National

What's On Your Screen: festivals, great schlock, while Ladies in Black charms
There is a pile of stuff on at the cinema for all possible tastes, including First Man and Bad Times…

Australia's Fearless Mermaid Swims On
A new online exhibition curated by the NFSA celebrates the life of Annette Kellerman: champion swimmer, silent movie star, aqua…

Adelaide Film Festival melts bones with sound, purely for fun
Will you like Hotel Mumbai? Adelaide Film Festival road tests it with the Australian premiere.

The Scribe - Graham Freudenberg, shaper of power, poet of ambition
Graham Freudenberg holds high the flag for decent public discourse as we hold our noses in political sludge.

Review: The Seagull
Despite a stellar cast, this film adaptation of Chekhov’s classic play merely hits the expected notes.

Review: Night School
Kevin Hart’s latest odd-couple comedy proves generic, messy and flat, with the strained result failing to earn a passing grade.

Maintaining Hope in the Face of Apocalypse
Don't slit your wrists, be inspired, says the Program Director of the Environmental Film Festival Australia. There are films for…

Eight things every screenwriter needs to know
Screenwriter, script advisor and educator Kathryn Burnett schools you up on nailing your script.

Review: Particle/Wave, Melbourne International Arts Festival
Particle/Wave, set at the Planetarium in Scienceworks, is a love letter, a poem to what has been discovered in our…

Review: Venom
A body horror comic book origin story that’s also a buddy comedy about a guy and the creature overtaking his…