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Will a recent change to the screen rebate make a difference to our struggling screen sector? NZ producer and screen writer Matthew Metcalfe tells Culture 101 we need to look at how to invest and grow New Zealand talent. He…

Safe to say James Cameron will never cast Tilly Norwood in a movie. During a recent interview with CBS’ Sunday Morning, the director of “The Terminator” explained that even before the invention of generative AI, some Hollywood insiders thought he…

A Los Angeles man who allegedly shut down one of the city’s busiest freeways at rush hour in order to film a music video has been charged nearly two years later. Eduardo Erik Martinez, 33, pleaded not guilty to one…

This story was originally published on The Spinoff. Filmmaker Costa Botes has died, but his mockumentary Forgotten Silver lives on. Ian Pryor reflects on what makes the film so unforgettable. On the set of TV show Worzel Gummidge Down Under,…

Film and television production in the greater Los Angeles area fell 14.2% in 2024 from the year before according to the latest Scripted Content Study by FilmLA. That’s an improvement from a 20% plunge in 2023, with both years disrupted…

A £750 million ($986m) film studio in Buckinghamshire, England, has been given the go-ahead by the British government. Marlow Studios was initially denied planning permission over conservation and sustainability fears, but an appeal to the U.K.’s Housing, Communities and Local…

In the high-stakes world of film sound, there’s no room for second chances, so New Zealand-based Tony Johnson uses DPA Microphones, because “they just tick all the boxes.” Sound is an essential part of the film industry so it’s important…

Bob Stenhouse worked largely solo to create this luminously-animated tale of a shepherd haunted by the devil’s daughter. Oscar-nominated for Best Animated Short in 1986, it was later judged one of the century’s best at Annecy. A ‘making of’ clip…

Notes From a Fish, described as a “sleeper comedy hit”, is about an aspiring novelist on the verge of a publishing breakthrough who relies on a creative muse in the shape of a tropical fish called Kirby. “When the fish…