By Marcus Honesta. From bodies in barrels, to kidnappings in the Outback and sex in the suburbs, South Australia’s capital is also known as the read more …Continue reading ADS WE WISH WERE NEVER MADE: What was he thinking????
By Libby Gandhi. Black Panther could have buckled under the weight of expectation. 24 years in the making, dripping with racial and historical poignancy, it read more …Continue reading Film Review: Black Panther
By Dorothy Thompson. Now the dust has settled on the “Christmas” Whops…. Summer? School? I’m not even sure what we are supposed to call them read more …Continue reading POLITICALLY CORRECT SANTA
OWNER & HOST OF THE MALAYA. RIP. By Mike Canavan. If you’ve been in the advertising, production, marketing, media, sales, television or the radio business read more …Continue reading FAREWELL LANCE WONG.
By Marcus Honesta. I’m oft to wonder why stories get started; but more importantly what was the motivating force behind them. At a particular time, read more …Continue reading THIS IS THE REAL CRISIS IN TV COMMERCIAL PRODUCTION BUSINESS.
By Libby Gandhi. #MeToo is a watershed cultural moment. Going from strength to strength over recent months the campaign has effected awards ceremonies, international politics, read more …Continue reading The Origins and Omissions of #MeToo
Interview by Libby Gandhi. International comedy Director, Dave Wood, has been celebrated at AWARD, AXIS, LIA, New York Festivals and British Arrows, having produced witty read more …Continue reading INTERVIEW: Director Dave Wood
By Dorothy Thompson. Well it’s official; as if there was any doubt at all, Kyle Sandilands is a complete unmitigated, obdurate, dolt! Although he is read more …Continue reading “HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY KYLE”!
By Dorothy Thompson. In a recent quote from Kathy Lette at the launch of her latest book (you will remember she was the author of read more …Continue reading THE GLASS CEILING: Does it really exist?
As told to Marcus Honesta. In “The Last Chapter” of my sit downs with one of the Advertising Agencies more famous, retired Creative Directors I read more …Continue reading WHERE DO ADVERTISING AGENCIES COME FROM?
by Libby Gandhi. Women in Film and Television New South Wales (WIFT NSW) have partnered with UK-based Raising Films to cast a spotlight on the read more …Continue reading Raising Films arrives in Australia
By Dorothy Thompson & Mark Ritson. Love him, hate him; but do not dismiss his views. Ritson is blunt, some might say rude, crude and read more …Continue reading WHATEVER THE MEDIUM, FAKERY IS THE NEW REALITY
By Marcus Honesta. In the normal tranquil seas that lap upon the shores of the BBC UK (now that dreadful Jeremy Clarkson has gone), things read more …Continue reading MY DEAR FELLOW I SAY: WE DIDN’T SEE THIS ONE COMING.
By Dorothy Thompson It’s all over the headlines “FACEBOOK IS ‘RIPPING APART SOCIETY”. This in not my claim, it is being said by the very read more …Continue reading FACEBOOK IS ‘RIPPING APART SOCIETY’
By Alex Wadelton, Consulting Creative Director and Writer…and Happiest Person in the World. I work as a writer in the advertising industry. Have done for read more …Continue reading Why I changed my by-line on LinkedIn to “Happiest person in the world.”
By Jeff Apter. There’s a great moment in the film High Fidelity where Rob Gordon (John Cusack) lists his five dream jobs. No 1: “Journalist for Rolling Stone magazine, read more …Continue reading ROLLING STONE AUSTRALIA: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM MUSIC MAG
By Steve May, Copywriter and Director at ROCKATANSKY. As one who has spent time playing in both creative corners, I thought I’d share some tidbits read more …Continue reading FREELANCE V PERMANENT: A Guide To Both Sides
By Jen Brewster. Welcome to our carefully selected spots from across the world of commercial advertising. Five of the best to delight your eyes and read more …Continue reading SIMPLY THE BEST: Our Top 5 Ads
By Libby Gandhi. Indigenous Director, Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah), is renowned for unflinching and uniquely Australian filmmaking. Sweet Country, released last week, is his read more …Continue reading FILM REVIEW: Sweet Country
By Dorothy Thompson. It has long been the untouchable and faceless cowards canvas where anything goes. Unsocial media’s keyboard zealot’s post hate speech without any read more …Continue reading SOCIAL MEDIA MUST BE HELD TO ACCOUNT
By Marcus Honesta. Blockchain is the buzzword that is getting a great deal of press at this moment. But what is Blockchain, and how will read more …Continue reading BLOCK WHAT? BLOCKCHAIN…WHAT THE HELL IS IT?
By Dorothy Thomson. If you have a child, a grand child, nephew or niece, any where from 5 to 25 years of age, then it read more …Continue reading APPLE URGED TO INVESTIGATE ADDICTIVE DEVICES
By Steve May, Copywriter and Director at ROCKATANSKY. I just want to say to all of my connections on LinkedIn, sorry for spamming. Seriously, I read more …Continue reading SORRY FOR SPAMMING: Social (media) etiquette
By Carolyn Giardina. In 2015, a group of filmmakers including Christopher Nolan spearheaded an effort to keep Kodak — the last remaining maker of motion read more …Continue reading From ‘Dunkirk’ to ‘The Post,’ Some Key Oscar Contenders Relied on Film
By Libby Gandhi. Pause Festival, Asia Pacific’s ‘premier creative, tech and business event’, returns to Melbourne next month. Promising ‘unstoppable inspiration’, between 7-11th February the read more …Continue reading PAUSE FESTIVAL RETURNS TO MELBOURNE
By Dorothy Thompson. In 2009, when Bitcoin was first created, nobody could have predicted how it would change the world. Bitcoin is a digital currency. read more …Continue reading THE BITCOIN BUBBLE
By Dorothy Thompson. It is one of my all time favourite headlines, “Headless Body in Topless Bar”, wow… I wish I had written this one. read more …Continue reading WHAT IS NEWS TODAY?
By Marcus Honesta. I have never really much liked the analogy of movie characters or plots reflecting too much of real-life; preferring movies to be read more …Continue reading “POLITICALLY CORRECT” SOCIAL AND MAIN STREAM MEDIA WILL DESTROY THE ENTIRE WORLD
By Jen Brewster. Welcome back to the coalface of the advertising world, where all of us are chipping away with a little toffee hammer, trying read more …Continue reading SIMPLY THE BEST: Our Top 5 Ads
From: Franco Zeffirelli’s Film Romeo and Juliet 1968 By Marcus Honesta. Where does the year go? But thanks to the MLA (Meat and Livestock Australia) we read more …Continue reading WHEREFORE ART THOU; CREATIVITY?