Features
National Ratings week beginning Sunday 10 April 2016 - the whole set
Punters looked at Manu's France and backed off, while Janet King gained 56,000. Every little bit helps.
Key Australian industry executive Deanne Weir commits to Foxtel
Deanne Weir is now the Executive Director Channel Aggregation and Wholesale for Foxtel.
Showcase: painfully real and fabulously meta
A web series from Bric, a community site in Brooklyn, is about making a web series from Bric, a community…
The dirty money behind The Wolf of Wall Street
Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street was financed by a web of deceit which was even uglier than the film.
Box Office 3 April 2016 - Sherpa and The Daughter pulling audiences
The Daughter is set to pass Holding the Man some time this week. Meanwhile, Sherpa is working hard for Transmission.
National Ratings week beginning Sunday 3 April 2016 - the whole set
Seven runs My France with Manu in an SBS moment, and scores a million. Sigh.
Bob Ellis silenced by death
Writer, critic, filmmaker, speechwriter, fighter, mocker and rhetorician Bob Ellis has died at home surrounded by his family.
Hot Docs: Australian films set anywhere but the city
In a lovely moment, thirteen Australian docs go to Hot Docs this year as part of a special focus. But…
Battered screenwriter finds success with words in popular novels
From Babe: Pig in the City to A Lover’s Guide to Rome, screenwriter Mark Lamprell has discovered the sheer joy…
Gayby Baby calls to North American hearts and minds
Gayby Baby joins a very short list of Australian documentaries with a US theatrical release, propelled by the internet and…