Television
ABC takes another battering as we are distracted by the plague
Just as the ABC announces another brutal round of cuts, it releases an expansive five year plan. Something doesn't fit.
How COVID turns screen producers into insurance pariahs
With insurers poisoning the well, industry sector advocates point out this problem is highly exaggerated.
Box office: COVID spike in VIC delays reopens
Cinemas reopen this week, but did the Victorian COVID-19 spike put a dampener on cinema turnout?
Mukbang controversy ignites fuse to deep industry issues
Mukbang, a short film which won the director's prize at the Sydney Film Festival, has produced a pungent debate about…
St Kilda Film Festival reveals best of 2020's 100 Australian films
Some films just keep pushing through even though the selection of finalists for each festival may be very different. As…
Screen News in Brief: Cinemas Open and Distributors start Dating
Some Australian films slot into schedule, the Senate passes call for local content obligations on streamers, and much more in…
Sydney Film Festival 2020 finds four compelling winners
Free diving, performative eating, vagina power and the horrors of internet stardom—all the winners at the virtual edition of the…
Owners switch off Porchlight, street goes dark
Porchlight Films, a key Sydney-based company woven into the careers of so many screen people, has left the fray.
A box office report from the pandemic twilight zone
A good week for classics, but as cinemas start to reopen the charts might be creeping towards a new normal.
Robust, Relevant and Diverse: Documentaries at Sydney Film Festival
The ten Australian films vying for the $10,000 Documentary Prize are a quietly effective bunch, revealing much about the evolution…