Australia

Film Review: Mystify - Michael Hutchence
Richard Lowenstein's excellent documentary captures his subject’s essence by never quite bringing the man into focus.

Big Screen Highlights: Mystify Michael Hutchence, The Third Wife and Perth's Revelations
An excellent Australian doco, some weird romance and fests in the West are just some of what's on offer.

TV Review: The Rook is a gripping paranormal spy thriller
Adapted from a novel by Australian Daniel O'Malley, this series is compelling but lacks the book's complexity.

Magda Szubanski fundraises #ForLove
Responding to the divisive furore around Israel Folau, Szubanski has gathered interfaith campaigners to raise dollars and spread love.

Logies 2019: audiences break into warring tribes
Logies 2019 saw the abject failure of Nine and Seven, a blatant orgy of biased voting and a demonised comedian.

Kerry O'Brien: veteran truthteller gives a speech to remember
At the Logies, Kerry O'Brien defends the ABC, is honest about journalism, names climate change and calls for Reconciliation.

Kenyan actor Sheila Munyiva on screening the unscreenable
LGBTIQ communities fight to be seen and to be heard. Can the international film community help?

China Joy Bootcamp plays on a fantastic scale
Australians are used to the changing ways of screen deals with China, but the games sector is a whole different…

Ageism in the Screen Industry
It's the unsexy dirty laundry at the bottom of the diversity basket, but we need to look at how ageism…

TV Review: Too Old to Die Young is a grandiose television event
Thirteen hours of Nicolas Winding Refn's neon vision may be too much for some, but Adrian Martin finds intrigue amidst…