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A box office report from the pandemic twilight zone
A good week for classics, but as cinemas start to reopen the charts might be creeping towards a new normal.
Film Review: Spike Lee's Da 5 Bloods is a pathos-filled provocation
Lee's latest genre satire takes a complex look at masculinity, violence, fellowship, colonialism, and racial exploitation.
Robust, Relevant and Diverse: Documentaries at Sydney Film Festival
The ten Australian films vying for the $10,000 Documentary Prize are a quietly effective bunch, revealing much about the evolution…
Greens get Senate agreement to nail down Netflix
The world will not be transformed by this moment of Parliamentary approval, but at least the Senate seems to get…
Artists Essentials Toolkit video #1: how to get your art online
In our new video series we look at getting started with your online presence from a blog to websites to…
TV has changed, so must the way we support local content
One of the four regulatory approaches to television content is a new Australian Production Fund. Here is an argument in…
Ask the mentor: should I worry about lack of formal training?
Media Mentor Esther Coleman-Hawkins answers your career questions with brisk no-nonsense advice for screen professionals.
Defiance, progress and big ideas celebrated in international kids' TV awards
Australians are used to doing well at prime kids' TV moment the international Prix Jeunesse Awards. But this is the…
Plucky NZ conference creates New World Order by going online
Here's the nitty gritty of running a market based conference online. Challenging, enraging and ultimately a boon, according to Doc…
What We're Watching: June
From record shops in Brooklyn to the court of a Russian Czar, to a dystopian carceral future, the office’s favourite…