Features
Ten editions on, has the Sydney Contemporary art fair kept its big promises?
While sales have ebbed, signs of market maturity and growing engagement are recalibrating how we register success of Australia’s largest…
Liane Moriarty returns to Big Little Lies: ‘Nobody can change my book’
More than a decade after Big Little Lies took the world by storm, the maestro of mystery Liane Moriarty returns…
Hedwig and the Angry Inch at 25: John Cameron Mitchell on his cult hit
As he returns to Australia, John Cameron Mitchell celebrates a film that's greatest legacy may be its refusal to belong…
Melbourne's Luna Park is putting real-life artists back at the heart of its wildest attraction
As Finucane & Smith turns 30, the Melbourne amusement park is betting on the power of provocative live artists to…
Hyun Lee on French Girls: ‘You experience all of these magical things that reward you for taking the risk’
Hyun Lee shares the many moments of serendipity that led to showing her debut feature film at both SFF and…
At the Festival of Dangerous Ideas, art refuses to stay safely on the wall
HEAP is an ephemeral commission engaging eight artists and 120 tonnes of soil for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas.
What makes cinema dangerous? Inside the Festival of Dangerous Ideas’ new film program
From Salò to Shortbus, FODI’s new program explores how film can challenge our ideas about sex, violence, power and morality.
The Flying Nun is encouraging experimentation in Sydney
Running until November, The Flying Nun's latest performance program spans everything from breakdancing to comedy lectures on brutalism.
Cult Aussie film Sample People returns after 26 years: ‘We had so many great actors involved’
The filmmakers behind cult film Sample People talk about how the local screen industry has changed, and how it felt…
'Throwing money into a black hole': The reality of taking an Australian show to Edinburgh Fringe
The fantasy of being ‘discovered’ is only part of the appeal. So why do artists risk everything for Edinburgh Fringe?