Performing Arts
Global screen industry grinds back into gear
Big gestures are being made around the world to get the studios humming but what how is the rest of…
Banijay buys Shine Endemol, shifts international balance of power
Banijay, once the cuddly friend of Screentime Australia, has absorbed Shine Endemol to emerge as a modern version of King…
Screen News in Brief: A new vision from SPA, plus rescues, reprieves and cuts
Festivals, film openings and awards continue. This fortnight's eclectic roundup shows an industry pivoting painfully, but still alive and planning…
Russel Howcroft's recipe for success: keep laughing and stay tough
Imbued with the spirit of competition, one of our favourite larrikins sees the fight over revenue and regulation in TV…
Community TV saved by the bell, on national TV
For the umpteenth time, the government stages another cliffhanger before giving community TV an extra year to do what it…
ABC: how to say pull the other leg politely on cuts
Here's a few wrinkles in the latest cuts fight, from the prospects for the indy sector to the long term…
What the arts can learn from Black Lives Matter
To really change the arts, we need to change arts leadership. Travis de Vries thinks we should make bigger systemic…
COVID film students making a mark on history
Film students across Australia have been struggling to make films while locked down in isolation. The lucky ones are living…
$250M Federal Government Arts and Entertainment Package
Arts sector to share in $250M COVID-19 relief package comprising new loans and grants.
ABC takes another battering as we are distracted by the plague
Just as the ABC announces another brutal round of cuts, it releases an expansive five year plan. Something doesn't fit.