Netflix Executive Upends Hollywood

Netflix Executive Upends Hollywood

A scene from “Lillyhammer,” Netflix’s first original series, is projected behind Ted Sarandos, the company’s chief content officer. Sarandos says ratings are irrelevant for a company that neither courts advertisers nor collects fees for cable...
James Wan scores at box office with next chapter

James Wan scores at box office with next chapter

by Garry Maddox Rose Byrne and Patrick Wilson star in Insidious. As a horror movie by an Australian director topped the American box office charts on the weekend, there was an impressive debut for a Saudi Arabian film by a director who trained in Sydney. James...
The Mobile Approach To Films

The Mobile Approach To Films

There’s only one problem with Jason van Genderen’s mobile phone – sometimes people call him on it. For a specialist in shooting films with a smartphone, unexpected calls or texts are a sudden interruption to working. ”The camera stops recording...
We Must Film Tales Of Our Sunburnt Country

We Must Film Tales Of Our Sunburnt Country

Leonardo DiCaprio in The Great Gatsby by Gay Alcorn That The Great Gatsby may become the most successful Australian film speaks more of tax breaks than anything else. I went to see an Australian film this week. It was The Great Gatsby, Baz Luhrmann’s adaptation...