Last night kicked off the 22nd Flickerfest International Short Film Festival at the Camelot Outdoor Cinema. The night was filled with so many of the little quirks we come to expect from these smaller festivals that grace our lovely city. more

Zak Hilditch is the new title-holder of the Best Screen Play in a Short Film Award for his post-apocalyptic soiree Transmission. This esteemed little accolade was bestowed upon him at the AACTA awards in January. more

David Collins – Plastic Eden: Perth artist David Collins’s passion for photography began at a young age. more

A journey from Perth Train Station to Northbridge via the State’s Art Gallery and Library is under normal circumstances not the most inviting or culturally stimulating experience. more

For the literary-minded in Perth, there is no other locally held event quite like the Writers Festival. Reaching across genre, age and reading level, the festival boasts a bevy of accomplished writers more

Mat De Koning is a freelance filmmaker who has recently been awarded the Young Filmmaker of the Year Award at the West Australian Screen Awards. more

I despise 3D movies. Forget issues of colour loss, ghosting and price, I find the whole experience eye straining and motion sickness inducing. more

On November 8, Ginger Nightclub hosted Transit Clothing’s ‘Brands of Summer’ launch. The event showcased a sample of what WA-owned Transit has to offer for the upcoming months. more

The Intouchables, directed by Olivier Nakache and Eric Toledano, has broken box office records to become the highest grossing film in France more

The war is over, but you have to stay in Germany. With all the returning servicemen, by the time you get back to Russia the best girls will undoubtedly be married. more

Since 2003 the Russian Resurrection Film Festival has brought the very best in Russian cinema to Australian audiences. more

Brothers Sam, Elliott and Zaac Margin, along with their pal Scott Baldwin have been teasing lovers of good music everywhere more

Captain Lee Miller is an astronaut working alone aboard the international space station, who becomes estranged from all communication with Earth more

500 fans filled the Fly By Night Musicians Club in Fremantle on Saturday to farewell The Beautiful Girls in a celebration of ten years of their music. more

RTRfm are at the forefront of alternative radio in Perth and rely heavily on  sponsorship from the community to keep them on air. Every August, their iconic Mount Lawley studios double as a phone room more

In the lead up to his album launch and first ever show as headliner, Mr Grevis took time out to tell Wordplay all about The Sampler and why he’s currently on cloud nine. more

Their theme for 2012 is ‘Make it Happen’, and that’s exactly what RTRfm 92.1 did on Friday 17th August, kicking off more

Perhaps due to a last minute venue and line-up change, which saw White Arrows drop out and the Bakery replace the Astor Theatre, it wasn’t until more

On the eve of their tour for new EP The Blind Date and after their return to the grandest  of Australian festivals, Splendour in the Grass more

In Darkness is not a film for the faint hearted. It is a Holocaust story, albeit one with a happy ending. However, given the tragic setting of the film, don’t expect to leave the cinema feeling particularly uplifted. more

Christopher Nolan’s films are typically concept-heavy and thematically driven, with characters often personifying a specific point of view, making for a kind of visual argument. more

Their first week out, NZ hip hop group Home Brew entered iTunes top ten bestseller list with their self-titled debut album. Shortly after, they took out number one album on the NZ top 40 music charts more

Shy Panther were not at all what I had come to expect from the hype that seems to have been snowballing more

It’s been almost three years since Jonathan Boulet’s debut self titled album released, and despite the rise in fame he has enjoyed since then, Jonathan Boulet still prefers the raw and more

Anya Brock decided to concentrate on sketching, painting and illustrating after running her own fashion label, ANAN, for eight years. Her pastel portraits of female faces have been popping up everywhere in the past eighteen months more

‘Chris Nixon is an Perth illustrator and designer. His work is influenced by surf, skate, music and contemporary pop culture with an emphasis on the hand-drawn form. more

To people familiar with Australian hip hop, Delta represents a kind of longevity that only comes from both talent and a sincere dedication to his art. Since he emerged in the late ’90s, he has travelled the world more

In 2010 Maundz made a meteoric rise to the top of the Australian hip hop scene with his breakthrough debut Mr. Nobody. more

“ This new album is pretty much about writer’s block” the diminutive singer tells the audience, more

Pete Nice from the 80s hip hop group 3rd Bass had beef with the Beastie Boys back in the day – their 12-inch single ‘Hold it, Now Hit It’ off the Licensed To Ill album was the cause. more

Singer-songwriter Mat McHugh grew up on the Northern beaches of Sydney, surfing and strumming an acoustic guitar. more

Hyclass is a one-woman artist, as well as being part of Speek Easy Crew. An NZ native, she relocated to Melbourne briefly but the sunshine beckoned her back to Perth . more

It could be said that all fiction is essentially speculative, as its very nature is to imagine possible worlds (be they reflections of our own or something entirely new), different lives and the content of other minds more

Sydney hip hop producer Chasm has just released his third album This Is How We Never Die through Obese Records. With the track ‘Soldier and a Thinker’ (featuring Hau, Koolism and Blak Twang on high rotation on Triple J already more

Jess Harlen recently released her second solo album, Parkyard Slang, produced by award-winning producer, Plutonic Lab. A former backing singer for the political roots band,Blue King Brown more

“If someone doesn’t like this film, they are a c*nt.”

So goes Scottish author Irvine Welsh’s brazen opinion on latest film project Ecstasy, more

The Lady, directed by Luc Besson, is a drama based on the life of Aung San Suu Kyi (Michelle Yeoh). more

Burning up the Triple J Hottest 100 charts with their single “Awkward”, San Cisco has got all the right moves. Playing alongside music greats at Big Day Out, Laneway & Groovin’ the Moo more

Supported by two prominent local bands, Last Dinosaurs brought with them from Brisbane an infectious energy and playfulness that permeated throughout Amplifier on Saturday night. more

I popped my Laneway Festival cherry on Saturday. Despite hurting a little (sunburn, blisters and bruises that is), it made me want to do it all over again. more

The rotund caricature that represents Fat Shan’s has been so busy I’m surprised he hasn’t dropped some pounds! more

Ben Robertson creates illustrations using layers and patterns from recycled magazine clippings. In November, 2010, he left home to travel through India and South East Asia for eight months. more

Heading down under for the Soundwave Revolution tour supported by Title Fight, we spoke to them briefly about their tour, their album, and an awkward moment of welcoming them to Australia BEFORE their arrival. more

Colosoul recently joined up with animal lover Aleisha Caruso from “Extinction Sucks” to deliver urgently needed medical supplies to the animal victims of the Lake Clifton fires in Western Australia. more

“The same crew get the all the work and they’re not sharing with whole graf-art community, it’s just one lot of people doing everything. There’s just no love.” more