National
AFI/AACTA: awards reach out to television craft, leave some bits in limbo
Spurred on by the brutal slow-motion reduction in sponsorship, the AFI has brought a blowtorch to the AACTA awards. Do…
Cannes 2013: Gatsby dancing in the rain
The Great Gatsby opened the Cannes Festival, as Luhrmann controlled the narrative with his usual calculated aplomb through the press…
Ratings: Wednesday, 15th May 2013
Big Bang Theory and The Block gives the night to Nine, just, as the ABC beats Ten with 19.2%. Adam…
Ratings: Thursday 16th May 2013
ABC drinks at Women's Weekly trough to score 903,000 for Our Queen. Doesn't happen often, though Kate's Baby Bump is…
Ambience Entertainment: season five comes with an App and a new host
Sydney production company Ambience Entertainment has completed its fifth series of the popular children’s game show Kitchen Whiz. It will…
Brief: Kodak moves to preserve role of film internationally..
In Rochester, Kodak has appointed Christian Richter to the new role of film lab and studio relationship manager. The big…
SPAA: mindsnatchers invade St Kilda Fest and Vivid
Knowing that emerging producers cluster around Vivid in Sydney and the St Kilda fest in Melbourne greedy for inspiration, SPAA…
DRM-free e-books show no piracy increase
A year after removing digital rights management from its books sci-fi publisher Tor made a surprising announcement.
American Psycho author takes axe to Glaad
Enfant terrible novelist Bret Easton Ellis calls out 'the gatekeepers of politically correct gayness'.
Seven Horrors in a Blue Box
The stalwarts of the European gothic tradition are returned home and given a revivifying jolt of cinematographic juice.