Television
BAFTA 2020 – a charm of good speeches
The screenwriting awards for Bong Joon-ho and Taika Waititi produced great speeches, while the irrepressible Rebel Wilson will never be…
Screen News in Brief - festivals, conferences, seminars, glory
Eight go to Berlin, AFTRS gets sharp about info intensives, gongs galore for actors, and Netflix joins Bunya to support…
AIDC program releases power of collective intelligence
With a March 1 start date, the Australian International Documentary Conference bids for attendees with a full program.
First find your celeb - how brand funding stays honest in top docs
Branded entertainment forges on with charismatic megafauna, a passion for the planet and a bunch of sports tragics. This is…
Little Women: Greta Gerwig's direction creates big emotions and deserved an Oscar
There are good reasons why Little Women is a remarkable film, which are surely worth honouring.
2020 Australia Day Honours in hunt for household names
Despite a consuming focus on name performers, this year's list in screen finds some dedicated nation changers as well.
Anglo-centric film culture and the continuing resistance to subtitles
Bong Joon-ho’s Golden Globes acceptance speech elucidated a contradiction; while film audiences across the world are consuming more non-English language…
Three approaches to thriving in Hollywood
Travelling on their musical skills, three creative Australians cross the Pacific and prosper.
Box Office: A red letter day for bad boys (and bad films)
Let's look at who's sitting pretty in the Aussie box office, as Oscars season starts to heat up.
Hotel Mumbai tops list of Australian overseas releases
The numbers never lie. Here is The Ginnane File, the definitive annual survey of the real performance of Australian films…