Australia

Holding the Man: fiction follows truth on the same hallowed ground
Goalpost Pictures conjures some of Melbourne's most evocative literary ghosts for a challenging film on home turf.

Retransmission Rights: smooth as the law allows
As announced around the ASTRA Conference, Foxtel will continue to pay retransmission fees to Screenrights.

Ratings: Thursday, 4th September 2014
The footy dunnit - Nine wins well, while Ten is still ahead of The ABC.

The Reckoning
A crime thriller steeped in revenge, tinted with religion, and set in Perth’s seedy underworld.

Ratings: Wednesday, 3rd September 2014
People actually do watch The Bachelor. Ten wants you to know this so the addicts don't feel lonely. And Shine…

Foxtel: plunges into new pricing model, bayonets flashing
Is this Foxtel’s evil plan? Did it just blink? Either way, it now has a pricing model to hunt its…

Brief: Sharp edge to Screen Queensland
Christopher Sharp has been appointed the new head of development at Screen Queensland.

Why Don’t You Play in Hell?
An all-out swordplay spectacle, an earnest romance of yearning, and a multi-generational fable of family issues.

Box Office: Felony and Predestination out and pushing
Two Australian films released this weekend, and both of them are now hanging in to get the crucial evening slots…

Somebody, anybody, nobody
Does Miranda July’s Somebody app signal a paradigm shift towards live art or a new way to avoid surveillance?