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Strictly confined in a small Spanish village, Adrian Martin compiles an eclectic virus playlist, discovers Zoom, and argues for the role of the critic.

NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian recently took over the portfolio of Arts Minister with the resignation of Don Harwin, but does she have the focus the arts needs right now?

The federal government has announced a package to help regional media through the coronavirus crisis. But our national broadcasters have not been so lucky.

Bushwhacked by the virus, caught up in the fight about commercial TV quotas, the government releases the Options Paper about regulation. What does it contain?

We asked readers what their top priorities were to funding our way through COVID-19 and beyond. Here are the results.

Working on the COVID-19 frontline as a first responder, the director of 'Jirga' offers hope to other storytellers facing their fears.

Yes the net is under pressure but it is holding out, according to Monash scientists.

A veteran of DVD and Blu-ray extras laments the decline of this particular form of cinephile expression, and calls out the current state of play.

Who deserves medical care? A young mum? An addict? A person who took drugs after a liver transplant? Nicole Lee looks at a documentary that asks, what if they're all the same person?

Led by writers, Sci-fi proposals are flooding into the sector. Are we reaching for the stars or squelching in drivel?

While Seven tries polite menace with Feds, it may itself turn out to be sold to the highest bidder.

Which two Australian-influenced characters are both anchoring a sequel in the cinemas right now?

By combining Nielsen and Oztam figures in January, we encounter the resilience of old-timey television.

Who makes the continuity mistakes mocked later on the internet? It is not the diligent notetakers on location, who have a bunch of tricky roles.

Artists, administrators, producers and professors are braced for the full emergence of blockchain. Here are some basics.

There are good reasons why Little Women is a remarkable film, which are surely worth honouring.

Lynette Wallworth delivers a pungent speech confronting the Davos World Economic Forum with our experience of a land on fire.

A group of writers calling themselves Writing for the Environment – organised by Alys Jackson, Leah Kaminsky and Gretchen Miller – have penned an open letter to the media demanding they cease supporting climate denialism.

Smart policy, cultural pride and an Asian language puts Korean cinema at the heart of change. Here's an excellent potted history.

New inventions in branding. Large format cameras. Editing Star Wars. Festival films. Chinese crackdown on indy visions. All juicy stories from the net.