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Success: the expedition party raise flags at the top of Big Ben on Heard Island.
Australian film

New doco celebrates an epic, forgotten Australian adventure

The Great White Whale tells the story of the little-known venture to climb Australia’s highest mountain on remote Heard Island.

  • by Garry Maddox
Art the Clown (played by David Howard Thornton) returns with even more creative and disturbing ways to kill in Terrifier 3.
Horror

This horror franchise made people vomit. So they made more

The physical response to the Terrifier films might sound gross, but director Damien Leone is convinced it’s the healthy release we all need.

  • by Nell Geraets
The low-budget film Fragmentary was refused a final certificate by Screen Australia, in a case its producer believes could have far-reaching consequences.
Cinema

Screen Australia is spending millions to stop filmmakers accessing funds. Why?

  • by Karl Quinn
Adam Elliot in front of one of the sets from Memoir of a Snail, on display at ACMI.
Cinema

Memoir of a reluctant animator: Adam Elliot’s long road to success

  • by Karl Quinn
The iconic Pizza Hut red roof, though this example lacks the trapezoid windows.
Documentaries

What happened to all the closed Pizza Huts? These filmmakers found out

  • by Garry Maddox
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TV & radio

WSFM’s Amanda Keller and Brendan Jones.
Radio

Ben Fordham, Jonesy and Amanda win big at radio awards

Brendan Jones and Amanda Keller have been named Best On-Air Team at the 35th annual Australian Commercial Radio & Audio Awards.

  • by Thomas Mitchell
Katherine Sabbath tackling one of the OTT challenges in season two of Dessert Masters. 
Australian TV

The Instagram cake queen breaking the rules on Dessert Masters

Social media star Katherine Sabbath believes her non-traditional baking skills will give her an advantage on season two of the MasterChef spin-off.

  • by Nicole Elphick
Look, up in the sky! Radha Mitchell, Mackenzie Mazur, Emily Grant and Jesse Spencer in <i>Last Days of the Space Age.</i>
Streaming

Films, bad songs and a new series: The Skylab craze just keeps giving

  • by Barry Divola
Opinion
Pop culture

I hate to tell you, Emily, but that Paris romance won’t get any better

  • by Genevieve Novak
Yerin Ha on the set of Bridgerton season 4.
Streaming

Meet Yerin Ha: The Aussie actor taking on the ‘surreal’ world of Bridgerton

  • by Meg Watson

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Live reviews

Ballkids (or, scenes from a friendship) is on at La Mama Courthouse until October 13.
Melbourne Fringe
Melbourne live reviews

This play was like ‘trying Vegemite ice cream for the first time’. Five stars

  • by Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Hannah Francis, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Cher Tan and Guy Webster
Olivia Rodrigo performs at Rod Laver Arena, October 9, 2024.
Melbourne live reviews

Catharsis and high kicks: Olivia Rodrigo’s first Melbourne show is a hit

  • by Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Andrew Fuhrmann, Tony Way and Will Cox
ADMINISTRATION is on at The Motley Bauhaus until October 13.
Melbourne Fringe
Melbourne live reviews

The best (and the weirdest) of the Fringe Festival so far

  • by Andrew Fuhrmann, Cameron Woodhead, Cher Tan, Donna Demaio, Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, Guy Webster, Hannah Francis, John Bailey, Sonia Nair, Tyson Wray and Vyshnavee Wijekumar

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