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Sydney Film Festival: first tranche reveals some worrying rippers
Sydney is the first large international film festival in Australia for the year, from which we get a sense of…
Film Processing in Australia: this is the end, my friends, this is the end....
Deluxe, the last significant processor of motion picture film stock in Australia, has announced that it will close its Australian…
Roger Ebert: death of a great reviewer
After admitting his cancer had returned, and retreating gracefully from his blog, Roger Ebert is dead just a few days…
MIPTV: ACTF sells Dukes, Zapruder sells Kennedys to Americans
Sales activity continues in the lead up to the MIPTV market in Cannes, with the Australian Children's Television Foundation announcing…
20,000 Leagues: amount provokes opportunitistic political storm
$20.6m into 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to generate an estimated 2000 jobs. Let's turn on the cynical part of…
Stop Press: Australian films in Annecy
No graduating films or simple shorts, sadly, but Australia does have three productions on screen in the official selection.
March of the Moguls: putting their right feet forward
Jeff Kennett did not earn his appointment to the Seven team as a commentator in the lead up to the…
Jesús Franco: dead at 82
Man made more than two hundred Spanish horror films. He was working on Pereira vs the Alligator Women when he…
Media Reform: Sector grim as key bill preserves ugly details
The Broadcasting Legislation Amendment (Convergence Review and Other Measures) Bill 2013, and the Television Licence Fees Amendment Bill 2013 are…
Sapphires: glints in the US, as sleeper Lore hangs in
In week two, the Weinstein empire spread The Sapphires from four to twelve screens. Figures remain respectable. What happens when…