Features
Japanese film: the triumph of the subculture
Behind the Japanese film industry, on parade at the Japanese Film Festival 2015, is budget acumen, pop culture savvy and…
Adelaide Film Festival 2015: keeping a secret, awed by some old violins
The opening night of the Adelaide Film festival showcased a very local film, which was jus right for the night…
Welcoming phones in the theatre
Technology is giving audiences back their voice, prompting some theatre companies to embrace their digital critics.
Accounting for low budget producers
New micro-accounting production accounting services are targeting the needs of low budget filmmakers and digital creatives.
Box Office: 12 October and Oddball pants happily along
The horrible disparity in returns between safe films as compared to challenging pics continues. The dog still carries all before…
CinemaLive: building the exhibition options in cinemas
How did an event cinema company called CinemaLive ride the death of lantern slides in cinemas into an operation in…
Australian Box Office Record - hit or miss?
$64m in box office for Australian films, 6.8% of the box office. Great news, with a few words of caution.
Box Office 5 October 2015 - the rushing sound of fascinated tots
A week which demonstrates that Australian films which touch the zeitgeist do fine. Interesting films that don't have a pretty…
Antenna 2015: creative docs rool
Each time, Sydney's Antenna Film Festival grows more confident of its identity while the documentary sector morphs and fragments.
Cultural capital: Perth
Geographical isolation and resources wealth have spawned a distinctive cultural identity that begs the eastern states to pay more attention…