Television
Computer Chess
At first glance, Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess seems simple, charting the unglamorous battle of man and machine.
Noel Monkman: the iconically Australian film pioneers you have never heard of
The ancestral beings of the Australian film industry are well known and revered, from Lotte Lyall to the Chauvels, Damien…
Vale John Sumner: father of Australian actors and writers
Back in the 1950s, John Sumner did something truly shocking: he mounted a professional production of an Australian play, Ray…
Screen Australia: Venice Film Festival selector in Australia
Paolo Bertolin, selector for the prestigious Venice International Film Festival, will be in Sydney in June to view new Australian…
Brief: first the grief for film, now the tears for DVD
Sign of the times: Enhance TV is abandoning DVD sales on June 14th, and relying totally on downloads. But what…
Cannes 2013: The Australian impact on Cannes - honestly
The industry may think a film is Australian because our mob made it for an international market, but the festival…
Cannes 2013: financing trends and realities, part two
"Film has become a place where capital meets opportunity... What’s harder for us is financing vehicles that are very dependent…
Cannes 2013: challenges in film financing, part one
Why are mid-range films being burnt out of the market? 'Risk to reward ratio' say the bankers who control the…
The Great Gatsby
With 'The Great Gatsby', Luhrmann again tries to demonstrate depth beyond the luxurious façade.
Cannes 2013: An Australian perspective on the market
Part of any market is reading the entrails - was it a good market, a bad one, or somewhere in…