Australia
Film Review: Ophelia - beyond the manic pixie drown girl
Australian director Claire McCarthy restores agency to the tragic heroine in this campy yet gorgeous adaptation, writes Mel Campbell.
ICYMI: the week’s top news stories in the arts
We take a look at this week's top news stories from around the galleries, on stage, the festival scene, wrapping…
Film Review: Be Natural - The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache
Cinema's first female filmmaker was a prolific international talent, but remains unknown. This brisk entertaining documentary addresses that problem.
Big Screen Highlights: Ophelia, Fast and Furious, and Juliette Binoche
Australian director Claire McCarthy is back with Ophelia while we discover that Fast and Furious: Hobbs and Shaw is so…
Vision Splendid: a film festival under the microscope
Want an honest evaluation of a film festival by its director? Greg Dolgopolov finds some surprising truths running Australian films…
Six great picks for studying screen across Australia
Photo by Matias Islas on Unsplash Creative Arts at Flinders Whether you’re preparing to take centre stage, direct or produce an internationally acclaimed…
ACCC wants to regulate both media and the news
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is a hard-nosed agency with Treasury clout. It has concluded that Big Government should…
Box Office 29 July 2019: Pussy cat, pussy cat, what do you see?
The Lion King, which is really a coming of age film about a medieval princeling, has the market pinned to…
Small Screen Highlights: Robbie Hood, My Life is Murder and Knock Down the House
Dylan Rivers delivers a tough love letter to Alice Springs, Lucy Lawless turns up for the murder of the week,…
Film Review: Diego Maradona - engrossing insight into a divisive figure
Asif Kapadia’s new documentary separates the on-field God from the very human man, writes Anthony Morris.