Western Australia’s arts playground
Western Australia’s arts playground
13 May 2021
The WA screen industry has fallen in behind the idea of Fremantle as the state’s film hub. But is Victoria Quay the best place for a movie studio? asks Mark Naglazas in the second of a series of articles on the most important piece of film infrastructure in our state’s history.
6 May 2021
The long-held dream of a movie studio in Western Australia is edging closer to reality. But is a $100 million state-of-the-art facility on Victoria Quay what our screen industry needs, asks Mark Naglazas in the first in a series on the most important piece of infrastructure in the State’s film and television history.
15 April 2021
The dark and confronting narrative of locally-produced film Greenfield could have been ripped from the recent news headlines. In fact it began life over half a decade ago when Danish film-maker Julius Telmer spent six months in WA. He talks with Mark Naglazas about the origins of the film, which opens this month.
17 April 2020
Mark Naglazas takes in new releases, television series and classics as he sifts for gold on streaming platforms. There’s treasure for everyone on this list.
9 April 2020
Mark Naglazas discovers everything old is new again as he reconsiders films from the past.
30 March 2020
This week Mark Naglazas catches up on the classics, sharing seven movies that remind us of beauty, speak to our present moment, and distract us from the horrors around us.
23 March 2020
Movie buff Mark Naglazas mourns the move from the cinema to the couch, and offers his tips on navigating the streaming universe.
29 November 2019
Mark Naglazas talks to Benjamin Northey about the West Australian Symphony Orchestra’s new venture into the Golden Age of movies.
22 November 2019
Ahead of the opening of the Perth Festival Lotterywest Films season, Mark Naglazas chatted to Perth Festival film programmer Tom Vincent to get the lowdown on …
23 July 2019
Perth artists Gabby Loo and Steven James Finch will be exploring a new approach to the Western canon of art and culture at this weekend’s Disrupted: Festival …
