Film
Arts & Culture
Opinion
A ‘choose your own adventure’ guide to MIFF 2026
This year’s Melbourne International Film Festival has reality-bending tales, rarely screened classics and fully immersive experiences – choose your path and let MIFF do the rest
Arts & Culture
Opinion
Three thousand years old and Homer's Odyssey is still travelling
Christopher Nolan's film is the latest of countless retellings – in opera, poetry, comics and video games. And the epic's own history is as complicated as its hero's voyage
Arts & Culture
Opinion
In 2026, we still need Robin Hood to be a hero
The new movie, The Death of Robin Hood, insists its weary, violent outlaw is the real man behind the myth, buried by centuries of sanitising. But the medieval Robin was a moral compass, not a villain
Arts & Culture
Opinion
What The Devil Wears Prada 2 says about the state of print media
In 2006, Runway magazine was the place everyone wanted to be. Twenty years on, the fictional fashion media giant is at crossroads – but just how close to reality is Miranda Priestly’s situation?
Arts & Culture
Book extract
Have you heard of the ‘Twin Film Phenomenon’?
A new book explores the curious case of twin films, where Hollywood's uncanny doubles reveal the secrets behind cinema's most intriguing coincidences and rivalries
Arts & Culture
Analysis
K-Pop Demon Hunters’ continued domination redefines streaming
Unlike other shows, the idols in K-Pop Demon Hunters are not only glossy but highly relatable, messy and human. This may help explain why it's become the most-watched Netflix movie of all time
Arts & Culture
Opinion
Navigate MIFF without losing your mind – or missing a masterpiece
The Melbourne International Film Festival program can be overwhelming, so here’s a few tips to help you find your way through Australia’s premier film fortnight
Arts & Culture
Research
Yes, there’s such a thing as zombie porn
The porn industry has been smuttying up pop culture for decades, and zombie porn just reflects our weird appetites
Politics & Society
Book extract
Remembering the BUMIDOM
A new book explores BUMIDOM, the controversial mass migration program from the Caribbean to France from 1963-1982, and the creative works keeping this memory alive
Arts & Culture
“Imagining hell is a privilege”
What non-Western science fiction can teach us about real-world inequity