Natalie Miller has so often been the only woman on boards, she has a t-shirt that says "Gentlemen and Natalie". So she's pleased to see the fellowship that was started in her name continue to bolster female leaders in the screen industry.
Blondes, bombs, and underwater bites continue to reign at the Australian box office, with the top three films of 'Barbie', 'Oppenheimer', and 'Meg 2: The Trench' holding their positions from last week.
By their "very different but equally excellent" powers combined, 'Barbie' and 'Oppenheimer have given Australian cinemas their best weekend since the pandemic began - and for at least one exhibitor, its best weekend ever.
Melbourne’s Cinema Nova hopes to revive the lost art of preshow entertainment, encouraging local emerging talent to submit creative shorts via a new competition.
While George Miller's 'Three Thousand Years of Longing' bombed at the box office in US, audiences in the director's native country have proved a little more receptive.
You won't see Marvel films or 'Star Wars' playing at Melbourne's Cinema Nova, something co-founder Natalie Miller jokes is "either clever or stupid, I'm not sure which". For 30 years, the Carlton cinema has carved a niche by sticking to its brand of arthouse cinema programming, and is today the largest independent cinema in the Southern Hemisphere.
Dutch violinist André Rieu very nearly took centre stage on another slow weekend for the Australian box office, with the screening of his 2022 Maastricht Concert falling just short of overtaking 'Bullet Train' to claim the number one position.
With few splashy studio releases until mid-September, exhibitors are bracing through a quiet period at the box office: Last weekend was the slowest yet in 2022.