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OBITUARY / RICHARD D. ZANUCK
Hollywood continues to mourn the loss of one of the true gentlemen of the motion picture industry, Richard D. Zanuck. The little bit of Hollywood’s last ‘golden era’ also died with the passing of...
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WILL THE DEMISE OF KPATZ PLUNGE DAWN INTO DARKNESS?
It is the strict editorial policy of SCREEN-SPACE not to indulge in salacious celebrity gossip. But when a star’s infidelity threatens to derail the most popular franchise of the decade, the commercial...
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TONY SCOTT, UPON REFLECTION....
The tragic suicide of British-born filmmaker Tony Scott, 68, in Los Angeles on Sunday August 19, brings into focus his successful career as a Hollywood A-list director. What legacy does his body of...
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PAUL REUBENS AT 60
New York native Paul Reubens turned 60 today. For the legion of fans, young and old, who adore his eternally childlike Pee-Wee Herman character, the thought of the actor clocking up six decades is...
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ANIMATION IN BLACK AND WHITE: ARE HOLLYWOOD CARTOONS RACIST?
The third installment of the Madagascar franchise again raises questions as to whether or not Hollywood studios all to often rely upon racially-based humour and coarse ethnic characterisations in their...
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DOES FRANCHISE FAME STILL BECKON FOR DANA AND FOX?
One of the most successful television franchises of all time has struggled to convert small-screen cultist into big-screen ticket buyers. Will there ever be a third X-Files movie? Forty-something fans...
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2013 GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
The breadth of award season contenders came into sharp focus with the announcement of the 2013 Golden Globe nominations overnight in Los Angeles. The bookie favourites are solidifying; bolters like...
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REMEMBERING ALBIE THOMS
Underground filmmaking pioneer Albie Thoms was given a boisterous farewell in the inner-city suburb of Paddington, honouring a talent whose commitment to freedom of artistic expression helped shape...
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OBITUARY: PATRICIA LOVELL
The international film community is mourning the loss of Australian producer Patricia ‘Pat’ Lovell, who passed away Sunday at her home on Sydney’s northern beaches with her children by her side after a...
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LIVE! THE SCREEN-SPACE 2013 OSCAR BLOG
Welcome to the first ever SCREEN-SPACE Academy Awards Blog. As the 85th ceremony unfolds under the guidance of director Don Mischer and host Seth MacFarlane at Hollywood's Dolby Theatre, SCREEN-SPACE...
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BLOOD AND MEMORIES: 2013 A NIGHT OF HORROR / FANTASTIC PLANET FILM FESTIVAL...
The unique two-tiered structure that is the A Night of Horror/Fantastic Planet Film Festival allowed for many of the programmed works to feel the joy of victory at the event’s Closing Night awards...
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SAPPHIC SERENADE: BLUE IS THE WARMEST COLOUR TAKES CANNES' TOP HONOUR.
Any and all concerns that handing the Cannes 2013 jury duties to Hollywood’s most successful commercial filmmaker would detract from the event’s European sensibilities were laid to rest overnight with...
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SYDNEY FILM FESTIVAL 2013: SO YOU COULDN'T GET A TICKET...
The 60th anniversary of the iconic Sydney Film Festival (SFF) is, naturally, all about the films. 190 of them, to be exact, including 19 world premieres and representing international cinema from 55...
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REVELATIONS 2013 REVIEW: THE WEST FEST'S BEST.
Now in its 16th year, Revelation Perth International Film Festival proved once again that its film selections and panel chats are often not for the faint-hearted. Distinguishing itself from the...
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO...?: HOLLYWOOD'S MISSING MOVIES
On October 11, 2013, Jonathan Levine’s moody teen horror film All The Boys Love Mandy Lane will premiere in US cinemas – seven years after it was first screened. Starring Amber Heard (pictured, below),...
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THE FEVER DREAM THAT IS SHARKNADO
Mankind’s first sharks-in-a-tornado film, Sharknado, has a confirmed Australian cinema release. An internet sensation reflecting the hysteria that the Snakes on a Plane marketing team only ever dreamt...
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SORCERER CASTS SPELL OVER VENICE
US exhibitors had no faith in a campy space opera from an untested director, so they booked the gritty action epic Sorcerer into their theatres a week after Star Wars launched. Ten days later, William...
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TIFF AUDIENCES STILL WARM TO THE BIG CHILL
There is a bittersweet irony that the Toronto theatre that hosted the premiere of The Big Chill three decades ago has been converted into a Pottery Barn homewares store. But the demise of an old movie...
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RIP ED LAUTER
Ed Lauter, one of Hollywood’s greatest ever below-the-line players, passed away on October 16 at the age of 74, succumbing to the asbestos-related cancer mesothelioma. Over his 42-year career, the New...
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RIP HAL NEEDHAM
Ace stuntman and action-comedy auteur Hal Needham will never be spoken of in the same sentence as the Kubricks or the Godards of the film world. But nor would he want to be, it would seem; as he was...
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