There's something both tender and faintly unhinged about the premise of Alphabet Lane . A couple, marooned in the open silence of rural New South Wales, begin writing letters to imaginary friends. Not as therapy. Not as a creative exercise. Just because what else are you going to do out there? It's a genuinely great idea. And James Litchfield, in his debut feature, knows it is. Anna (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) and Jack (Nicholas Denton) have just moved from Sydney to a remote corne

For years “The Quiet Man” stood in Flemington as a beacon to the old world of familiar Irish comforts, but now it’s evolved into two sublime venues under one roof and very much under the one flag....

There are films that ask big questions about the universe. And then there's Project Hail Mary, which asks the biggest question a story can possibly ask; what does it mean to find a friend? All while set in the middle of deep space, answering it with a puppet, and somehow making you cry in public about it all....

Wine & Cheese Fest Returning To The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne on 14 th March 2026

There's a particular kind of darkness that only comedy can access. Not the jump-scare darkness, not the grinding bleakness of an arthouse drama about suffering. The darkness that arrives wearing a good suit, cracking a joke, and then quietly hands you a document that proves the whole system is rigged — and has been for decades....

There are films that take their time. And then there’s Anenome, which takes its time the way a man who has never once talked about his feelings takes his time; slowly, quietly, occasionally with long silences that deafeningly speak volumes. You’ve been warned. Anemone is that film deeply uninterested in your comfort. The first extraordinary thing about it is something that exists entirely outside the frame: this screenplay was written by Daniel Day-Lewis, eight years into his

This is not a film that will grab you by the collar. It won't chase you down with a hook or dazzle you into submission in the first five minutes. What it will do — if you let it — is pull up a chair, sit across from you, and wait. Patiently. With the particular stillness of someone who has been through something and no longer feels the need to fill the silence. Whether you find that deeply affecting or mildly maddening will tell you a lot about where you're at right now, and

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who think Wuthering Heights is the greatest gothic romance ever written, and those who think it’s a 19th-century instruction manual for emotionally avoidant chaos. Emerald Fennell’s new film politely refuses to referee that argument by tossing you onto the moors, handing you a candle, and wishing you “good luck” with your feelings and triggers....

On at Fortyfive Downstairs in Melbourne is an exhibition by photographer Cameron Grant - Australian Theatres Unveiled...

Baz Luhrmann has made a career out of turning biography into fireworks. However in EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, he does something sneakier: he builds a cathedral out of sound and then lets Elvis Presley walk in and casually remind you he was never just “a legend”, but a working musician with lethal timing, charisma for days, and a surprisingly sharp wit.....

If your brain treats bedtime like an open-mic night (special guest: every thought you’ve ever had), sleep audio meditations can be a genuinely useful, low-effort way to downshift.....

What happens when Swan Lake grows, evolves and decides to sprint, somersault, and wink directly at the audience. It’s ballet’s grand romantic silhouette re-drawn in circus ink: faster, cheekier, and surprisingly tender when it counts - that is the energy and vibe of Circa’s Duck Pond.....

I went on an adventure to the historic and newly refurbished Palace Hotel in Camberwell and it absolutely did not disappoint….

The menu is, on the surface, what you’d expect from a restaurant called Grill Steak Seafood, but somehow the meals themselves are unexpected

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple feels less like “a movie that ends” and more like “a movie that strategically parks itself in your brain…

There are two ways to stage Saturday Night Fever: you can treat it like a karaoke museum exhibit where everyone politely cosplays the film…

This is not a remake but a piss take and its great..... For a film named after a prehistoric tube of muscle that hugs boats for fun, Anaconda (2025) is surprisingly self-aware. This isn’t “the serious new prestige reboot that validates a brand”. It’s the opposite: a knowingly daft, action-comedy that treats the very idea of remaking Anaconda as the punchline and then keeps finding new ways to twist that knife until it’s basically a party trick. The setup is gloriously, approp

Commit to the experience without expectation - it’s wonderful and freeing.

The History of Sound is being sold as a World War I drama, but honestly, the war is mostly the studio’s way of tricking straight men into buying tickets to a queer folk-music romance. The trenches are off-screen; what we get instead is something much more interesting: a film about how we record each other – on wax, on paper, in memory – and how those recordings lie, distort and occasionally save us.

Deceptively simple panini deli sandwiches. Focaccia is the hero. Fresh shaved meats. Balanced flavours. Well made and not over complicated..