Television
The Boy and the Beast
Rousing but not always riveting, this animated coming-of-age effort still remains enchanting, enjoyable and earnest.
Oscars 2016 - final notes from ScreenHub as Beavan triumphs
Technical triumph for Fury Road, in categories that don't figure in the main betting lists.
Microbe and Gasoline
Michel Gondry infuses his distinctive sensibilities into an aesthetically restrained, thematically resonant coming-of-age effort.
Visualising Story: Directors, Screenwriting, Storytelling Factual TV, Production Office 101 & More!
AFTRS Open courses this weekend include APPLIED STORYTELLING, INTRO TO SCREENWRITING and PREMIERE PRO. Next weekend there’s VISUALISING STORY (Ian…
Oscars - there is no justice
It could be a while before we see such a close run thing for major awards by an Australian film.…
AIDC 2016: the fine art of surviving terrorised financiers
Production crises make for good stories, but we don't normally think of the bankers. John Smithson describes the contract crisis…
13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi
Michael Bay demonstrates his usual style as substance approach as he moves from Transformers to a true tale of diplomatic…
Two groups with a single mind as Australian critics vote
So many films, so many choices, so many brains to use, honed by sitting in the dark...
Magnus Temple, reality TV and a better view of humanity
While so much true life large scale filmmaking wallows in exploitation, Magnus Temple makes tender series about ordinary people and…
Hail, Caesar!
The Coen brothers return with an aptly affectionate yet irreverent take on life, film and the golden age of Hollywood.