Australia
Brief: Brisbane Festival builds railway picture launch
With producer Chris Brown's Queensland address, it is not surprising that BIFF is able to push the opening night Australian…
DCN v Omnilab: ICAA dances with deadly numbers
Did the Independent Cinemas Association of Australia do the best deal available to its members? Lawyers for Digital Cinema Network…
Fear of the Dark: some desires will haunt you forever
Chris Fitchett, long term producer and agency official, has never given up on his original hunger to direct. The picture…
Youtube Funding: Google invests in Australian production
For the first time, Google has put money into an Australian production initiative, via Youtube. The amount is modest, and…
DCN v Omnilab: Omni tactics becoming clear
After four days, it is becoming clear that Omnilab has two primary aims in the case: to attack Digital Cinema…
Ratings: Thursday, 31st October 2013
The ABC's loss of 1.8% seems to have flowed mostly to Seven, then Nine, then SBS, while Ten dropped a…
Disability Media: launched (again, still with grit)
On Tuesday the 23rd October 2013, Disability Media was launched at RMIT in Melbourne. Or relaunched, to be precise. The…
Lorne Film Festival: inaugural fest opens summer season in iconic Victorian town
When the Lorne Cinema opened in 1937, holiday makers would catch a charabanc from the Birregurra Station down the treacherous…
Ratings: Wednesday, 23rd October 2013
A textbook night for the ABC as a cult hit drags the preceding show upwards. Not a good night for…
Ratings: Wednesday, 30 October 2013
Some substantial losses tonight, though the relative figures are very stable. Take a headline show away from Seven and it…