Television
The Railway Man: Teplitsky talks form and intimacy as picture hits the big screen
The Railway Man, directed by Jonathan Teplitsky, is now in the cinemas, fighting against an avalanche of American tentpole product.…
Girl Horror: five female directors grab horror by the balls and head for cannibal country
In news that’s been bubbling in the cauldron for a while, five female directors are developing an anthology of horror…
AACTA: Reflections on the 3rd AACTA nominations from a former insider, part one
Rochelle Siemienowicz is a screen tragic, a survivor of work at the AFI, and a generous but sharp observer of…
Judy Adamson: history, memory and remembrance
Every death in the screen sector hurts terribly, but some funerals mark the loss of our deep history. I've kept…
MPA APSA Academy Film Fund 2013: fallout for a canoe, monkey masks and a Karbala Orchestra
One of the niftiest features of the Asia Pacific Film Awards is its development fund, which provides four tranches of…
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
While too cloying and clichéd to be truly enchanting, Ben Stiller's latest film successfully tempers the heartfelt with hilarity.
Philomena
Like its titular lead, the soft-spoken, tough-minded Mrs Lee, Philomena is a quiet film, whispering its message of acceptance.
Queensland: cultured one day, barbarous the next
The Queensland government may not notice, but it has been in a world of pain in both the arts and…
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug
The Desolation of Smaug turns its relevant chapters of novel into a movie that, for the most part, engages and…
Western Union Short Film Competition: entries for 2014
The Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM), in association with Western Union, is delighted to announce ‘hope’ as the 2014…