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New Nick Cave doco This Much I Know To Be True is now rocking Australian cinemas
Cave and his longtime collaborator Warren Ellis perform songs from their last two albums in this rockumentary.
Australian trailer and release date for 70s punk origin story Pistol
Get ready for anarchy on Disney+, with this greasy biopic of the band that made punk public.
Australia, douze points! Where to watch Eurovision 2022 in Australia
We’re being represented by Sheldon Riley at this year’s glittery, ridiculous festival of national song.
When is Baz Luhrmann’s glittery Elvis biopic coming out in Australia?
The King has entered the building, baby. We can’t wait to see Austin Butler throw on some blue suede shoes.
Boring Bowie biopic Stardust can’t play the hits nor capture an electrifying artist
Johnny Flynn lets wigs and costumes do the heavy lifting in this weird chimera of a rock origin story.
Australian trailer and release date for Stardust
Johnny Flynn transforms into Ziggy Stardust…but none of Bowie’s songs are in the movie. Whuh???
The Foo Fighters fight demonic forces in horror comedy Studio 666
Dave Grohl is outta control in this goofy rock-and-roll, Evil Dead-esque romp.
How to watch the Kanye West docuseries jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy
The Netflix doco arrives at a very turbulent time in Ye’s career, but hardcore fans will still tune in.
The Beatles: Get Back rooftop concert will soon rock Australian cinemas
All together now, for IMAX’s big-screen encore to the Disney+ docuseries.
Let’s boogie with Paul Thomas Anderson: the Licorice Pizza director’s top musical moments
The sounds of the 70s are back in PTA’s Licorice Pizza—but don’t forget his previous, just-as-groovy needle-drops.
From Cher to Lady Gaga and Alana Haim: great female musicians who rock the big screen
Licorice Pizza’s star isn’t the first woman in music to bring her stage bravado boldly into a big-screen role.
How to watch Cantopop biopic Anita in Australia
Louise Wong makes her screen debut in this music-filled memorial to late songstress Anita Mui.
Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back is full of priceless moments
Footage offers a candid, unflinching look at the group’s personalities and the creative process.
Filled with pretentious theatre kid energy, tick, tick…BOOM! still offers explosive musical moments
Hamilton creator Lin Manuel Miranda is still stuck on legacy, in this passionate musical memoir of Jonathon Larson.
Retrospective: get back to Yellow Submarine, the Beatles’ tripped-out animated classic
And a one and a two and a three: “Lucy in the sskkkkyyyy with diaaammmonndddsss!”
Mayhem and musicophilia: a guide to Edgar Wright’s greatest needle drops
The British director dusts off his record collection for magical, musical moments in Baby Driver, Shaun of the Dead, and Last Night in Soho.
Todd Haynes doco on The Velvet Underground is disappointingly conventional
Jonathan Richman and John Waters elevate what can be a dour story told by jaded people.
Candyman’s brilliantly immersive soundtrack will set a benchmark for years to come
There are good scores, there are great scores, and there are strokes of brilliance like the soundtrack to Candyman.
I saw his face, now I’m a Belieber: how to watch the Justin Bieber: Our World in Australia
Gotta keep an eye out for Selener from the rooftop of LA’s Beverly Hilton—the site of a New Years Bieb spectacular.
Let It Stream: Peter Jackson’s series The Beatles: Get Back arrives on Disney+ next month
Peter Jackson has given Beatlemaniacs a sneak peek into the illuminating docuseries footage.
How to watch Billie Eilish in Happier Than Ever: A Love Letter to Los Angeles
It’s a combo of concert doco and stirring visual album, with Gen Z pop star Eilish at the centre of it all.
Sparks tell us about the birth of their Cannes-winning musical Annette
“We didn’t want this to be sort of a traditional Broadway musical.”
