Features
Ratings: Tuesday, 4th March 2014
Seven back on top. Local drama Winners and Losers nearly at a mill on the metros, and 1.4m nationally.
AIDC 2014: Mason lays first brick in AIDC wall
Graeme Mason admits he is a bit of an Energiser Bunny, and Anne Richey took careful notes as he hopped…
Independent Spirit 2014: struggling to be indie
At the Independent Spirit Awards which warm up the Oscars, 12 Years a Slave went in with seven nominations, Nebraska…
Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras: delivers for SBS2
The Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras seems to have found a televisual home, to the statistical delight of SBS.
Foxtel and Freeview: a tale of two digital grabs
Big moment for Foxtel as it tries to redefine itself with new content provision mechanisms. Meanwhile, Freeview+ gets an outing…
Ratings: Sunday, 2nd March 2014
Kitchen show rules the night, though The Block is not that far behind.
Oscars 2014: Catherine Martin, twice… and its Cate Blanchett again
Contrary to some pundits, Catherine Martin and her team have two Oscars for the look of The Great Gatsby. But…
Chinese exhibition: now second largest in world, and turning inwards to local fllms
Greg Dolgopolov, an eager student of Communist countries wrestling with capitalist film production, adds the latest 2013 figures to a…
Playpen: the elephant always remembers
As Australians inch our collective way into (gasp) fantasy, the Hispanic tradition is an inspiration. Pablo Larcuen from Barcelona is…
VFX: US industry accuses rest of VFX world of causing downfall
The increasing rage expressed by American VFX workers about the loss of some key companies and a lot of work…