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Alien: Covenant
Ridley Scott's second Alien prequel persuasively combines big-thinking sci-fi with chest-bursting thrills.

VIDEO: First look at Tracey Moffatt’s Venice pavilion
Who needs to go to Venice? ArtsHub previews Tracey Moffatt's work in the Australian Pavilion.

Fifield drops bomb on media playing field
An enquiry into content quotas, the end of the license fee, the abolition of the two out of three rule…

Develop & Pitch TV, Directing Actors, Camera & Sound + More
This weekend’s highlights include: DEVELOP & PITCH YOUR TV IDEA with John Gregory and STORYTELLING SKILLS FOR FACTUAL TV. Later…

Budget 2017 - ABC, SBS, Screen Australia swept by usual sadness
All the federal bodies providing funds to the production sector are down. But by how much?

Silent master and adored commander presides over key ADG 2017 award
Emma Freeman, Daina Reed, Courtney Gibson, Sarah Moran, Samantha Lang - women as symbols of industrial change.

National Ratings week beginning Sunday 8 May 2017 - the whole batch
Holiday Horrors Caught on Camera beat Seven Types of Ambiguity by at least 60,000 in the five cities. Revenge will…

Box Office 7 May 2017 - pondering the fate of a pork pie
With Emo and Whiteley in the wings, we puzzle ourselves with the fate of Pork Pie from our Tasman cousins.

Kim Dalton: how can we save the ABC from itself?
Unable to create true reform from within, former Head of ABC TV calls for new government mechanisms to ensure ABC…

A Dog’s Purpose
An abundance of cute canines can’t save this mawkish, emotionally manipulative effort.