Television

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…

Art outlasts Darwin's dampest
Contrary to popular belief, the arts aren't swept away during Darwin's wet season.

Film processing in Australia: this is the end
Local cinematographers are aghast that Deluxe, the last significant processor of motion picture film stock in Australia, will shut on…
Jesús Franco: dead at 82
Man made more than two hundred Spanish horror films. He was working on Pereira vs the Alligator Women when he…