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(NATIONAL) Maureen Barron, a Screenrights board member since 2007 has been recognised for her outstanding contribution to the Australian film and television industry with the Member of the Order of Australia.
Simon Lake, CEO of Screenrights said, “we are very proud to have Maureen as a board member.
Her AO is due recognition of her sustained and dynamic commitment to the Australian film and television industry over 30 years”.
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Sarah Ward 7 Feb 2012
ROADSHOW: Despite spirited efforts from its cast, Working Dog's latest film Any Questions for Ben? feels flat, forced and false.
Sarah Ward 6 Feb 2012
ABC TV: Discomforting yet tender, Then the Wind Changed is an important record of the lasting human impact of the Black Saturday bushfires.
Sarah Ward 6 Feb 2012
TRANSMISSION FILMS: Magnetic and moving, Shame might just be Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender's finest hour.
Sarah Ward 2 Feb 2012
ACMI: Julie Moggan's documentary offers a slight and sweet glimpse at romance novel publishers Harlequin Mills & Boon.
Sarah Ward 1 Feb 2012
HOYTS: If the success of Man on a Ledge was judged on its adherence to its name, it would be a hit. Sadly, the film disappoints.
Melanie Sheridan 31 Jan 2012
ABC1: Set in the tropical paradise of Australia’s Far North Queensland and the Torres Strait, The Straits is a bullet-riddled, darkly funny local crime drama.
Melanie Sheridan 31 Jan 2012
SCI-FI CHANNEL: It’s not groundbreaking science fiction but Alphas is a serviceable ‘mutant’ show.
Sarah Ward 30 Jan 2012
ROADSHOW: With captivating turns from Oscar contenders Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo, The Artist captures the essence of movie magic to become itself an instant classic.
Sarah Ward 24 Jan 2012
ROADSHOW: Sluggish direction and an average script bog down what should have been a fascinating film about one of America's best-known figures.
Melanie Sheridan 24 Jan 2012
SCI FI CHANNEL: If agents Mulder and Scully teamed up with Indiana Jones and Noah Wylie's Librarian, you might get a show like Warehouse 13.
Gareth Beal 23 Jan 2012
SYDNEY FESTIVAL: Live Live Cinema: Carnival of Souls is wonderful entertainment, and hopefully a precursor to many similar productions over the coming years.
Nicole Eckersley 23 Jan 2012
RIALTO: This lovely film about a gay one-weekend-stand manages to be languid, witty and insightful all at once.
Aleksia Barron 23 Jan 2012
ROOFTOP CINEMA: One-take experimental music videos may not be to every taste but if they’re to yours, watching them with the city lights as a backdrop is the way to do it.
Sarah Ward 17 Jan 2012
UNIVERSAL: The embodiment of the old-fashioned spy genre, this new cinematic interpretation of John le Carré’s famed novel is an intelligent, enigmatic and enthralling movie.
Helen Begley 16 Jan 2012
MADMAN: With an entirely new cast and set of stories, series 5 of British TV show Skins continues the form set in earlier seasons as it follows the lives of eight teens navigating life, love, lust and more.
Sarah Ward 16 Jan 2012
PARAMOUNT: A gender-reversed take on the man-child movies common of late, Young Adult sees Charlize Theron put in her best screen performance since Monster.
Sarah Ward 13 Jan 2012
MADMAN: The sequel to Gabriele Muccino's 2001 film The Last Kiss, Kiss Me Again is an uneven effort given life by a fine ensemble cast.
Sarah Ward 14 Jan 2012
ACMI: Seventeen years after his documentary Hoop Dreams, director Steve James returns with a powerful, unflinching look at Chicago's violence prevention endeavour CeaseFire.
Bianca Rohlje 14 Jan 2012
SHARMILL FILMS: National Theatre Live screens live performances from Britain's stage to cinemas worldwide. Its third season kicks off with the thoroughly enjoyable Collaborators.
Kate Boston Smith 11 Jan 2012
MADMAN: A rare look behind the scenes of one of the most venerated music photographers of our times, Shadow Play offers you an insight into the mind of a visionary.