Features
Overseas Box Office: Sapphires clears a million in US
The Sapphires has now taken $US1.145.000 in the US. Still climbing, but more slowly, as the Weinsteins add cinemas.
The Death of Film: resurrection possible, but we need some faith
Sydney's Neglab, only recently closed itself, is willing to reopen to process negative, but only if proprietor Werner Winkelmann has…
The Death of Film: One Lab's Story - or Who Do You Think You Are?
Last Friday, Deluxe closed its last film processing bath. To mark the end, Dominic Case has woven the story of…
Brief: Director's Attachment scheme goes beyond the surface with second gluee
Tony Ayres has volunteered to work with an attachment on Cut Snake, which will be shot in Victoria as a…
Chrissy Amphlett: what can be said?
Beyond the sometimes sad boundaries of our industry, she was such an inspiration. And now she is dead, at 53,…
Foxtel & BBC Worldwide: slamming free-to-air distribution window?
BBC Worldwide and Foxtel have announced a new BBC Premiere channel, with first run content that aired within hours of…
Cannes: 2013 competition selections announced
Following the short film lineups announced earlier in the week, and with Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week sidebars to come…
Ratings: Wednesday, 17th April 2013
The best Ten could do was a number thirteen spot for its nightly news, and overall on the night was…
Death of Film: A century of post goes down the drain
Besides the raw realities of cinematography, the loss of film processsing signals the end of a wonderful industrial infrastructure. Processing…
Ratings: Thursday, 18th April 2013
In the absence of singing folk or cooking folk or folk or Rafters or husbands and kids, the night was…