Television
Banijay buys Shine Endemol, shifts international balance of power
Banijay, once the cuddly friend of Screentime Australia, has absorbed Shine Endemol to emerge as a modern version of King…
Screen News in Brief: A new vision from SPA, plus rescues, reprieves and cuts
Festivals, film openings and awards continue. This fortnight's eclectic roundup shows an industry pivoting painfully, but still alive and planning…
Russel Howcroft's recipe for success: keep laughing and stay tough
Imbued with the spirit of competition, one of our favourite larrikins sees the fight over revenue and regulation in TV…
This Week At The Box Office: Growing Signs of Life
This week is a promising one: we have some nice debuts, more screenings, and better numbers all around, but drive-ins…
Community TV saved by the bell, on national TV
For the umpteenth time, the government stages another cliffhanger before giving community TV an extra year to do what it…
ABC: how to say pull the other leg politely on cuts
Here's a few wrinkles in the latest cuts fight, from the prospects for the indy sector to the long term…
The most anticipated Australian films of 2020
From Relic to Rams, Slim and I and Babyteeth, our updated list for COVID-19 has films to look out for…
What the arts can learn from Black Lives Matter
To really change the arts, we need to change arts leadership. Travis de Vries thinks we should make bigger systemic…
Guillermo del Toro: how to create a cinematic genius
Guillermo del Toro is a true provocateur of the demonic unconscious, his mind awash with imaginary oceans, wise in the…
COVID film students making a mark on history
Film students across Australia have been struggling to make films while locked down in isolation. The lucky ones are living…