Film
News in Brief: Major film festival updates, La Brea films in Vic, and Epic lawsuit continues
It's a big week for film festivals with a new director for BIFF, MIFF opening apps for 37 South Market…
Nintendo has most profitable year on record, Switch becomes fourth-best selling Nintendo console
Nintendo has posted its highest financial year profits ever, thanks to strong sales of Animal Crossing and the Nintendo Switch.
Nintendo’s Game Builder Garage lets everyone be a game developer
Nintendo’s foray into experimental creativity and education continues, announcing Game Builder Garage for Nintendo Switch.
Disney+ dives into WA for 'Shipwreck Hunters Australia' series
The streamer's first dip into local documentary is a 6-part series exploring the wrecks that litter WA's famous treasure coast.
Sometimes videogames are bad, and we should say it
Despite the report's limitations, Four Corners' recent inquiry into predatory monetisation in games is insightful. The videogame industry is going…
Sydney Film Festival finds new form of Indigenous support
The Deutsche Bank Fellowship has some heartening design features which will make one screen person very happy and may inspire…
NZ's Doc Edge Festival announces 2021 hybrid program
The NZ Documentary festival has announced a 2021 program of over 80 films, which will be available to watch both…
Activision Blizzard hits record revenue off the back of Call of Duty
Activision Blizzard is the latest videogame publisher to mark record revenue, with Melbourne Call of Duty studio Sledgehammer Games also…
MIFF opens applications for Critics Campus and 37 South Market
In the leadup to the festival's 69th edition, MIFF opens applications for two of its iconic programs, Critics Campus and…
Will Drag Race Down Under erase our ocker drag past?
Having been accused of mainstreaming drag, eliminating its subversive impetus, it will be intriguing to see how this slick show…