Features
Budget 2013: SBS gets small increase, is buoyant for other fiscal reasons
SBS has an extra $20m from the government, but the real story concerns advertising revenue and extra cash for NITV.
Don Connelly: RIP as silence falls on a pioneer
Don Connelly has died at the age of 84. A sound recordist, he was a true link to the hard…
Neville Page: killer frogs, the ultimate fang, and the joys of designing creatures for Avatar
The imaginations of people like creature designer Neville Page are crucial to the golden age of tentpole movies, dominating world…
Lumina: let's talk about the notion of collaboration
With Ted Hope, Mark Cousins, Blue-Tongue and the Spierigs on one side, and the wonderful rise of Indigenous filmmaking on…
Baz Luhrmann: a nice bit of reflection, with a major error
Baz Luhrmann does a bit of a reflection on the early days and Strictly Ballroom, but as Ronin Films' Andrew…
Ratings: Monday, 13th May 2013
Nine by a whisker, if that whisker belongs on a twenty ton dinosaur. The dependable newscaff trilogy was a bit…
Brief: MPIBS, the friendliest caped crusader of them all
When Philip Hearnshaw passed away in 2012, his wife Catherine Griff received assistance from the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society…
Ratings: Sunday, 12th May 2013
Nine's Voice is a decisive winner as Ten hangs on and the ABC has an ordinary Sunday night.
Fortissimo Films: global rights to Sue Brooks' film (and other Cannes excitement)
Fortissimo Films has acquired the global sales rights outside Australia and New Zealand to Driving Back From Dubbo, to be…
Essential Media and Entertainment: does business LA style with 'Vice President of Drama Development'
The Hilton-Collie imperium continues to expand in the United States as Essential Media and Entertainment hooks a well-regarded Melbourne transplant…