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ICYMI: this week’s arts news in brief
From unpaid artists to Election policies, Museum Week wisdoms, coups in the festival sector, and grant rounds announced ... it's…

Vale Evan Williams - critic, leader and gentle man
As a film critic for The Australian, Evan Williams spoke to the tastes of a generation. But there was much…

Loud and clear - Labor lays out the path to sector rebuild
Michelle Rowland, shadow minister for communications, has a plan to blow up the logjam of media and funding policy which…

Portrait of Peter Ivany, philanthropist of film, sport and culture
The Sydney Film Festival will flourish because of its value amongst the behemoths, say Peter and Sharon Ivany who are…

Box Office 13 May 2019 - Top End Wedding drops but only mildly
Top End Wedding still doing okay quietly munching in the audience grass. But it is not an obvious show pony.

New money for screen in ALP arts policy
With the launch of the ALP arts policy, we now know the party's approach to the screen sector. Actual money…

ADG ceremony history in the hands of AFTRS students
Producer Lyn Norfor wrangled AFTRS students recording the event and wrote an inside account of growing change.

Sydney Film Festival - the sparkle of a new generation
Grace Boschetti brings a youthful eye to Screenhub. What is she aching to see at the Sydney Film Festival?

The magic of numbers boosts SA industry
The battle for government support is around financial analysis. Here's a report which shows how that is honestly done. As…

Big Screen Highlights: Rebel Wilson, Top End Wedding and a weird Pickachu
Rebel Wilson puts the petty Australian press behind her, while Top End Wedding soothes the soul and Shakespeare wears slippers.