Features

Mark Scott comes out in favour of key industry reform.
The future of Australian television drama is threatened, even as audiences like it. One small technical change could make all…

Calisthenics: the synchronised swimming of arts forms
Calisthenics, a uniquely Australian mix of of dance, gymnastics, theatre and rhythmic exercise, became a cinematic obstacle course for feature…

Arts TV hunts a niche audience online
Both the ABC and Foxtel are discovering that the future of the arts on television is healthier if it is…

Is there a turn in Turnbull for the screen sector?
Former dot.com success story and Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is now the uneasy head beneath the crown. Speculation abounds.

Box Office: 14 September is thin on smiles
Next week is the week for school holiday films. Oddball? Last weekend was bits and bobs.

Box Office: cheerful progress of Australian titles by 4/9/15
Coming out of last weekend, we have three Australian(ish) films in the top twenty. With more to come.

Metro to Close. This is a disgrace.
It is with deep regret and considerable sadness that the Board of Directors of Metro Screen has announced that the…

From entrepreneur to oligopoly: possible futures for the screen sector
The screen community is hurtling through digital change. Flame Distribution's John Caldon and a pair of Ninja futurists have utterly…

Screen Industry erupts in clash between key Guilds and Screenrights
The Australian Writers’ Guild and the Australian Directors’ Guild have come out fighting against industry collection society Screenrights.

Can Hollywood be turned against itself? Horror God Jason Blum shows how.
Wildly successful low budget US producer Jason Blum keynotes a conference on micro-budget production at Melbourne's Open Channel. But does…