Features

Showcase: Taika Waititi
After slaying them at Sundance, Hunt for the Wilderpeople gathers for the spring into Australia midyear.

How the Oscars mess up your viewing pleasure
As the Oscars clump the best films early in the year, March may be a wasteland with little more than…

National Ratings week beginning Sunday 14 Feb 2016 - the whole batch
Take the food away from Seven and it collapses. Just like every other year. But the ferocity of its victory…

Oscars 2016 - all the entrails are now on the table
Don't bet the house on Fury Road, though the odds will now be tempting. Is it possible that Room could…

Box Office 15 Feb 2016 - Here come the Oscar littlies
Image: Deadpool. Star Wars: the Force Awakens, has just become the highest grossing film ever, with over US$2b at the…

Showcase: flying and sighing and not sicking up
Like Fury Road, Happyband OK Go is determined to utilise in-camera SFX. In this case, the challenge is to do…

Controversial SBS Chair Nihal Gupta leaves plum job
The strange, shadowy story of Nihal Gupta's appointment as Chair of SBS takes another turn, as he resigns abruptly for…

Shock loss of senior women in ABC TV as enticing power jobs become available
Carole Sklan and Deirdre Brennan leave the ABC, while ACMI and Screen Australia offer tasty, tasty jobs.

Industry hunts answers at Senate Estimates
Mark Scott digs at SBS, while Senator Ludlum just misses the jugular on screen financing policy.

Box Office 8 Feb 2016 - seeking room for grace
Looking for Grace hangs on while odd little contender for the Oscars, Room, is a hit in relation to its…