Film
Glendyn Ivin's Hotel Quarantine: a strange sense of freedom
We asked the prolific Australian director and photographer about his two weeks alone in a room with a camera, his…
Jennifer Collins: ringside in the arena of ABC change
Beneath a decorously savage surface, the ABC has relentlessly turned vague cliches into solid restructures. What does this look like…
Is violence against virtual animals an ethical issue?
Players can kill, hunt or hurt animals in popular games ranging from Animal Crossing to Grand Theft Auto. The rise…
Australian Directors' Guild Awards 2020: More than half the winners are women
Announced in a virtual ceremony, the director's awards celebrated achievements of diverse newcomers and established talent in a year of…
Film Review: 2067 - Same old Anthropocene?
Seth Larney's time travel drama was opening night film at Adelaide Film Festival. Critic Adrian Martin ponders its place within…
‘We're tradies too!’ Melbourne's photography industry demands to return to work
The Commercial Photography Industry has petitioned the VIC Government under the placard ‘We are tradies too’, in a desperate plea…
Nick Hayden, ABC Head of Entertainment on ideas, joy and management
The Entertainment space at the ABC is probably the most intense ideas machine in Australian TV. The ringmaster, Nick Hayden,…
News in Brief: a Christmas movie for Stan, Gender still Matters and Wild West roundup
Our fortnightly mash-up of production news, policy analysis, festivals and reviews. Also some excitement about Chris Hemsworth and George Miller…
Cultural integrity and Indigenous collaboration on the Innchanted soundtrack
At Games Connect Asia Pacific Conference, composer Meena Shamaly detailed his collaborative process of composing a score alongside First Nations…
Children's sector confronts government, politely
The children's television sector looks like the biggest loser out of the current rebuild of the sector, and producers are…