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The Killer Elite: has Clive Owen signed up?
Beyond Hollywood
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

Reports have started appearing on the net that Clive Owen has signed on for the upcoming 'Feathermen' movie (aka. The Killer Elite). With Owen and Jason Statham now on board, Melbourne crews could soon be busy, and maybe a little starstruck.

Melissa Kelly: Blame in post, and looking to Broome
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Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (Australia)

Melissa Kelly is a very busy producer. She has a film in post, two in development, a busy TVC business and two kids aged three and six months. 'Blame', her first feature as a producer, was co-produced with husband Ryan Hodgson, and Michael Robinson. It has just entered post after shooting for four week, mainly in a house in the Roleystone area of the Perth hills.

Weight of Elephants: director packs trunks for Paris
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Screen Hub
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

Daniel Joseph Borgman, director of the first Danish-NZ co-production, has been accepted into the The Résidence du Festival, a development program with the Cannes Film Festival. 'The Weight of Elephants' tells the story of a teenage paperboy who witnesses a horrific murder.

Equal Rights, Equal Opportunity, Progress for All
Wellywood Woman
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

The NZFC invests far less in women writers and directors than in men. What might the NZFC Escalator/Te Whakapiki initiative do, to ensure that women participate strongly? Could the Swedish model work here, guaranteeing that women receive 40% of the funds available?

Mathemeticians: taking the fun out of everything
Variety
Friday 12 March, 2010 (New Zealand)

What filmmakers achieve by art and craft, mathemeticians reduce to the 'blockbuster formula'

Andy Cox: scriptwriter interviewed by cunning socialists, turns on tooth fairy
World Socialist Website
Thursday 11 March, 2010 (Australia)

"It’s no good just doing remakes of the Tooth Fairy, even though that’s valid in its own right as a money-making tool. You need something else. And it’s this “something else” that’s important."

Melbourne Queer Film celebrates 20 years
Thursday 11 March, 2010 (Australia)

The Melbourne Queer Film Festival celebrates its 20th year when it opens next Wednesday, March 17 until March 28, 2010.

Crafting the Rom-Com: part two aka Where is the Love?
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

The Australian Film Television and Radio School popped a question that makes the screen sector mumble and look at its collective feet. Why doesn’t Australia make Romantic Comedies? Rachael Turk watches a certain determination to not get personal...

Faraway Bay: icon looks for iconic price
Perth Now
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Faraway Bay, famed Kimberley resort and location, may be mystically fertile (just ask Nicole) but it hasn't been a fountain of youth for its aging owners. So, they are moving on. In revenge, it will be bought by a consortium of whale hunters and strip mined for iron ore to be used only for harpoon tips.

Passengers: Daddo, Bond, Baranyai and a crazed adventure in an LA traffic jam
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Screen Hub
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Move to Los Angeles, get the career choofing, spend too long in traffic, decide to make an indy feature - the story of Michael Bond, Cameron Daddo, László Baranyai and a carload of invisible ninja crew on the freeway is truly wonderful.

Marilyn Monroe: on the net you can buy anything, even someone else's memories
Business of Cinema
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

Unable to commercialise amateur 8mm footage of Marilyn Monroe on the set of The Misfits, the Australian owner will sell it online, using a site run by a man called Pike Barkerding. It is a tad poignant, if a bit pink.

Oscars: the editors speak
NY Mag
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (U.S.A.)

Married couple who edited The Hurt Locker are interviewed - "Your mind and your mouth just disconnect at that moment. It feels like centuries are passing."

RowanMcNamara: arrested for damaging cars
The Australian
Wednesday 10 March, 2010 (Australia)

The star of Samson & Delilah picked up in Alice Springs, though there is an implication a lot of people were involved.

Indian Film Festival: a hoot for Sydney and Melbourne
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Screen Hub
Monday 8 March, 2010 (Australia)

Rani Mukherjee is one of the biggest stars in world cinema, but few people in Australia know she exists, and the media is seemingly uninterested in her arrival this week to open Bollywood and Beyond, the Indian Film Festival for 2010.

Primal: just add fangs and tomato sauce
Fangoria
Monday 8 March, 2010 (Australia)

Fangoria finds a lovely bit of Sydney gore.

The Pacific: almost ready to screen in US
Manila Bulletin
Monday 8 March, 2010 (Australia)

Preliminary press junketing gets positive notices, sort of.

US Documentary: biting the heads of cultural kittens
WaPo
Monday 8 March, 2010 (U.S.A.)

Are indy dox just the blogosphere with pictures and smeary-bois with deeper poketz? WaPo, no innocent in the bias game either, raises an interesting case study about objectivity, collapsed journalistic standards, and an outraged nice-guy foundation with furry feet and big, dewy eyes.

Drew Bailey: Tele tracking progress to uncle Oscar
Daily Telegraph
Monday 8 March, 2010 (Australia)

We know the result now, but this personal account is still pretty charming.

Born of Hope: the free prequel to LOTR
Guardian
Monday 8 March, 2010 (U.K.)

Been going the rounds, but The Guardian is a classy place to read the tale of this no-budget internet entry to the matter of LOTR.

French Film Festival: Philippa Hawker does the honours
The Age
Friday 5 March, 2010 (France)

Covering the fest, the first of the series of national fests to take us through the year.

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