Film

Brief: changes at top of anti-piracy crew
Mark Day takes over from Neil Gane to lead AFACT forward.

Ratings: Sunday, 3rd August 2014
Block beats X-Factor, Nine beats Seven, Games works for Ten which beats ABC

Babylon
The action is well-handled but hardly nail-biting, the dramatic scenes credible but unremarkable and the comedy is less than edgy.

Ratings: Thursday, 31st July 2014
Seven wins without a format show. Maybe The Block and The Bachelor could be combined in some ugly plastic surgery…

Felicity Packard: Anzac Girls
Producer and screenwriter Felicity Packard talks about the making of the ABC miniseries Anzac Girls.

Screen Australia: nine more dox in uncertain times
$3.4m out the door, triggering $11m on nine projects. Why so much per title? Series.

Is critical dialogue a dying art?
Recent debate on The Conversation serves an opposition between print and online media, but online reviewing deserves a fair go.

Ratings: Wednesday, 30th July 2014
Glory for Ten, misery elsewhere.

Files can’t wait: the future of the National Film and Sound Archive
The NFSA has been conducting a fence-mending exercise with stakeholders after its recent restructure drew an angry reaction.

Deadline Gallipoli: pics on set
The first official images from Foxtel's mini-series Deadline Gallipoli, have been released.