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Top End Wedding won't go far beyond $5.1m which is way below the figures for a popular indigenous film of even five years ago. Blockbusters and Netflix continue to attack.

Bill Collins, Mr Movies, was a prince of suburbia who inspired three generations and maybe shifted the direction of Australian cinema.

Besides the new films, fest fever strikes Perth with a Revelation, and four fests exhaust Melbourne audiences in under a month.

The international growth of the BBC is part of a transformation in broadcasting networks which feeds on the need for truth and objectivity.

A slate of new Australian films dominates the first glance at our oldest and biggest festival.

The annual St Kilda Film Festival is about to launch with a complete package of support to engage emerging makers.

The new Men in Black is on top here but sagging round the world as we wait for the Secret Life of Pets and Toy Story 4. Adults are depressed.

Few surprises in the Sydney Film Festival prizes for 2019, as growth looks fine as auteur directors find their success has a dark side.

We now have a proper industry wide code to deal with discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment and bullying.

Globalisation is not just about markets. As the Asia Pacific Screen Awards show, we can support our neighbours whose productions are truly difficult.

Award-winning comic web series Over and Out, Netflix sci fi movie I Am Mother and ABC iView's State of the Union are just some of this week's Hivemind picks.

Private tertiary provider JMC makes sure it climaxes courses with an awards night. The showcased films highlight the best and worst of its programs.

About 100,000 people went to see a non-blockbuster movie this last long weekend in Australia. That is less than a footy audience on Foxtel. But Top End Wedding hangs in.

From high-profile actors and established producers to community champions of music and dance, members of the creative industries have been recognised for their contributions to Australian culture.

How an illuminating documentary about Chinese dissident Badiucao becomes a key story about our future with China.

The new Capitol is restored as a major Melbourne icon as RMIT enhances a distinctive screen education strategy.

Glenn Dunks was there to watch the new Australian film Palm Beach, live through the speeches and spot the celebs.

The Australian Federal Police (AFP) conducted two high-profile raids on journalists investigating asylum seekers and the military in Afghanistan.

The AFP raid on the ABC is just Act One in a much longer story which will turn into a lawyers' picnic and a focus for outrage.

A 20 per cent increase in core funding and some extra dollars for regional screenings acknowledge the growing importance of the biggest Sydney screen event.