Forgotten Australian Television Plays: A Tale of Two Hamlets
Stephen Vagg’s series on forgotten Australian television plays looks at two different versions of Hamlet made by the ABC, one in 1959 and the other in 1974.
Nitram: Backward About Coming Forward
Ever since it became public knowledge that Justin Kurzel’s next film would tackle the 1996 massacre in Port Arthur – when lone gunman Martin Bryant killed 35 people – there has been uproar in Australia.
MCX Screenmakers Conference: on Diversity
The term, diversity, in reference to people encompasses a variety of different factors, from race, gender, age and sexual orientation to disability and religion. In the context of the MCX Screenmakers Conference, reference to this term was largely in relation to race and people of colour (POC).
Forgotten Australian Television Plays: The Blind Balance
Stephen Vagg’s series on forgotten Australian television plays looks at an early work of Monte Miller, a.k.a that guy who has an award named after him - The Blind Balance.
Coordinating Intimacy
The seventh edition of the MCX Screenmakers conference was recently held virtually over the 10th and 11th of September, with talks from many industry experts, one of which was Intimacy Coordinator, Michela Carattini.
Mental Health First Aid for the Screen Sector
We need to talk about Ben Steel’s Screen Well initiative.
All Films Great and Small
We speak with writer/director/editor Jordan Giusti (and co-producer Chris Luscri), about his short film Reptile, which won the Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
MCX Screenmakers: Not Your Average Conference
Billed as an annual industry event for emerging and developing content creators, MCX Screenmakers is set to take its seventh edition completely online for the second consecutive year, which has Mercury CX CEO Karena Slaninka embracing the possibilities.
Michelle and Ben Law: Architects, Gardeners, Screenmakers
We speak to two of this country’s great writers – who also happen to be siblings – on the eve of this year’s virtual MCX Screenmakers Conference.
Surviving Cold Streaks: Ann-Margret
In his series on film star cold streaks, Stephen Vagg takes a look at the career of Ann-Margret, one of the great survivors of Hollywood.
