Returns dropped by $2m this weekend, all from the non-blockbuster pictures. We try to prove that election night is to blame.

From unpaid artists to Election policies, Museum Week wisdoms, coups in the festival sector, and grant rounds announced ... it's been another big week for the arts.

Fighting a tide of respectful reviews, Adrian Martin finds much to loathe in this historical epic, including 'one of the worst directed action sequences in cinema history.'

Keanu Reeves brings soulful gravity to this consistently thrilling ballet of blood.