Australia

Ratings: Sunday, 14th September 2014
The Block carries Nine up another 120,000, though its lack of faith in Big Brother condemned it to 693,000 later…

Brief: Busan's idea of books to be adapted
FYI - the Busan festival also runs a rights market for suitable print works. This is adaptation Korean style...

TIFF 2014: A Single Body hits the headlines
While the most obviously commercial of the Australian offerings caught star-driven attention, the dark short about two men in an…

MQFF Director to step down in 2015
Lisa Daniel has announced she will leave the Melbourne Queer Film Festival after 16 years as Festival Director.

Foreign Productions in Australia: how do they happen?
The Childhood’s End deal spotlights the role of specialised production hunters who snatch deals from the international ecosystem. They are…

The Daughter: final cast announcement as production begins
Geoffrey Rush, Sam Neill and Mirando Otto lead a stellar cast..

Gasland Part II
Gasland Part II tells the latest part of the fracking tale, showing both how much and how little has changed…

Ratings: Thursday, 1th September 2014
Nine, sans footy but with the competitions back, slayeth the dragon Seven one more time and even more thoroughly.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Turtle power seems a long forgotten concept; here, there is bland appropriation narratively, emotionally and aesthetically.

When motion graphics makes a great point
During Art & About Sydney’s Hyde Park will become an urban artist’s camp with LED-activated tipis.