Television
St Kilda Film Festival: winners survive awards night, go home extremely happy
For unknown reasons, even the awards night at the St Kilda Film Festival was tucked into the success spell which…
Farewell My Queen
Continuing his career-long fascination with troubled female protagonists, Benoît Jacquot turns his attention to Marie Antoinette.
Moralee: from Queer Screen to Underbelly Arts
Jain Moralee, who was the General Manager and Festival Director of Queer Screen, has joined Underbelly Arts as Executive Director.
Deals: Curious gets Touch of Sin, Belgians get SheZow
Curious Distribution has picked up the Australia and New Zealand rights to Cannes Film Festival Best Screenplay winner, A Touch…
Yothu Yindi frontman dies, aged 56
The former Australian of the Year died overnight at his home in the northeast Arnhem Land community of Yirrkala.
Gatsby: defiant Australian audiences wave flags, chant in foyers
Not only did Australian audiences pour out for The Great Gatsby, so did the critics. Or so Village Roadshow claims.
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…