Archive for April, 2018

Bitter court battle over Mad Max: Fury Road blocks two new movies

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

George Miller’s production company claims Warner Bros “reprehensible” behavior has destroyed their “relationship of trust”.

‘It was totally a hit on my ego’: Dan Sultan on world domination and solo life

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

“I’ve learnt not to be afraid to walk away from something that doesn’t work.”

Man versus wild in the quest for award-winning aquatic photographs

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

Photojournalist Justin Gilligan was shooting an artificial reef experiment off Maria Island in Tasmania when he found himself with a front row seat in a battle between a cluster of spider crabs and a rather hungry octopus.

Private Sydney: Koby Abberton discovers pitfalls of crowdsourcing

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

When the rich and famous rattle the charity can for questionable causes, the blowback can be harsh.

‘It was a revelation’: Lily James’s love letter to Guernsey plays by the book

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

he Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society has some of Britain’s best veteran actors in it – Tom Courtenay, Penelope Wilton – but 29-year-old Lily James is increasingly famous herself.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest director Milos Forman dies

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

Czech filmmaker Milos Forman, whose American movies One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Amadeus won a deluge of Academy Awards, including best director Oscars, died on Saturday. He was aged 86.

Beauty and the beast showcased in international photography exhibition

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

A giant crab exodus, a hungry fox and stunning seahorses are among the 100 photographs to be showcased at the Australian National Maritime Museum.

Social Seen: Ain’t no party like a Goldie Commonwealth Games party

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

The social set have been leaving Sydney and Melbourne for dust as they flock north in their droves for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s legacy: why his music didn’t stop

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

In less than a decade, Gurrumul became Australia’s biggest-selling Indigenous musician. Nine months after his death, his legacy will live on in two projects.

Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu’s legacy: why his music didn’t stop

Saturday, April 14th, 2018

In less than a decade, Gurrumul became Australia’s biggest-selling Indigenous musician. Nine months after his death, his legacy will live on in two projects.