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BAFTAS 2018 - Oscars firm around favourites
Both the Oscar favourites are now pretty non-mainstream, and neither has directors born in the US.
Box Office 19 Feb 2018 - is our great screen adventure going bust?
Sweet Country is our dream arthouse film. Did well at festivals, loved by critics. But its cinema performance cruelly reminds…
Secrets of production design revealed in new industry manual
The Australian Production Designers Guild has taken five years of research and rewriting to produce a free manual, partly for…
Tropfest 2018 winners - naturalism rules with hair-raising outbursts
This year's signature items were rose for adults and rainbow for kids; next year we move on to candle and…
ABC downhill for thirty years - here's how
In 1987 the government spent over 0.6% of its revenue on the ABC. Now it is down to under 0.3%.…
BBC pushes into Australian production sector
The biggest, hairiest, most enticing international broadcaster arrives to play in the Australian production market. Do we run for the…
What's On - Embiggened Adelaide Film Fest as Winchester chills
The Adelaide Fest goes annual (sort of), Shark Island adds development lab, Queer fests and creative competitions.
The Breaker Upperers trailer suggests a world of fun from NZ
Once more the New Zealanders come, seeking funnybones to tickle. This film looks like a doozy.
ABC comes out fighting, armed with factoids
One Chair, one Managing Director, one Chief Financial Officer - the ABC seen through three speeches and a branding campaign.
Box Office 12 Feb 2018 - Sweet Country robust
Sweet Country thunders through the desert, doing fine but would do better in a just universe.