Television
Stranger by the Lake
A meticulous, mesmerising mystery and a complex contemplation of human nature.
Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters
The second installment in this myth-mining coming-of-age franchise is formulaic but still gently enjoyable.
Fear and Desire
Stanley Kubrick was not fond of his feature film debut. Now it’s available on DVD, it’s easy to see why.
Harvey Weinstein: the Canberra prowl
The Canberra International Film Festival has sent crack ASIO trained ornithologists to find the most outlandishly interesting dealmakers in the…
Screenworks Immersive Writing Workshop: how to write killer stories
Screenworks is bringing back Mike Jones for another immersive writing workshop in October. He is an Australian based, but international…
FTI: Fremantle to Help Host World’s Biggest Film Festival
Brainchild of Fremantle expat Nicholas Mason, the Manhattan Short Film Festival scours the globe to find the best short films…
SPAA Conference: market component revamped, breaking down the walls, returning to a sense of fun
With the SPAA Conference now rebadged as ‘Screen Forever’, the familiar SPAAmart has also morphed into the Screen Forever International…
Joel Edgerton: feature debut revealed in Canada, to be US Weirdo
Fresh off his triumph at TIFF, the star-writer of Felony is moving onto American shores to make his next feature,…
Live cinema no threat to stage audiences
‘The Audience’ is an unusually successful example of filmed theatre but the genre shows little sign of cannibalising live performance…
Crowd Funding: government reviewing equity investment model
The Australian Government is reviewing crowd funding, but the focus is equity investment, and no change is expected for short…