Television
Brief: Optimism firms up Byzantium flick for international market
Optimism, the exciteable crew of Melanie Coombs, Mish Armstrong and Alicia Brown, have nailed Sam Neill, Xavier Samuel, and Miranda…
Kick-Ass 2
This lacklustre sequel to a satirical superhero comedy champions cartoonish carnage & uncouth utterances as the height of humour.
Hollywood Costume a star for ACMI
Hollywood Costume closed Sunday, the second most attended exhibition in ACMI’s ten year history.
LAST CHANCE! GREAT COURSES THIS WEEKEND @ AFTRS OPEN
Don’t miss the chance to book into this weekend’s courses: INTRODUCTION TO PRODUCING with Producer Martin Brown (Moulin Rouge, Romeo+Juliet)…
Box Office: 18th August 2013
Australian films at box office led out by a documentary? Say it ain't so.
Script Theory: admit that writing is seduction, transcend the sad limits of linear structure
Mexican writer Guillermo Arriaga melts the conventional logic of script writing by embracing the sensual, timeless wonders of the unconscious…
Script Theory (2): bomb-chucking Mexican Guillermo Arriaga confronts death, conceptually
Guillermo Arriaga, the iconoclastic and successful Mexican film writer and director moves on from the role of sex to the…
The Weight of Elephants: Danish trunks hold New Zealand tails in co-pro circus
Love, an expired visa, and Lars von Trier took NZ team of Leanne Saunders and Daniel Joseph Borgman to an…
Drinking Buddies
Writer/director Joe Swanberg's drama about 'friends without benefits' may be the mumblecore genre's first mainstream hit.
Australian Directors Guild: announces conference, unveils deep stuff
The dates are November 6-8th, the location is Sebel Pier One in Sydney. The Australian Directors' Guild is bringing its…