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Magnus Temple, reality TV and a better view of humanity
While so much true life large scale filmmaking wallows in exploitation, Magnus Temple makes tender series about ordinary people and…
Hail, Caesar!
The Coen brothers return with an aptly affectionate yet irreverent take on life, film and the golden age of Hollywood.
Mark Scott pushes for 'friendly merger' between SBS and ABC
Mark Scott has been toying with the notion of a merger between the ABC and SBS. Today that proposal became…
Box Office 21 Feb 2016 - in which we love our Deadpool
45 years, Concussion and Risen appear, while the twisting psyche of Deadpool turns out to be much more loveable than…
Sexist screen representations of women start in the script
Presenting well-rounded female characters on screen begins with changing the often desultory way they're written.
Doco Interviews, Legal Essentials, Screen Music Composition, Sci-Fi Writing, TV Editing & More!
AFTRS Open courses this weekend: Robin Hughes DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS plus WRITING SCI-FI and SCREEN MUSIC COMPOSITION. March/April: SCREENWRITING FOR FILM…
The Daughter
The power of Stone’s auteur-like direction and writing is that he takes scenes beyond the conventional climaxes and trappings of…
National Ratings week beginning Sunday 21 Feb 2016 - the whole batch
Nine claws its way upwards, knowing it doesn't have to hide from MKR swooping from the skies, talons dripping venom,…
Australian National Theatre Live builds catalogue of local productions
Bedrock production company Realplaymedia brings its modest vision of live theatre on film to contemporary Australian productions with some substantial…
AIDC 2016: eating worms on a blue bicycle
The Australian International Documentary Conference is using a patented FunMap to highlight its attractions. Think bicycles and threatened nudity.