Australia

Box office: Dirt Music plods on as US feels lack of blockbusters
Pain all round the exhibition sector from the high towers of Hollywood to picture houses showing Slim and I.

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,…

Sit Down, Shut Up and Watch! opens up remarkable points of view
Some of the best film projects around the world led by people with learning disability are running at the online…

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…

Budget gives but may end the feature film
Has the sector misjudged the budget impact? No, according to an objective account from Kristen Stevens.

Mental health webinars announced for screen industry
Following on from the documentary 'The Show Must Go On' comes Screen Well, a series of webinars tailored for crews,…

Box office: paws, cats and demons dominate cinemas around the world
We are in strange, strange territory in the international box office, while local crowd pleasers can't bring customers out of…