even need to max out your credit card for it. Hype up, because Hamilton the movie is coming direct to your lounge.

The Parking Lot Social is a supersized drive-in event unlike anything Australia has ever seen before, complete with movies, comedy, bingo, car karaoke and more.

Chances are you've watched almost everything there is to watch on Netflix, Stan, Disney+ and every other streaming service out there. But now it's time to get back to the legit movies.

After some uncertainty, the 69th Melbourne International Film Festival will go ahead, though it’ll expectedly look a little different.

Northside gem Cinema Nova may be closed at the moment, but the dedicated team of cinephiles are doing their best to bring the experience to you with a choc top flash sale this Saturday. 

Emergence Magazine and TERRAIN Projects are presenting a multi-sensory exhibition as part of the National Sustainable Living Festival called Trees. It’s been designed to remind us of our relationship with the living world, and more specifically, with trees. 

The 30th Melbourne Queer Film Festival is just eight weeks away, and several festival highlights have dropped ahead of the diverse and colourful program’s full release. 

Ever wanted to go to the cinema but were too lazy to get out of your comfy bed? Well, this year you’ll be able to watch a movie under the stars in a giant bed, courtesy of the Mov’in Bed outdoor cinema.

Before Keanu Reeves reprises two of his iconic roles in both The Matrix 4 and Bill & Ted Face The Music, Lido is here to take you on a journey back through the career of the nicest guy in Hollywood.

Dodgy LAN cafes are a thing of the past, guys. Fortress Esports just announced plans for the largest video gaming and esports entertainment venue in the Southern Hemisphere and guess where it’ll be?

100% on Rotten Tomatoes and complicated family dynamics? Sign us up.

There are all sorts of worldwide shenanigans to celebrate Batman's 80th anniversary, but most importantly, DC Comics has somehow managed to convince every major city to project a real-life Bat-Signal into the sky. That’s right: Batmania is actually getting a Bat-Signal for one night. 

Ever wanted to go to the cinema but were too lazy to get out of your comfy bed? Well, this year you’ll be able to watch a movie under the stars in a giant bed, courtesy of the Mov’in Bed outdoor cinema.

It’s almost that magnificent time of the year once again, it’s time to watch movies in the name of culture at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

Underground Cinema is returning to Melbourne in August to present the second instalment of their sold-out immersive film experience from 5 years ago: La Guerre 2.0.

Australian architect Robin Boyd once called the Capitol Theatre, “the best cinema that was ever built or was ever likely to be built.” The praise doesn’t get much bigger than that.

Sorry if you wanted to sleep.

Enter 2019, a golden age of fandoms.

Twenty-seven years later and Pennywise is back.

That’s right, you’ve read correctly: Netflix series ‘Mindhunter’ is slated to return for a second season this August and we are beyond excited.

It lands on screens next month.

Cue the excitement.

It includes an exclusive interview with Billy McFarland.

Blessed be the fight.

There is an epic line-up of must-see movies coming to the big screens this May and nothing screams movie night like the colder weather we are welcoming along with the new month. There is a range of genres showing in the new releases, from rom-coms to war-films and everything in between.

Your first look at Timon and Pumbaa.

And it's a wake-up call.

This is the moving story behind Beychella.

You’ll never look at Zac Efron the same again.

The monsters are something else.

April has a big line-up of must-see movies coming to your screens so book in your date nights or bestie nights and get ready for some seriously good, popcorn fuelled watching.

Time to play God—with Bear Grylls. 

 Your weekend sorted.

It's as fast-paced and vibrant as you imagined it to be.

Today marks International Women’s Day and this year, there are two areas of focus— balance for better and more powerful together. And to celebrate this day—where we campaign for a gender-balanced world—we’ve put together a list of films that highlight women’s stories.

The tea has been spilt. 

What’s good Westeros?

Back bigger and better than ever for its 29th outing, Australia’s longest-serving LGBTIQ+ showcase, the Melbourne Queer Film Festival, has welcomed South Yarra’s Village Jam Factory into the fold, joining regular haunts ACMI and Cinema Nova.

No doubt you’ve devoured every juicy bit of the manipulative and deceitful relationship between John Meehan and Debra Newell.

Pop the champagne, because the glorious Alliance Française French Film Festival marks turning 30 this year with one of its finest line-ups yet.

Consider our interest peaked.

 Come again?

Book yourself in for a date night, or an after-work stress reliever and catch one of the great flicks coming out this month.

Firstly, she's 25-years-old.

Despite much controversy, the 91st Academy Awards went ahead sans presenter.

The new series will be based on the 1898 horror book The Turn Of The Screw.

It's made over half a billion dollars at the box office in its first-week release.

It’s called “Leaving Neverland”.

Following on from their recent season in St Kilda, Openair Cinemas has just announced that they’ll be kicking back off again from February 21—this time in Yarra Park.

Brainwashing, blackmail, alien abduction and death threats.

February is about to get hot, hot, hot, so we’re suggesting cooling off with an ice-cold cola, chocolate dipped ice-cream, and relaxing in a breezy air-conned cinema.

Victoria Pedretti from The Haunting of Hill House is locked for the female lead.

With filming, award shows and the HSC done, we catch up with Angourie Rice and find out what she'll be reading and watching in her downtime. 

And it will only take you 17 hours and 46 minutes to get through them all.

Get the real story behind the music festival that never happened with a Nextflix doco due to drop next week.

The 2019 Golden Globe winners saw Green Book, Roma and Bohemian Rhapsody snatch up the big wins on the movie-front while The Kominsky Method quite literally stole the show for TV.

Grab some popcorn, sit back, and enjoy the show—here are the best movies to see this January.

This year, our screens were rid of Stranger Things and GOT but what we lost in demogorgons and ice dragons, we made up in badass female leads, horror and dark dystopian worlds.

Here are some of the most exciting movies to look forward to after all the Christmas festivities are over.

Goodbye sweet, sweet weekend.

You’ve never seen him move this fast.

“Something was really rotten at the core of this case.”

Confirmed: it’s not a musical, rather a "love letter to journalists".

Got an entertainment buff you need to please? From retro arcade games to stylish sound systems, we’ve got something that will have them cancelling all their plans for 2019.

Netflix is dropping some elite documentaries this month.

Goodbye Moana, Spotlight and the Black Pearl.

We’re talking Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, The BFG and more.

 One detective. Two missing children. And a whole town demanding answers.

It’s been described as everything from just plain twisted all-the-way to a complete psychedelic meltdown.

Now that the warmer weather has finally arrived it’s a whole new world of outdoor activities out there—and Barefoot Cinema should be high on your priority list.

Another month, another line-up of killer movies. Grab that popcorn, head to the theatre and take your pick from the best movies out this November. 

On any given night in Australia, 1 in 200 people are sleeping on the streets. Best estimates at the moment put the total number at just over 100,000.

We're not crying, you are.