Stephen Vagg’s series on forgotten Australian television plays looks at the first local drama ever shown in this country: The Twelve Pound Look (1956).
Indie Film Crew Accidentally Unleashes Demonic Curse
The new Australian TV pilot Cursed apparently lives up to its name.
Screen Australia Announces Funding for Security Documentary Series
The series will take a systemic look at the nation’s security practices.
Nash Edgerton to Direct Mr Inbetween, FX Australia’s First Aussie Series
The darkly comic adventures of a working class assassin.
Steven O’Donnell: Being Bajo Again in Trip For Biscuits
In the children’s science fiction comedy series Trip For Biscuits, Stephen “Bajo” O’Donnell and a ragtag team of misfits investigate a hidden world of aliens, generally managing to cause more trouble than they were trying to solve. It is, as he explains, an evolution of the onscreen persona he’s been developing for years.
Sean Pertwee: Buttling for the Baby Bat in Gotham
He’s played a range of tough guys over the years in the likes of Dog Soldiers and Event Horizon, but now Sean Pertwee is better known in the role of Alfred Pennyworth, butler and guardian to young Bruce Wayne, in the WB prequel series, Gotham. We caught up with the British thesp to talk about the challenge of re-interpreting such an iconic role.
The Orville Trailer Proves Seth MacFarlane Has Seen Galaxy Quest
Tired of riffing on Star Wars, MacFarlane directs his phaser banks at another venerable SF franchise.
Is cul_de_sac the Australian Twin Peaks?
Strange happenings in suburbia from the creator of Men’s Group.
Top of the Lake: China Girl Gets a Haunting Trailer
Journey into the dark heart of Sydney with Detective Griffin.
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Season 3
The jokes-per-minute ratio is dependably high, the cast is up for anything, and even the more jaded viewers will be occasionally caught flat-footed