Television

Big Eyes
Restraint shines over kitsch in this well acted, engagingly enough told artist biopic.

Top Five
There's much more to Chris Rock's latest sharp, smart comedy than art potentially imitating life.

TV Shooter Producer, TV Research Skills, Music Composition, Writing For Hollywood & More: AFTRS Open
Hot courses in March include: RESEARCH SKILLS FOR TV, the hugely practical TV SHOOTER PRODUCER and Tracey Spicer’s TV PRESENTING:…

Hip Hop-eration
The message might be familiar, but this real-life look at an elderly hip hop dance group is buoyed by an…

Sydney Film Festival: turns State Theatre into a daytime colony
The Sydney Film Festival is refining its membership offers for 2015, going back to the past and building new shiny…

Inherent Vice
Paul Thomas Anderson's latest, a spiralling stoner detective comedy, is less a story than an atmosphere to imbibe.

Chinese Exhibition: the dragon awakes with more farce than flames
The exhibition revolution in China is much bigger than we think – and the battle against piracy may be a…

Final Awards Washup: putting 2014 in its coffin
Add all the key Australian awards for the non-craft categories and we discover a pretty fair dob of justice in…

AIDC/NET-WORK-PLAY: if we build it, will they come?
Does the world belong to the net? No, says Christie George, the picture palace can still rule our dreams. Which…

Overcoming creative fear: a bestseller's guide
Best-selling author Elizabeth Gilbert took aim at the often-paralysing traits of fear and perfectionism in her talk on "How to…