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TIFF 2013: two more Australian films to go round the block at Canadian fest

Around the Block and The Canopy join The Railway Man, Felony, Mystery Road and Tracks at North America's prime festival.…

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Playpen: ABC2 falls into black hole of joyous self-parody

ABC2 is running promos for itself which are so convoluted I am surprised they can get their socks on in…

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Australian Drama: the Sunday battleground

Let's go through the 8.30 Sunday slot for the last few months, to prevent ourselves sinking into despair over the…

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Toronto 2013: what won what for who

Steve McQueen is breaking towards the mainstream and Oscar contention with 12 Years a Slave. In a brutally competitive field,…

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Sharmill Films: and the weird business of releasing theatre in cinemas

Natalie Miller's Sharmill Films has been releasing the filmed versions of Metropolitan Opera and National Theatre productions for four years,…

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Riddick

Outside of accumulating the expected elements in a paint-by-numbers exercise, little care has gone into their execution.

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The Gatekeepers

An extraordinary record of incendiary events involving a usually secretive organisation.

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Rachel Ward and an Accidental Soldier: you too can rise above the grind

Rachel Ward’s extraordinary career is sure to give hope to every unsatisfied model and actor aspiring to move behind the…

Samsung: short film competition entries due in FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 20th

The ten winners in 'The Shoot' will receive a six day intensive filmmaking course at NIDA plus fares and accommodation,…

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Ratings: Thursday, 12th September 2013 - Bogan catalytically rooted

SBS gains 1%, which is 20% of its audience last week. But Upper Middle Bogan deflated badly.

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