Opinions & Analysis
Budget gives but may end the feature film
Has the sector misjudged the budget impact? No, according to an objective account from Kristen Stevens.
The Time to Tell
As media cycles and social media mix the messages of our times, David Pledger argues that artists have a unique…
The government's announcements: Screenhub reflects
"This too shall pass.' In a week of convulsive re-invention, we remember the basics.
Night in the Woods captures bittersweet millennial life under COVID-19
Through protagonist Mae, videogame Night in the Woods asks: what will the future hold, if we can’t possibly go back…
Screen Australia is a pesky bunch of fanatics. True or false?
Hands off or interventionist? Maybe screen agencies are simply going with the flow as they campaign for diversity and new…
Movie theaters are on life support – how will the film industry adapt?
Cinemas have survived every horror for more than a century. But the threat of COVID-19 still sends a shivers up…
From Now till Then: a brief reflection on institutional racism
Kalu Oji gives the perspective of an African-Australian film school graduate.
Is 2020 the year of the classy short?
What can we tell from the current crop of Australian short films in festivals?
Playmaker creators jump off speeding train
Having built their production company into an impressive conveyor of dreams, David Maher and David Taylor are getting ready to…
MIFF surrenders to censorship pressures
On the grounds that a film might make you masturbate at home and then do something evil, MIFF has withdrawn…