Television
Joshua Tree, 1951: A Portrait of James Dean
A dream-like representation of the ultimate teen idol, and a sly commentary on the cause of and cost of his…
Alias Ruby Blade: makes it to Montclair Film Festival (no, the other Montclair)
Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution (2012, Alex Meillier) will be showing at the Montclair Film Festival,…
Soup Nazi fuming over catchphrase abuse
Seinfeld’s Soup Nazi is fuming over unauthorised use of his famous face and catchphrase.
Trance
James McAvoy stars as an amnesiac art auctioneer searching for a stolen Goya painting in director Danny Boyle’s new noir-inspired…
Morsi denies involvement in comedian's arrest
Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi denies he called for popular satirist Bassem Youssef's arrest.
Sydney Film Festival: first tranche reveals some worrying rippers
Sydney is the first large international film festival in Australia for the year, from which we get a sense of…
Roger Ebert: death of a great reviewer
After admitting his cancer had returned, and retreating gracefully from his blog, Roger Ebert is dead just a few days…
Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment: creates COO role for Velkes
Village Roadshow Pictures Entertainment has promoted CFO Matthew Velkes to the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer, the company…
BRIEF: Mental: opens in America to US$9,804 in twelve cinemas
PJ Hogan's Mental opened in the US on March 29 across twelve screens, taking US$9,804 at US$817 per screen.
20,000 Leagues: amount provokes opportunitistic political storm
$20.6m into 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea to generate an estimated 2000 jobs. Let's turn on the cynical part of…