Australia

ABC and SBS: Lewis report is out in the wild
The Lewis report into efficiencies in the national broadcasters finally landed in public, still scarred with a passion for secrecy.

Latest Ratings: Week 48 November 21-28 2014
Thursday - SBS drops 2%, Nine down 1.6%, and the usual suspects gain.

SPA 2014: from The Walking Dead to the living producer
US producer of large and small screen films Gale Anne Hurd was a real catch for SPA, and fitted neatly…

SPA 2014: classic television producers hold high ground
Television series may feel like a writers' medium but the traditional producer is still in control and riding high.

Screen Australia: slashing red tape with tiny, precise knives
Screen Australia's Mason lays down more bricks in the road to administrative simplicity.

SPA 2014: Is Australian kid's live action really dead?
Screen Forever gathered an extraordinary domestic and international panel to confront the most serious issue facing children's TV.

When Katy Perry didn't come to the rescue
When a disadvantaged school missed out on a $10,000 celebrity arts prize last week, a Bendigo arts student stepped in.

Nightcrawler
Gaunt and wiry, restless and riled up, you've never seen Jake Gyllenhaal like this before.

ABC Arts to build new digital channel in 2015
In difficult times, ABC TV Arts has been spared the full fury of the cuts and plans a new twist…

Maps to the Stars
Commoditisation, iconography and idolisation is at the heart of David Cronenberg's latest look at the horrors of human physicality