A number of prominent figures in music, film and theatre have been recognised in the Australia Day 2023 Honours.

The whole world is talking about TÁR. It’s time for Australian orchestras to join the conversation on gender, the canon and conducting.

Blanchett's turn in TÁR elevates the Australian actor into the elite rank of octo-nominees such as Marlon Brando and Glenn Close.

Conductor Natalie Murray Beale talks to Limelight about teaching Cate Blanchett to wield the baton in TÁR and the film's potential to provoke.

Winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes 2022, Lukas Dhont’s Close depicts a friendship broken by new peer groups and emerging social pressures.

Cate Blanchett joins Meryl Streep, Ingrid Bergman and Jane Fonda as the only three-time winners of the honour bestowed by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Powerhouse performances by baritone Andrei Kymach and bass-baritone Yuri Kissin deliver a solid start to Opera Australia's 2023 season.

Based on Tim Winton's novel, Robert Connolly's film is "a call to arms to save the oceans".

In TÁR, Cate Blanchett plays a formidable conductor at the pinnacle of her profession. She tells us how she worked intensively to prepare herself for the role.

Cate Blanchett excels as a great conductor with all-too-human flaws.

A round-up of our recent news reports.

Frances O’Connor’s dreamy film about Emily Brontë is propelled by emotions.