Australia
Screen Australia: last documentary tranche for the year
The last tranche of documentary investments under the old guidelines has now entered the history books.
The Water Diviner
Variance in perspective is tempered by neatness in construction in Russell Crowe's first directorial effort.
Chinese Production: Tying the Knot on several different levels
What lies behind the three picture deal between Tass, Parker and Andreacchio for Chinese co-productions?
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Favouring spectacle and special effects once more, Peter Jackson brings his journey through Middle Earth to an unsatisfying end.
The best films of 2014
Another twelve months of watching the world through the filter of film has almost come to an end.
St. Vincent
Bill Murray drives the show and saves the day in this well-worn, feel-good, odd-couple comedy of acceptance.
Box Office Dec 16 2014: Cong Cong to a Hobbit's revenge
From a Chinese Lion to the smallest Hobbit, the one ring that binds all cinema is the box office.
Playpen: farewell to 2014
At best, short documentaries on the net can be wonderfully simple, and hark back to the beginning of the form.
The economics of small film festivals
A week doesn’t go by without a special interest film festival somewhere. How do they all make a go of…
Coming Home
The reunion of director Zhang Yimou and actress Gong Li is just one of many in elegant but melodramatic historical…