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Screen Forever 2015: John Edwards and the Hector Crawford Memorial Lecture
John Edwards, key television producer, stirs the pot and juggles jellyfish on the need for long running series, support for…

John Edwards - truth, lies and beauty
Key creator of television series John Edwards explains his version of 'the most essential and fundamental stuff of drama.'

Learning from reality television
The arts used to pursue cultural popularity but decry popular culture. Not any more.

Screen Music Awards 2015 - Slow West and A Secret River
The APRA|AMCOS 2015 Screen Music Awards demonstrated just why Australian composers are so useful to the sector. It is called…

Key research document the last gift from Metro Screen
At its official breakup party on November 11 2015, Metro Screen released a research document which lays down its final…

Screen Music Awards night - gearing up for the hardest audience of all
Facing the challenge of entertaining their peers, the screen musicians stay right away from television. The rest of us are…

National Roundtable sets some boundaries for acceptance
Steps to repair a loss of trust and respect from the arts sector were put into play at a National…

Showcase: growing grass and an arial llama
Rube Goldberg films are a genre unto themselves. Here's two modern versions which blitz the idea in very different ways,…

Box Office: 9 November 2015 as Oz films vary from glory to gluggy
The Dressmaker lost 3% and two cinemas in its second week. What did they do, burn down?

Now Add Honey - breaking through for the female audience?
Behind family-friendly comedy Now Add Honey is a serious understanding of comedy, a lot of television experience and a sense…