Television
Diana
Unlike its subject, Oliver Hirschbiegel’s biopic is scarcely worth remembering.
AWGIES 2013: Brandishing the sword of truth
The night belonged to Alana Valentine, with a side order of an enormously tall playwright and the Federal Minister of…
Playpen: When stars collide
On a Queen's birthday weekendy Monday, various bits of the web provide some more or less intended entertainment. Frankenstein comes…
Arts Minister: George Brandis takes official stage for first time
Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts Senator George Brandis made his first official speech, using the Australian Writers' Guild AWGIE…
2013 Jewish International Festival program announced
51 Israeli and Jewish-themed features, documentaries and shorts will be screened over three weeks in Sydney and Melbourne.
Gravity
Alfonso Cuarón’s remarkable science fiction drama may well be the movie event of the year.
Seen & Heard Festival: The Best Of
A showcase of films made by women which challenge a panoply of political issues including race, class, disability and gender.
post-TIFF 2013: too big for indies and foreign films to cut through?
László Kriston reflects on a festival growing like a vast cloud to obscure the sun of true art, and the…
Chinese Cinema: as market grows explosively, the established world production order begins to change
As Australian lawyer and China-watcher Mathew Alderson explains, the market for films in China is evolving at breathtaking speed. Village…
QPIX: alone and unfunded with new advanced diploma
Queensland's screen development organisation, QPIX, has brushed aside the withdrawal of state government funding (and subsequent loss of tied Screen…