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Oscars: foreign language contenders condense on European options
As the long list for the 2014 Foreign Language Oscar is culled from 76 to nine, Australia's entry is dumped…
Brief: Felony finds a home with suitable Gravitas
Felony, produced by Rosemary Blight Joel Edgerton and Michael Benaroya, directed by Matthew Saville and written by Joel Edgerton now…
Awards News: Australians battling a trifecta of American charm
With a crop of excellent films, cut-through for antipodeans at this end of 2014 is a hard ask. But Cate…
Top tips for Oscars & Golden Globes
It's film award time Golden Globes Awards and Academy Award nominations announced next week. Place your bets for winners and…
Links: web still buzzes over Xmas
We usually publish a list of interesting links which go out in the email bulletins. In their absence, they are…
The Railway Man: Teplitsky talks form and intimacy as picture hits the big screen
The Railway Man, directed by Jonathan Teplitsky, is now in the cinemas, fighting against an avalanche of American tentpole product.…
Girl Horror: five female directors grab horror by the balls and head for cannibal country
In news that’s been bubbling in the cauldron for a while, five female directors are developing an anthology of horror…
Screen Forever 2013: Beau Willimon, showrunner on House of Cards
What more can we ask for a final session? Mark Poole was inspired and fascinated. After all, producers aim for…
Viskatoons: screwed into a jar, floating across the world [repost]
Peter Viska's Viskatoons is a long term player in chlidren's animation, now marching across the Ten schedule with a little…
AACTA: Reflections on the 3rd AACTA nominations from a former insider, part one
Rochelle Siemienowicz is a screen tragic, a survivor of work at the AFI, and a generous but sharp observer of…