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Box Office 6 May 2019 - sighs of relief over Top End Wedding
Strong social media, enthusiastic audiences, a cautious but substantial release leads to a first weekend which promises a slow but…

Avengers box office triumph is not what it is cracked up to be
Avengers scythes across the landscape like a steampunk nightmare, but small films stand tall and pull through.

Big Screen Highlights - great films in the shadows of Avengers
To watch anything in the cinema at the moment you have to push your way past Avengers: Endgame. How did…

Box Offfice 23 April 2019 - Mumbai grows in US, while Captain Marvel won't move on
Has the country given up on imagination? Box office totals are mediocre, though Hotel Mumbai still carries itself with modest…

Make it Australian captures political Zeitgeist - at last
Michele Rowland, the Shadow Minister for Communications will speak at a SPA event at Fox Studios on Wed 1 May.

Government enrages industry with strange new streaming deal
Netflix gets tax breaks? Industry furious but the change is useless and the real rage is about total government inertia.

Sydney Film Festival honours Jenny Neighbour and goes bersersk
Eraserhead, Empire of the Senses, O Lucky Man and Female Trouble – all in one single night of cinematic extremes…

Box Office 15 April 2019 - kids's film overwhelm the multiplexes again
Despite the patter of tiny feet and herds of feral tots, Hotel Mumbai, Us, Green Book and Woman at War…

Inside the mind of Chinese streaming magnate Dr Gong Yu
The head and creator of IQiyi Inc recently talked risk, innovation and opportunity to an industry audience from across Asia.

Screen Australia Announces Documentary Funding for Seven New Projects
Warwick Thornton's The Beach, a Valerie Taylor shark documentary and an animated soccer series are some of the highlights.