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Shiv Palekar as Jay Gatsby and Jess Vickers as Daisy Buchanan in a new stage adaptation of The Great Gatsby.

An explosion of jazz-era decadence, this Gatsby is one wild party, old sport

Queensland Theatre’s 2026 curtain-raiser is a sumptuous showcase of acting, design and music. Baz who?

  • Nick Dent

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Elvis Presley on stage in Baz Luhrmann’s EPiC: Elvis Presley In Concert.

Baz Luhrmann gives Elvis ‘the world tour he never got to have’

Ahead of his new film on Joan of Arc, the Australian director is back in cinemas with EPIC: Elvis Presley in Concert and a double soundtrack album.

  • Garry Maddox
  The 10 biggest films of 2026.

Surprises, franchises and sequels: 10 new films that prove cinema is not dead

Think streaming has killed off movies? You might be surprised at what’s coming to the big screen in 2026.

  • Michael Idato
Stills from new series Robin Hood, starring Australia’s Jack Patten.

Will next-gen NIDA grads join former alumni Cate, Baz, Toni and Hugo?

Just 22 students – whittled down from 1000 applicants – will graduate from the world-acclaimed drama school next Friday.

  • Andrew Hornery
Baz Luhrmann at the AACTA announcemetn on the Gold Coast.

Baz Luhrmann drops key detail about new film as he receives industry honour

The Australian director and his creative partner and wife have joined Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman and Cate Blanchett in receiving the honour.

  • Garry Maddox
Russell Crowe stars as Herman Göring in James Vanderbilt’s Nuremberg.

Oscar buzz for Russell Crowe and other Toronto Film Festival highlights

From a gripping bus thriller to a tense recreation of the Nuremberg trials: the Toronto International Film Festival just started the run to awards season.

  • Michael Idato
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Baz Luhrmann in Toronto for the premiere of EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert.

Elvis and me: Baz Luhrmann’s new film crowns ‘the King’

The Elvis director’s new film may be the most intimate portrait of Elvis Presley ever brought to the screen.

  • Michael Idato
Austin Butler plays Henry Thompson, a former baseballer turned barkeep on the Lower East Side.

Austin Butler trades Elvis for an ultra-violent gangster farce

In Caught Stealing, Butler plays a bartender who finds himself on the run from a formidable assortment of criminals.

  • Sandra Hall
Zendaya famously paid homage to Joan at the 2018 Met Gala.

‘Ripping yarn’: Searching for the lead role in Baz and Tom’s Joan of Arc epic

Shooting of Jehanne d’Arc will start on the Gold Coast.

  • Andrew Hornery
Honours recipients (clockwise from top left) Scott Morrison, Wendy McCarthy, Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, J.M. Coetzee and Jennifer Westacott.

Politicians, scientists and costume designer feature in King’s awards

Scott Morrison has been recognised with 829 other people in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours list.

  • Shane Wright, James Massola and Garry Maddox