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How the National Film and Sound Archive preserves film history – and loans it out

The National Film and Sound Archive takes ScreenHub inside its vast collection, and reveals how 16mm and 35mm film gems…

Installation view, Encore, Australian Museum of Performing Arts. Photo: Eugene Hyland.
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Take another bow: Encore celebrates Australian icons

From Archie Roach’s denim vest to Kylie’s hotpants, the Australian Performing Arts Museum's latest exhibition offers up an Aladdin’s cave…

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Melbourne's ACMI to host Lifelike exhibit charting the history of puppets on screen

ACMI's Lifelike will feature props and materials from Pinocchio, Anomalisa, Jurassic Park, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, Agro's Cartoon Connection, and…

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Sydney Film Festival 2026 to host Fashion on Film program

Sydney Film Festival's Fashion on Film program goes inside the world of Marc Jacobs, Jane Birkin, Yohji Yamamoto and more.

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Melbourne's ACMI to stage world-first Bluey exhibition in 2027

The major Bluey exhibition will offer a behind-the-scenes look at the iconic Australian franchise.

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Emily: I Am Kam and Stelarc Suspending Disbelief reviews: Australian artists on screen

A couple of new documentaries about two prominent Australian artists... who could not be more different.

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New dedicated gallery celebrates the power of the moving image

Gosford Regional Gallery’s new Moving Image Gallery opens next week, with the premiere of John Power’s ever-changing artwork, ‘Wander and…

Vincent Van Gogh's 'Starry Night', landscape depicting a blue swirly sky over a city. One of the artworks featured in the 3D IMAX film, 'Lasting Impressions'.
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Film review: Lasting Impressions, IMAX Melbourne

Impressionist artworks explored through immersive 3D and animation, and set to music by Debussy, Ravel, Piaf and others.

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Welcome to Babel film review: Jia Wei Shen and Lan Wang's artistic quest

A fascinating portrait of a man with a mission and the history that inspired it...

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Exhibition review: Fairy Tales, Gallery of Modern Art

From the 'once upon a time' to the 'happy ever after' the summer exhibition at Brisbane's GOMA is a feast…

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