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Box Office: no wonder Netflix is doing well
Not much around at the moment and the figures reflect the fact. Jill Bilcock has a blink of attention even…
Brief: SAFC builds new jobs, engages in different ways
Shifting from Arts to an Industry portfolio, the SAFC is making interesting appointments.
Review: The Equalizer 2, Sony Pictures
Denzel Washington makes his first sequel in this vigilante effort, but The Equalizer 2 only slightly improves on its predecessor.
SBS loses Managing Director
Michael Ebeid is moving on from SBS after a solid stint as Managing Director. No news yet on his future.
Brief: Netflix looks more like a studio
The Netflix model is getting a bit less monomaniacal as it feels the urge to be involved in production, just…
What's On Screen: lovely arthouse, great streams, four compelling fests at once
Brisbane (film), Melbourne (TV) and Castlemaine (docs) offer great festival gutzing. We take the chance to expand our list of…
Something Warm in the Middle - the Grist of Gristmill
Gristmill's Wayne Hope and Robyn Butler are Back in Very Small Business with their gooey, chewy secret: You can be…
Box Office - 16 July 2018: tripping over tentpoles as holidays end
Some commercial English language films get a hard time in our cinemas, as micro budgeted local films arrive for an…
Suresh Ayyar, alive still in his work
For an artist, death is not final if the work lives on beyond personal memory. Editor Suresh Ayyar's friends search…
Series Mania and 'Wrong Kind of Black'
New kinds of storytelling are possible with the web series format. But for producers like Andrea Denholm of Princess Pictures,…