Australia
The Rocket
Australian writer/director Kim Mordaunt’s first dramatic feature is a striking coming-of-age story set in Laos.
Documentary Stoush: Connolly tells brutal truth, provokes furore
Bob Connolly, the most lucidly provocative filmmaker on the Australian documentary stage, has thrown a white-hot rock into the tepid…
Ratings: Monday, 26th August 2013 - nobody loves cancer
Seven juggernaut, but ABC cracks the 20% as Nine never hits the mill except for news.
Brief: Australian Production Design Guild hungry to pick over your work
The APDG entries are closing on 2nd September. Only designers can see the true ju-ju design glory in other designer's…
jOBS
Ashton Kutcher’s portrayal of Apple founder Steve Jobs is the best thing about this otherwise pedestrian biopic.
Greens announce (the only?) community media policy
In an avalanche of silence, one small tree sticks up above the snow to offer an actual, tangible media policy.
Why we are laughing
Comedy is booming and the ABC is laughing all the way to the bank thanks to Dirty Laundry Live,Upper Middle…
Paula le Dieu: Melbourne subversive blows up rules of ownership on the net
The custodians of public collections in Australia are committed to protection and control. Now they are talking quietly about a…
AHL: cashing in at the candy bar
Cinema exhibitor Amalgamated Holdings Limited, which owns Greater Union, Birch Carroll and Coyle, Event Cinemas in New Zealand, and 50…
Village Roadshow: bets on the end of the world
Could These Final Hours attract young adults? Time will tell, though Village Roadshow has the muscle to shorten the odds.…