Exclusive: Rachel Griffiths is getting ready to jump into the feature directing saddle, taking on horse-racing drama Ride Like A Girl. With shooting set to begin in March, Village Roadshow has boarded Australian rights. In the aspirational drama, Teresa Palmer is playing Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the prestigious Melbourne Cup. Also in the cast are Sam Neill and Jacki Weaver. Griffiths and I recently chatted about the project and why this was the right…...
- 11/3/2017
- Deadline
The 58 recipients of Screen Australia's Gender Matters: Brilliant Stories and Brilliant Careers.funding, designed to address.the gender imbalance.in the screen industry, have been unveiled..
$3 million.will be shared.among 45 female-helmed film, TV and online projects and 13 career boosting initiatives. The announcement marked the largest cohort of projects funded in a single.day in Screen Australia's history. ..
Screen Australia started the Gender Matters program.late last year in response to the industry.s gender inequity.in key creative roles..In film, women make up around 32 per cent of producers, 23 per cent of writers and 16 per cent of directors. .
Screen Australia chief operating officer Fiona Cameron said Gender Matters was unashamedly providing .express lane. access to female business ideas and stories...
.The funding boost provided by Screen Australia has been a game-changer, providing the industry with an opportunity to get behind some very commercial and creative prospects. It.s now time for action,...
$3 million.will be shared.among 45 female-helmed film, TV and online projects and 13 career boosting initiatives. The announcement marked the largest cohort of projects funded in a single.day in Screen Australia's history. ..
Screen Australia started the Gender Matters program.late last year in response to the industry.s gender inequity.in key creative roles..In film, women make up around 32 per cent of producers, 23 per cent of writers and 16 per cent of directors. .
Screen Australia chief operating officer Fiona Cameron said Gender Matters was unashamedly providing .express lane. access to female business ideas and stories...
.The funding boost provided by Screen Australia has been a game-changer, providing the industry with an opportunity to get behind some very commercial and creative prospects. It.s now time for action,...
- 7/12/2016
- by Jackie Keast
- IF.com.au
Announcement of $3m for female-led screen projects marks biggest cash injection in a single day in the agency’s history
The stories of a young Germaine Greer, the Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne and the suffragette Vida Goldstein will be brought to the screen by female producers, directors and writers after a record $3m grant from government funding body Screen Australia.
The Brilliant Stories program awarded 45 women-led story ideas for film, TV and online as well as 13 industry projects as part of sweeping reform to ensure at least half of Screen Australia’s funding goes to women by the end of 2018.
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The stories of a young Germaine Greer, the Melbourne Cup winner Michelle Payne and the suffragette Vida Goldstein will be brought to the screen by female producers, directors and writers after a record $3m grant from government funding body Screen Australia.
The Brilliant Stories program awarded 45 women-led story ideas for film, TV and online as well as 13 industry projects as part of sweeping reform to ensure at least half of Screen Australia’s funding goes to women by the end of 2018.
Continue reading...
- 7/12/2016
- by Amanda Meade
- The Guardian - Film News
Sbs host Lucy Zelic.
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Sbs has launched a new online hub dedicated to the world of women in sport.
Zela will be a one-stop shop for women.s sport from across Australia and the world..
It is the only outlet of its kind in Australian mainstream media.
Conceived and driven by Sbs.s The World Game host Lucy Zelic — the title an irreverent nod to her high school nickname — Zela promises to be a fresh and distinctive voice in sport media..
.The name represents everything I want women in sport to be: strong, valued, opinionated, successful and worthy,. said Zelic.
It is hoped that Zela will become an online community which will have a strong presence in social media feeds with the latest video, highlights, news and views delivered straight to followers.
It will profile the best established and up and coming female athletes across a range of women.s team and individual sports,...
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Sbs has launched a new online hub dedicated to the world of women in sport.
Zela will be a one-stop shop for women.s sport from across Australia and the world..
It is the only outlet of its kind in Australian mainstream media.
Conceived and driven by Sbs.s The World Game host Lucy Zelic — the title an irreverent nod to her high school nickname — Zela promises to be a fresh and distinctive voice in sport media..
.The name represents everything I want women in sport to be: strong, valued, opinionated, successful and worthy,. said Zelic.
It is hoped that Zela will become an online community which will have a strong presence in social media feeds with the latest video, highlights, news and views delivered straight to followers.
It will profile the best established and up and coming female athletes across a range of women.s team and individual sports,...
- 1/22/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
A Kentucky teenager is believed to have murdered his mother, father and sister on Wednesday night, according to the Baltimore Sun. Jason Hendrix, 16, of Corbin, Kentucky, was fatally shot after he crashed a sport utility vehicle into a car in Maryland and opened fire on officers who had chased him. It was the shootout that led police to search the teen's home more than 500 miles away in Corbin. Authorities then found the bodies of Kevin and Sarah Hendrix and their daughter, Grace, according to Fox News. "Right now all the evidence points toward him as being the shooter," Corbin Police...
- 2/17/2015
- by Caitlin Keating, @caitkeating
- PEOPLE.com
It's a good day for funny people, especially if your name is Tina Fey or Seth MacFarlane.
Fey's series, 30 Rock, was handed 22 Emmy nominations this morning, which stands as a record for a comedy series. She and Alec Baldwin were also nominated for acting awards. Plus, for the first time some of the other actors on NBC's laffer were recognized. Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer and Tracy Morgan all picked up supporting nominations.
MacFarlane's Family Guy was also nominated for best comedy series, the first time an animated show has cracked that category since The Flintstones in 1961. Two years ago MacFarlane decided to pull his show from contention in the animated series category to have it considered for best comedy.
Mad Men, the drama about the advertising world in the sixties, picked up 16 nominations in the drama categories, including a best actor nod for Jon Hamm. Hamm is also nominated as...
Fey's series, 30 Rock, was handed 22 Emmy nominations this morning, which stands as a record for a comedy series. She and Alec Baldwin were also nominated for acting awards. Plus, for the first time some of the other actors on NBC's laffer were recognized. Jane Krakowski, Jack McBrayer and Tracy Morgan all picked up supporting nominations.
MacFarlane's Family Guy was also nominated for best comedy series, the first time an animated show has cracked that category since The Flintstones in 1961. Two years ago MacFarlane decided to pull his show from contention in the animated series category to have it considered for best comedy.
Mad Men, the drama about the advertising world in the sixties, picked up 16 nominations in the drama categories, including a best actor nod for Jon Hamm. Hamm is also nominated as...
- 7/16/2009
- CinemaSpy
Blu-Ray Rating: 1.5/5.0 Chicago – It can be so easy to waste multiple hours, even days with great video games, and yet it is sometimes unbearable to sit through 90 minutes of the cinematic adaptation of the same concept. Such is the case with the abysmal “Max Payne,” yet another in a long line of video-game-to-screen disasters that continue to prove how little Hollywood thinks of gamers.
If you have two hours to kill, would you rather spend it playing “Doom,” “Hitman,” or “Resident Evil,” or would you rather watch the movie versions? “Max Payne” doesn’t break the pattern.
Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) and Mona Sax (Mila Kunis) team up to battle powerful and dark forces.
Photo credit: Michael Gibson/Fox
That pattern is one of low expectations for viewers. What do these movies have in common? Ridiculously lazy scripts. They are clearly produced and written by people who assume that their audience is all 13 year-old boys.
If you have two hours to kill, would you rather spend it playing “Doom,” “Hitman,” or “Resident Evil,” or would you rather watch the movie versions? “Max Payne” doesn’t break the pattern.
Max Payne (Mark Wahlberg) and Mona Sax (Mila Kunis) team up to battle powerful and dark forces.
Photo credit: Michael Gibson/Fox
That pattern is one of low expectations for viewers. What do these movies have in common? Ridiculously lazy scripts. They are clearly produced and written by people who assume that their audience is all 13 year-old boys.
- 1/29/2009
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Max Payne came and went without making much of an impact on the box office or public consciousness -- I think I saw more commercials for the original game than I saw for its big screen adaptation. Game movies don't inspire much enthusiasm or excitement anymore, and no wonder, as not one has broke out of the lackluster mold. Ten minutes or so into Max Payne, and you'll think "This would be so much more fun to play than watch" just as you probably did with Tomb Raider, Hitman, Doom, etc. At least Max Payne is more visually arresting than most attempts -- the mixture of Balrogs and Sin City almost make you forgive the dreary plot. Almost. (For a more in depth review, you can read Eric Snider's take.)
Max Payne hits DVD shelves this Tuesday in three different versions: Single-Disc, Special Edition, and Blu-Ray.
All three versions are...
Max Payne hits DVD shelves this Tuesday in three different versions: Single-Disc, Special Edition, and Blu-Ray.
All three versions are...
- 1/19/2009
- by Elisabeth Rappe
- Cinematical
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