Murray Forrest has received the Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers’ inaugural Humanitarian Award, recognizing his long commitment to the Motion Picture Industry Benevolent Society (MPIBS).
After bonding on 'Ride Like a Girl', Rachel Griffiths and emerging writer-director Madeleine Dyer are jointly developing a TV comedy series based on a prominent Australian actor.
Is it a coincidence that three of the highest-grossing Australian films of 2019 - Rachel Griffiths' 'Ride Like A Girl', Wayne Blair's 'Top End Wedding' and Rachel Ward's 'Palm Beach' - have all been helmed by directors and producers who have backgrounds as actors? Not according to Griffiths.
The latest iterations of 'Maleficent', 'Godzilla', 'Men in Black', 'The Angry Birds' and 'Rambo' flopped or under-performed in cinemas this year and now 'Terminator: Dark Fate' is the latest victim of moviegoers’ sequel fatigue
Australian writers, producers, directors, funding agencies and distributors should ask one key question when evaluating feature film projects: “Does this warrant a theatrical release or is streaming a smarter option?”
Lingo Pictures' four-part TV drama 'Lambs of God' has collected an unprecedented 18 AACTA Award nominations, while Jennifer Kent's 'The Nightingale' leads in film with 15 nods.
The chairman of the National Association of Cinema Operators (NACO) has warned that Netflix and other streaming companies are endangering medium-sized films that can gross $5 million-$8 million in Australia.
In the battle of the sequels Disney’s 'Maleficent: Mistress of Evil' beat Sony’s 'Zombieland: Double Tap' but neither was a match for the third weekend of Warner Bros’ juggernaut 'Joker'.