Film

AFI/AACTA's 2016 - Would anyone like a sausage roll on the red carpet?
What were the AACTAs like inside the room? Lyn Norfor leaves her production office long enough to tell all.

Ratings - five cities for week of Sunday 11 December - the whole batch
These schedules are a boon for the SVOD and OTT services. And SBS, which now has all of Midnight Sun…

How to heal yourself with art
A book, film, or painting may be just the prescription you need to overcome anxiety, grief, depression, lethargy or ordinary…

What's On - Ben Hall, The Menkoff Method and the return of The Boys
Time for some rat cunning by screen creatives looking for entertainment. Look hard at catch-up.

Last tango with ethics
Revelations this week about the filming of The Last Tango in Paris raise broader issues for the ethics of hoodwinking…

AACTAs 2016 delivers Hacksaw to industry history.
Sheer scale, age and traditional technique beat verve, cunning and fencing wire in a night which was strong on logic…

No pathway for disabled actors
If a casting director needs to cast an able-bodied actor to play a disabled character much of the blame lies…

Midnight Sun casts light on SBS's secret international market mojo
While Scandinoir tragics find Midnight Sun on SBS on Demand, we ask how a small Australian broadcaster scored the rights…

Diplomas & Advanced Diplomas & Short Courses
AFTRS Diplomas and Advanced Diplomas are open for applications and close on 15 January. Courses on offer for 2017 range…

Ratings week beginning Sunday 4 December 2016 - the whole batch
Thursday night has all the stability of a grave. No-one in a network can be proud of this stuff.