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David Lowery

He used to sleep in his car. Now he’s judging Australia’s richest film prize

Hollywood director David Lowery knows what it’s like to struggle, which is why he loves the idea of giving away $140,000 to a young filmmaker at the Melbourne International Film Festival.

  • by Karl Quinn
Justice Smith, left, as Own and Brigette Lundy-Paine as Maddy in I Saw the TV Glow.

Trans director’s inner ‘atom bomb’ inspires a ’90s-style horror fantasy

Jane Schoenbrun’s Buffy-infused I Saw the TV Glow may look nostalgic but it’s anything but warm and fuzzy.

  • by Karl Quinn
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Neighbours may be shedding viewers, but TikTok soaps are attracting millions. What’s behind this surprising shift?

Thought soap operas were dead? They’ve found a surprising new home

Neighbours has been shedding viewers, while minute-long TikTok soaps have been attracting millions. What’s behind this unexpected shift?

  • by Nell Geraets
Marta Dusseldorp on location in Tasmania’s takayna / Tarkine for Back Roads.

Art and life collide as Marta Dusseldorp hits Tasmania’s back roads

In her first presenting role, the actor found inspiration in Tasmania’s wild north-west for season two of Bay of Fires.

  • by Bridget McManus

Live reviews

Maverick Newman and Gabbi Bolt are the perfect pairing in Murder for Two.
★★★★★
Melbourne live reviews

The musical whodunnit so good you’ll want to see it twice

  • by Cameron Woodhead and Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen
Julie Lea Goodwin

The puppets are chilling in this opera’s classic ghost story

  • by Kate Prendergast, Chantal Nguyen, Peter McCullum and Harriet Cunningham
Only a cast of genuine triple threats could pull Six off, and they succeed with exuberance.

If you hate Henry VIII then this is the musical for you

  • by Cameron Woodhead, Vyshnavee Wijekumar, Andrew Fuhrmann, Bridget Davies and Barney Zwartz

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