The National Film and Sound Archive Strategic Plan 2015-2018 sets some ambitious targets while making a strong case for additional government funding.
Released on Thursday, the document warns, .Unless we substantially increase revenue, from government as well as private sources, the organisation will run the risk of under-performing on a range of government expectations and will not be able to deliver to our constituencies what they are entitled to expect..
In the next three years the institution aims to to boost sponsorship, fund raising and commercial activities to generate $2 million per year.
It is committed to provide a new range of curated public programs including theatrical screenings of up to 10 restored or remastered Australian films annually.
And it will continue to lobby the federal government to make it mandatory for producers of audiovisual works to offer digital copies to the Archive.
The release of the plan follows 10 months of workshops...
Released on Thursday, the document warns, .Unless we substantially increase revenue, from government as well as private sources, the organisation will run the risk of under-performing on a range of government expectations and will not be able to deliver to our constituencies what they are entitled to expect..
In the next three years the institution aims to to boost sponsorship, fund raising and commercial activities to generate $2 million per year.
It is committed to provide a new range of curated public programs including theatrical screenings of up to 10 restored or remastered Australian films annually.
And it will continue to lobby the federal government to make it mandatory for producers of audiovisual works to offer digital copies to the Archive.
The release of the plan follows 10 months of workshops...
- 4/9/2015
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
William Kelly.s War, a drama set during WW1, will premiere in Cannes in May and be released in Australian cinemas in September.
Based on a true story, it.s the saga of two brothers and their cousin who leave their outback home to go to war and come back to find their family is under siege from a gang of bushrangers.
The writer-director is Geoff Davis, whose only previous experience as a feature director was a micro-budgeted 2003 film, Laughing Stock, a comedy about a middle-aged rock band whose life turns sour, which featured Bud Tingwell.
Davis works for a software company and has spent years in multi-media so he was familiar with digital effects and the post production process.
The producer, Phil Avalon, is in talks with sales agents to represent the film when it premieres at the Cannes market.
Davis. sons Josh and Mat play the brothers, Billy and Jack Kelly,...
Based on a true story, it.s the saga of two brothers and their cousin who leave their outback home to go to war and come back to find their family is under siege from a gang of bushrangers.
The writer-director is Geoff Davis, whose only previous experience as a feature director was a micro-budgeted 2003 film, Laughing Stock, a comedy about a middle-aged rock band whose life turns sour, which featured Bud Tingwell.
Davis works for a software company and has spent years in multi-media so he was familiar with digital effects and the post production process.
The producer, Phil Avalon, is in talks with sales agents to represent the film when it premieres at the Cannes market.
Davis. sons Josh and Mat play the brothers, Billy and Jack Kelly,...
- 2/16/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Miscasting in films has always been a problem. A producer hires an actor thinking that he or she is perfect for a movie role only to find the opposite is true. Other times a star is hired for his box office draw but ruins an otherwise good movie because he looks completely out of place.
There have been many humdinger miscastings. You only have to laugh at John Wayne’s Genghis Khan (with Mongol moustache and gun-belt) in The Conqueror (1956), giggle at Marlon Brando’s woeful upper class twang as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) and cringe at Dick Van Dyke’s misbegotten cockney accent in Mary Poppins (1964). But as hilarious as these miscastings are, producers at the time didn’t think the same way, until after the event. At least they add a bit of camp value to a mediocre or downright awful movie.
In rare cases,...
There have been many humdinger miscastings. You only have to laugh at John Wayne’s Genghis Khan (with Mongol moustache and gun-belt) in The Conqueror (1956), giggle at Marlon Brando’s woeful upper class twang as Fletcher Christian in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) and cringe at Dick Van Dyke’s misbegotten cockney accent in Mary Poppins (1964). But as hilarious as these miscastings are, producers at the time didn’t think the same way, until after the event. At least they add a bit of camp value to a mediocre or downright awful movie.
In rare cases,...
- 1/24/2014
- Shadowlocked
The Horror Channel has announced the return of the Hammer double features.
The season, which runs on Saturday nights from February 1 to 22 at 9pm, promises "vampire vixens, creepy castles, mouldy mummies, satanic sadists and Lee & Cushing on top show".
Hammer recently unveiled the trailer for The Quiet Ones, the studio's follow-up to its successful critical and commercial return with The Woman in Black.
The full schedule is below, complete with synopses from the Horror Channel (Sat 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138).
February 1 9pm - Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
This sequel to the 1958 The Horror of Dracula sees the supposedly dead Count Dracula back in bloody business once his trusty servant Klove entices the English Kents - Charles (Francis Matthews), brother Alan (Charles Tingwell) and their wives Diana (Suzan Farmer) and Helen (Barbara Shelley) - inside his welcoming castle. Directed by Terence Fisher, this is seen as the "quintessential Hammer horror".
February 1 10.45pm -...
The season, which runs on Saturday nights from February 1 to 22 at 9pm, promises "vampire vixens, creepy castles, mouldy mummies, satanic sadists and Lee & Cushing on top show".
Hammer recently unveiled the trailer for The Quiet Ones, the studio's follow-up to its successful critical and commercial return with The Woman in Black.
The full schedule is below, complete with synopses from the Horror Channel (Sat 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138).
February 1 9pm - Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
This sequel to the 1958 The Horror of Dracula sees the supposedly dead Count Dracula back in bloody business once his trusty servant Klove entices the English Kents - Charles (Francis Matthews), brother Alan (Charles Tingwell) and their wives Diana (Suzan Farmer) and Helen (Barbara Shelley) - inside his welcoming castle. Directed by Terence Fisher, this is seen as the "quintessential Hammer horror".
February 1 10.45pm -...
- 1/15/2014
- Digital Spy
The Horror Channel has announced the return of the Hammer double features.
The season, which runs on Saturday nights from February 1 to 22 at 9pm, promises "vampire vixens, creepy castles, mouldy mummies, satanic sadists and Lee & Cushing on top show".
Hammer recently unveiled the trailer for The Quiet Ones, the studio's follow-up to its successful critical and commercial return with The Woman in Black.
The full schedule is below, complete with synopses from the Horror Channel (Sat 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138).
February 1 9pm - Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
This sequel to the 1958 The Horror of Dracula sees the supposedly dead Count Dracula back in bloody business once his trusty servant Klove entices the English Kents - Charles (Francis Matthews), brother Alan (Charles Tingwell) and their wives Diana (Suzan Farmer) and Helen (Barbara Shelley) - inside his welcoming castle. Directed by Terence Fisher, this is seen as the "quintessential Hammer horror".
February 1 10.45pm -...
The season, which runs on Saturday nights from February 1 to 22 at 9pm, promises "vampire vixens, creepy castles, mouldy mummies, satanic sadists and Lee & Cushing on top show".
Hammer recently unveiled the trailer for The Quiet Ones, the studio's follow-up to its successful critical and commercial return with The Woman in Black.
The full schedule is below, complete with synopses from the Horror Channel (Sat 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138).
February 1 9pm - Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966)
This sequel to the 1958 The Horror of Dracula sees the supposedly dead Count Dracula back in bloody business once his trusty servant Klove entices the English Kents - Charles (Francis Matthews), brother Alan (Charles Tingwell) and their wives Diana (Suzan Farmer) and Helen (Barbara Shelley) - inside his welcoming castle. Directed by Terence Fisher, this is seen as the "quintessential Hammer horror".
February 1 10.45pm -...
- 1/15/2014
- Digital Spy
★★★★★ Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966), the first Hammer classic to be re-released by StudioCanal in its restored and remastered Blu-ray collection, is quite simply one of the finest examples of horror cinema ever made. Even the most cynical viewer would be hard put to find complaint with Terence Fisher's masterly direction of vampiric nastiness amidst the Carpathians, starring Christopher Lee as the eponymous Dracula and Francis Matthews, Charles Tingwell, Suzan Farmer and Barbara Shelley as the unfortunate travellers who become ensnared in his web of evil.
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- 3/5/2012
- by CineVue
- CineVue
A long time ago, in an obscure European country far, far away there existed creatures of the night who didn't sparkle, who didn't wander around with pained expressions on their faces, and who didn't look like they'd just stepped out of a My Chemical Romance video. The most famous, or should that be infamous, of them all was Dracula, the undisputed Lord of the Undead, and the subject of many, many movies over the years; but none of which captured the quintessential essence of a great vampire flick quite as well as Dracula, Prince of Darkness (1966).
Described by Hammer Films historian Marcus Hearn, who appears in a new half hour retrospective of the flick in the extras, as perhaps the most representative of all the Hammer Dracula films due to the inclusion of several vital ingredients - including the brooding manservant, the remote European locale, the well-to-do English characters adrift abroad,...
Described by Hammer Films historian Marcus Hearn, who appears in a new half hour retrospective of the flick in the extras, as perhaps the most representative of all the Hammer Dracula films due to the inclusion of several vital ingredients - including the brooding manservant, the remote European locale, the well-to-do English characters adrift abroad,...
- 2/23/2012
- Shadowlocked
Studiocanal are pleased to announce the fully restored HD release of iconic Hammer classic, Dracula Prince Of Darkness. The first in an ongoing collaboration with Hammer to restore and re-release some of the most celebrated titles from their extensive library, Dracula Prince Of Darkness will be released on double play March 7th. We have three copies to gives away!
Over the course of 2012 the project will see subsequent remastered HD releases of The Reptile and The Plague Of Zombies in May, and The Devil Rides Out, Rasputin The Mad Monk and The Mummy’S Shroud later in the year in a continuation of Studiocanal’s commitment to investing and restoring the best of British Cinema. Preceding the Home Entertainment release fans will be delighted to know the restored version of Dracula Prince Of Darkness will screen alongside The Reptile And The Plague Of Zombies at a special Frightfest Extra event...
Over the course of 2012 the project will see subsequent remastered HD releases of The Reptile and The Plague Of Zombies in May, and The Devil Rides Out, Rasputin The Mad Monk and The Mummy’S Shroud later in the year in a continuation of Studiocanal’s commitment to investing and restoring the best of British Cinema. Preceding the Home Entertainment release fans will be delighted to know the restored version of Dracula Prince Of Darkness will screen alongside The Reptile And The Plague Of Zombies at a special Frightfest Extra event...
- 2/20/2012
- by Matt Holmes
- Obsessed with Film
To celebrate the release of Retreat, in which Thandie Newton and Cillian Murphy unwisely try to patch up their failing marriage by spending time alone in the only cottage on a remote Scots island, here’s a guide to the movies’ worst holiday destinations compiled by film critic and author Kim Newman. These films tell you all the things you don’t see in the brochures.
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Destination: Northern France | Holidaymakers: Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice | Major snag: Psycho Killer
This is a cautionary tale about the perils of venturing abroad, especially if you happen to be two English girls in short shorts who decide to go on a cycling tour of an area of France where several young women have mysteriously disappeared. It’s a slow burn of a movie, beginning with the petty discomforts – unfriendly guest-houses, leering locals, squabbles – of a shared trip, then escalating to cat-and-mouse with a maniac.
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Destination: Northern France | Holidaymakers: Pamela Franklin, Michele Dotrice | Major snag: Psycho Killer
This is a cautionary tale about the perils of venturing abroad, especially if you happen to be two English girls in short shorts who decide to go on a cycling tour of an area of France where several young women have mysteriously disappeared. It’s a slow burn of a movie, beginning with the petty discomforts – unfriendly guest-houses, leering locals, squabbles – of a shared trip, then escalating to cat-and-mouse with a maniac.
- 10/11/2011
- by Phil
- Nerdly
The brainchild of Shannon Marinko and Lee Zachariah, the ABC’s irreverent film show The Bazura Project, has been given the okay by stalwarts David Stratton and Margaret Pomeranz.
Across a season of six episodes, The Bazura Project – which went to air on ABC2 for the first time last night – offers a ‘Guide to Sinema’, exploring the depiction of sin in film.
Zachariah told Encore, “We were distinctly non-Biblical with our definition of ‘sin’, as an entire episode devoted to, say, sloth would probably not be the most captivating of television. So the show will look at Violence, Sex, Money, Profanity, Drugs and Fame over the course of the run.”
The Bazura Project originated on Melbourne’s community channel, Channel 31, airing from 2006-2008, picking up four Antenna Awards along the way.
Speaking about the original show, Zachariah said, “The Bazura Project was the type of movie show we couldn’t...
Across a season of six episodes, The Bazura Project – which went to air on ABC2 for the first time last night – offers a ‘Guide to Sinema’, exploring the depiction of sin in film.
Zachariah told Encore, “We were distinctly non-Biblical with our definition of ‘sin’, as an entire episode devoted to, say, sloth would probably not be the most captivating of television. So the show will look at Violence, Sex, Money, Profanity, Drugs and Fame over the course of the run.”
The Bazura Project originated on Melbourne’s community channel, Channel 31, airing from 2006-2008, picking up four Antenna Awards along the way.
Speaking about the original show, Zachariah said, “The Bazura Project was the type of movie show we couldn’t...
- 9/28/2011
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
Aussie actor Charles Tingwell has died at a Melbourne hospital.
The 86 year old appeared in movies like Breaker Morant, The Castle and classic war film The Desert Rats, and hit British and Australian TV shows including Emergency Ward 10 and Neighbours.
He died on Friday after a battle with prostate cancer.
The 86 year old appeared in movies like Breaker Morant, The Castle and classic war film The Desert Rats, and hit British and Australian TV shows including Emergency Ward 10 and Neighbours.
He died on Friday after a battle with prostate cancer.
- 5/21/2009
- WENN
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