Television

Box Office: The different fates of Fantastic Beasts 2 and Mortal Engines
Tumbleweed time in the multiplexes as the audiences prefer to trash studios by declining to attend. There is always a…

Film Review: Overlooked and Underrated. The Second according to Adrian Martin
Mairi Cameron's psychological thriller The Second was released to little attention. Adrian Martin finds much more to like.

Film Review: Climax
Provocateur Gaspar Noe pushes a lot of debaucherous buttons with his latest film, but misses the G spot.

Big Screen Highlights: Mortal Engines, China Love, Climax
Blast of new high octane high confrontation and quiet delight films arrive for grownup tastes over Xmas. Will they last…

Brief: Raising Films Australia Screen Industry Forum on Dec 6
Location: AFTRS in Sydney. Topic: the final WIFT survey report. Speaking: the key people. Duration: afternoon.

APSA 2018 - adding lustre to festival favourites
This year's APSA awards follow in the international accolades for the region's films pretty closely, even if they are a…

Screen Forever: how producers can storm Hollywood, gently
Agents, showrunners, Australian diffidence, hammering on the Hollywood gates - here's how producers get a Californian tan.

Box Office: Enter the Grinch to clobber Creed 2.
Launching the silly season is The Grinch, proving we are all now desperate for a happy ending in a world…

AACTA 2018 - the names we gossiped about all year
Glendyn Ivin & Bruce Permazel have Best Direction awards so far, while Belinda Chayko and the team of David Tranter…

Film Review: Normandy Nude
As French villagers contemplate disrobing for art and attention, this warm-hearted comedy endeavours to balance charm and cliché.