Australia

Oscars - hopes dashed, dreams turn to ashes.
Rolling out the most intense, most venal, most undignified cultural prize in the English-speaking world. Also the most addictive, and…

Box Office - all the energy of a dead kipper
Green Book, The Favourite, Stan and Ollie, What Men Want, Wandering Earth - all have their lessons at the world…

Review: Alita Battle Angel
Decay, rebirth or both? Alita has a healthy audience, a certain youthful innocence and the contradictory energy of James Cameron…

Around the web 22 Feb 2019 - leading off with In Like Flynn
Lots of Netflix news, plus China complications, In Like Flynn interview, and Oscar scripts. And the future of AI.

Review: Soderbergh's High Flying Bird has skin in the game
This Netflix feature shot on iPhone and set in the world of American basketball may baffle or intrigue.

Small Screen Highlights: The Heights, Bad Mothers, Aftermath and Reviews Wrap
The ABC launches new 30-part drama set in Perth high rise towers, and Nine unveils bad mummy murder mystery series.

Lambs of God honoured to open at Series Mania
Lambs of God, the new four-part drama from Australia’s Lingo Pictures, has been invited to screen in Official Competition at…

Guild News - announcements for 22 February 2019
The ADG Awards, Production Designers Guild and Oscars, Screenworks widens composers scheme, AWG wants your AWGIE submissions.

Oscars - who do we think will win?
In a really wide open field, we risk Screenhub's reputation with some firm predictions. Will we be humiliated by Monday…

Berlinale 2019: Australian filmmakers go global to stay global
Soaked in the authentic gravity of German audiences on Potsdamerplatz, Sarah Ward assesses the Australian impact in 2019.