Television
Muscle Shoals
'Magic is the word that comes to mind for me when I think of Muscle Shoals.'
Links: web still buzzes over Xmas
We usually publish a list of interesting links which go out in the email bulletins. In their absence, they are…
The Railway Man: Teplitsky talks form and intimacy as picture hits the big screen
The Railway Man, directed by Jonathan Teplitsky, is now in the cinemas, fighting against an avalanche of American tentpole product.…
Girl Horror: five female directors grab horror by the balls and head for cannibal country
In news that’s been bubbling in the cauldron for a while, five female directors are developing an anthology of horror…
AACTA: Reflections on the 3rd AACTA nominations from a former insider, part one
Rochelle Siemienowicz is a screen tragic, a survivor of work at the AFI, and a generous but sharp observer of…
Judy Adamson: history, memory and remembrance
Every death in the screen sector hurts terribly, but some funerals mark the loss of our deep history. I've kept…
MPA APSA Academy Film Fund 2013: fallout for a canoe, monkey masks and a Karbala Orchestra
One of the niftiest features of the Asia Pacific Film Awards is its development fund, which provides four tranches of…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
While too cloying and clichéd to be truly enchanting, Ben Stiller's latest film successfully tempers the heartfelt with hilarity.
Philomena
Like its titular lead, the soft-spoken, tough-minded Mrs Lee, Philomena is a quiet film, whispering its message of acceptance.
Queensland: cultured one day, barbarous the next
The Queensland government may not notice, but it has been in a world of pain in both the arts and…