Australia
Black List scheme throws Oz writers into global deep end
The 2019 Australian script writing opportunity kicks off again, linking Black List, Warner Bros and WA company Veerhuis.
Director's cuts - do they make a film any better?
The recent release of yet another extended cut of Apocalypse Now puts the vexed idea of the director's cut back…
Recutting films - a tangled story
Recuts are not just about director's versions. They have become a routine way of evolving the essence of a project.
Queensland's woman of mystery goes to the dark side
Tracey Vieira's future after Screen Queensland is now assured as she joins the state's funkiest prodco with the mostest focus…
Film Review: The Nightingale is furious and gruelling
The Babadook director returns with a different kind of horror: an essential film that gives voice to female suffering.
Crack Hollywood before you leave home - here's one approach
Writers trying to open a door to Hollywood are offered support systems in many different shapes and sizes. Here's one…
Big screen highlights: Australian Dream, Nightingale and Palm Beach
Other than Once Upon a Time In Hollywood, the filmscape is full of yes-but films which disappoint, or terrify, or…
Scoring a role: how do you compose music for games?
Videogames offer many opportunities for audio experts, but how do you crack into this evolving industry? We talked to Ring…
Arts criticism of disabled artists needs to get smarter
Artists with disability believe it is their right to be reviewed in the same way as abled artists; that the…
ICYMI: A wrap of this week’s arts news
Victoria lands Netflix’s Clickbait, Indigenous Jewellery Project holds survey exhibition, AGWA celebrates 40 years of brutalism, 2020 programs announced and…