Television
Sundance: Australian embraced for planetarial Venus
Lynette Walworth's Fulldome fantasia Rekindling Venus has been running at the Sundance Festival, in the New Frontier program. It seems…

Canberra filmmakers receive $80,000 boost
With ScreenACT announcing grant recipients for 2013, nine Canberra film projects share in a pool of $80,000.

Australia Council Award for Lifetime Achievement in Literature
This award acknowledges the achievements of eminent literary writers aged 60 years and over who have made an outstanding and…

Silver Linings Playbook
Bradley Cooper, Jacki Weaver, Robert De Niro and Jennifer Lawrence shine in this charming new film from writer/director David O.…

Another great year for Indigenous screen stories
The success of The Sapphires and Redfern Now caps off another top year for Indigenous stories.
Brief: AACTA gets a Crowe for the caws
Russell Crowe leaves Thirty Odd Foot of Grunt at home as he plays stand-in for Hugh Sheridan, who has business…
Flickerfest: Yardbird and Dumpy take top awards
Flickerfest has continued the trend for industry professionals to enter and dominate the short film awards. Yardbird, selected as the…
Palace Cinemas: Ben Zeccola becomes CEO
Palace Cinemas today announced the appointment of Benjamin Zeccola as Chief Executive Officer.
Box Office: how many tentpoles does it take to make a horde?
The Motion Picture Distributors’ Association of Australia has released its top ten earners for 2012. The industry spin is as…

The Impossible
While the narrative decision to focus on tourists rather than Thai locals in this tsunami-disaster movie is questionable, the film…