Australia
Trance
James McAvoy stars as an amnesiac art auctioneer searching for a stolen Goya painting in director Danny Boyle’s new noir-inspired…
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…
Film Processing in Australia: this is the end, my friends, this is the end....
Deluxe, the last significant processor of motion picture film stock in Australia, has announced that it will close its Australian…
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…
MIPTV: ACTF sells Dukes, Zapruder sells Kennedys to Americans
Sales activity continues in the lead up to the MIPTV market in Cannes, with the Australian Children's Television Foundation announcing…
Ten: commissions G.U.N.K. Aliens
Network Ten has commissioned a 26-part animated comedy from US toon house Foothill Entertainment’s European arm, Foothill Europe, Moody Street…
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…
Stop Press: Australian films in Annecy
No graduating films or simple shorts, sadly, but Australia does have three productions on screen in the official selection.