Musicals-love them or hate them, films like Moulin Rouge!, Monsoon Wedding and Chicago have put the musical back on the cinematic map in the early part of this millennium. But perhaps the genre never really went away in the first place. In many parts of the globe, musical cinema and musical theatre have always been, and continue to be, the centrepiece of popular entertainment. In our latest feature we explore the theatrical, televisual and cinematic significance of musicals. The selection of articles and thought pieces that we have included in this feature centre on and expand from the significant developments that the musical genre has enjoyed over recent decades. Our new M/C Reviews feature issue "Hollywood to Bollywood: Reviewing the Culture of Musicals" co- edited by Emma Nelms and Kate Douglas is now online at http://reviews.media- culture.org.au --- Send the right message --- + Today freemail + Get your free, private email address at http://www.today.com.au ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.ScreenSite.org