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How well did Australian films do overseas in 2018?
A good year for Australian films overseas, pushed by Peter Rabbit, but with Mary Magdalene and Upgrade to put more…
Flickerfest winners - the multicultural wave is coming
The list of Australian winners at Flickerfest brings new names to the festival circuit. We will hear more about these.
Box Office 21 January 2019 - Storm Boy reprises first version
Storm Boy is a tad fragile but came out well enough to provide hope and will probably have a long…
Adelaide Film Fest gets new executive leader
The small group of artistic directors of major Australian film festivals is once again complete.
Screenrights finds CEO in the office already
James Dickinson, the new CEO of Screenrights, sketches a vision of evolutionary improvement.
While vandals rule, imagine the Ideal Film School
As beancounters raid Australian production courses, international educator and film critic Adrian Martin finds the perfect film school. In Spain.…
Small Screen Highlights: TV and Streaming
On our radar this week are Australian series The Family Law and Bloom, and Netflix Originals Shirkers and Private Life.…
The Whiteley phenomenon – why a painter has impacted theatre, opera and film
Brett Whiteley is no longer exclusive to the visual arts, but has become part of Australian mythology. ArtsHub speaks with…
Lost and Found gathering strength for its pint-sized Oscar run
We are hopeless fans of the animated short Lost and Found. Now it is on the hunt for an Oscar…
Predictions - much bigger markets, content is bait, professions melt together
How do we see ourselves in the current whirl of change? In some vast anthill, owning nothing, imitated by machines…