Conan O’Brien ended his seven month stint on the Tonight Show with trademark class, and – in a delicious if predictable irony – his highest ratings ever.

James Cameron’s alien eco-adventure Avatar has been criticised for its colonialist overtones. We decided to examine how Hollywood really imagines the space of colonial first encounters.

A cannibalistic convict film could have gone one of two ways: exploitative horror or existential dread. While Dying Breed chose the former path, Van Diemen’s Land wisely chooses the latter.

Sunrise will spruce up its new set with a tasteful little addition: the Australian Prime Minister.

It’s reassuring that people still want to read. It’s less reassuring that they’re more than willing to head to the black book market, in digital or physical form, to get their fix.

News that iconic Melbourne live music pub the Tote will close forever after this weekend reveals that liquor licensing is taking over from noise regulations as the chief bogeyman stalking Australian live music.

Max Gillies performs as many of our most lauded and laughable politicos in Guy Rundle’s Godzone. It’s as sour and zesty and refreshing as a lemon tart at a regional bakery photo-op.

News that the hilarious French film The Dinner Game is being remade as Dinner for Schmucks makes us revisit one of Hollywood’s favourite games: ripping off French cinema.

Social network users are committing digital ’suicide’ to spend more time on their ‘real’ lives. Will quitting social media become the hottest social media trend of 2010?