Film
Federal Budget offers only hot air for screen sector
The ABC and SBS stay stuck; the NFSA cops a loss; ACMA gains; Austrade could work better for the sector.…
ICYMI: this week’s arts news in brief
A big week of dedications, key note speakers, funding wins and call outs for help.
How will the new Apple TV+ services affect us?
The streaming media wars just got worse as Apple enters the fray. But Apple may be too inward looking to…
The OA Part II - Dawn of the New Age Genre?
The second season of Brit Marling's supernatural drama consolidates it as the epicentre of a new kind of screen story,…
Deborah Mailman joins Screen Australia Board
Deborah Mailman strengthens the industry side of the board, and brings an important voice from a wider, grittier Australia.
David Bridie celebrates the alchemy of music and film
Compendium film project The Wisdom Line celebrates one of our great rock/ethnographic film composers and activists, David Bridie.
Budget rumours cap earlier news about Greens fight and ALP freeze on reform
At last one political party supports the screen sector with concrete proposals - and it is the one party which…
Politicians missing in action on local screen activity
We compare the statements by the NSW Liberal Party, the ALP and the Greens to discover a remarkable lack of…
Small Screen Highlights: Stolen Children, Comic Grief and self-improving podcasts
The Cult of the Family, Ricky Gervais' After Life and Esther Perel's Where Should We Begin? are among our picks…
TV Review: The Cult (and culture) of The Family
Expanding on Rosie Jones' 2016 documentary, this 3-part ABC series digs deep into the nature of evil and how society…