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Held in the leafy hills of Olinda, organisers expected 80 people – but more than 800 showed up to watch Australian and international films.
The Aboriginal flag cannot just be ‘freed’. It is an emblem of our emotion, our loves and losses. It holds our faith, our hope and our future.
Wordle has become an obsession online, with over 3 million daily players around the world. But the game has more in common with code-breaking than it does with crosswords.
Bollywood is demonstrating a renewed purpose of creating new national myths, such as 83’s retelling of India’s first win at the cricket world cup.
This new dance work from Chunky Move is mesmerising and wondrously odd.
Although they work in different genres, a similar sense of restraint imbues the work of each.
The former creative director and editor-at-large of the fashion magazine has died aged 73.
A youth-focussed exhibition about experiences of mental health is interactive and expansive, kicking down the barriers between science and art.
92% of performing artists experienced significant changes to their work during early stages of the pandemic – and at least half experienced depression.
Bushfires in Australia have been reported on regularly since the 19th century. Revisiting these reports shows shifting attitudes towards disaster.
Far from the romance of 1981’s made-for-TV films, Spencer is trapped in a frozen Sandringham setting, gasping for air.
Shipwrecks, plane crashes and lost desert expeditions in Australian history all feature stories of horror and disaster that rival the thrilling TV show Yellowjackets.
On December 31 2019, the small NSW town of Cobargo was devastated by fires. Community arts projects are helping in the recovery.
There is a reason your body draws you back to the same place again and again. It’s not simply habit, it is also the ways a place makes our body feel.
A new book exploring the history of Yothu Yindi examines the influential band’s humane vision of mutual respect and harmony.
Bark painting in Yirrkala is a tradition of antiquity – but it is constantly reinvented, as this stunning exhibition of contemporary women’s work attests.
Like a glass of wine, but not sure how to talk about it? Here are some helpful tips to get you started.
Artists are some of the poorest people in our community, and yet are prepared to forgo their limited income to support fellow artists from other countries – in this case Palestine.
Government vetos of academic research reveal a worrying ignorance of the value of literature to Australia’s society, culture and economy.
The calendar helps to give us a map of the shifting revolutions of the seasons, ordering our days. But how did it come about?
It would be easy to interpret the Wachowskis’ films as innately trans, but in doing so, we might be relying too heavily on auteur theory.
Adapting a stage musical to the big screen is never simple, and can often go disastrously wrong. Here’s our expert’s opinions on what works and what doesn’t.
With some three million podcasts out there, how to know which ones to choose? Here are our expert picks for summer listening.
In the New Testament, there is nothing about Mary’s birth, death, appearance, or age. What we do know about the mother of Jesus is, in fact, quite surprising.