http://www.sbs.com.au What exactly are the future plans of World Road Champion Mark Cavendish as he struggles through the mountains to complete the Giro d'Italia? http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/philip-gomes/blog/126173/The-Cavendish-question http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/philip-gomes/blog/126173/The-Cavendish-question Thu, 24 May 2012 10:00:00 +1000 As the Cannes Film Festival passes the half-way point, we ponder the merits of competitors for the Palme d'Or.  http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126171/Cannes-Killing-the-competition-softly http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126171/Cannes-Killing-the-competition-softly Wed, 23 May 2012 20:17:00 +1000 Too hard, or not hard enough? Depending on who you talk to about the Amgen Tour of California the answers vary. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/al-hinds/blog/126165/Variety-the-spice-of-life http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/al-hinds/blog/126165/Variety-the-spice-of-life Wed, 23 May 2012 12:00:00 +1000 In more Cannes Market News, the 70mm documentary Samsara has sold to Hopscotch for Australian and New Zealand distribution. Filmed in 25 countries on five continents, Samara  is Ron Fricke's follow-up documentary to his 1992 non-narrative feature Baraka, also shot on 70mm film. He has described the film as “guided meditation on the cycle of birth, death and rebirth.” http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126167/Samsara-set-for-Australian-release http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126167/Samsara-set-for-Australian-release Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 So, Kony. I might be a little late to this party in blogging terms but since the video’s launch I’ve been chewing over the whole thing - the video, the backlash, the broader campaign. For anyone who’s been in solitary isolation for the past few months, a quick recap. On March 5th, the video Kony 2012 was launched online by US-based non-government organisation Invisible Children. The stated aim was to reveal to the world the crimes of Ugandan militant Joseph Kony in recruiting child soldiers, and thus create such international attention and pressure that efforts to catch him would be increased. Or, in the words of the video, to ‘make Kony famous’. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126169/Tackling-Kony-2012 http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126169/Tackling-Kony-2012 Wed, 23 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 CeBit is one of Australia’s biggest technology fairs. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126163/Business-solutions-at-CeBit-2012 http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126163/Business-solutions-at-CeBit-2012 Tue, 22 May 2012 17:31:57 +1000 Hamid Karzai, the President of Afghanistan, shook hands with Barack Obama, his American counterpart, on the weekend and thanked Americans for their “taxpayer money” and the help that cash has provided over the past years. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126159/Chicago-NATO-and-a-tragic-paradox http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126159/Chicago-NATO-and-a-tragic-paradox Tue, 22 May 2012 08:19:12 +1000 In Cannes Film Market news, production is set to begin on Altman, a feature documentary on American film director Robert Altman (1925 - 2006) to be directed and produced by filmmaker Ron Mann. Completion date is scheduled for mid-2013. Accompanying the documentary will be a touring exhibit, an illustrated companion book and film soundtrack. Mann and his team are seeking a buyer at Cannes. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126161/Robert-Altman-documentary-announced http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126161/Robert-Altman-documentary-announced Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 Filmmakers ponder the reasons why Australian films are out of favour with local audiences. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126153/Why-are-many-Australian-films-a-turn-off http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126153/Why-are-many-Australian-films-a-turn-off Mon, 21 May 2012 10:10:38 +1000 Here at SBS something we hear a lot is that people find it difficult to navigate their way through our TV schedule to find what they’re interested in. I thought that the best thing I could do to help would be to start up a regular weekly blog pointing out my own personal highlights and tidbits that you may have otherwise missed. My intention is to post every Monday and give SBS doco fans a guide to what’s on that week. I’d love to hear your thoughts on this format and on what you would like to know more about. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126155/SBS-s-weekly-programmer-picks-21-5 http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126155/SBS-s-weekly-programmer-picks-21-5 Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 Film programmer Hussain Currimbhoy speaks with Kylie Boltin about the 2012 Sheffield Doc/Fest. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126157/Hussain-Currimbhoy-of-Sheffield-Doc-Fest http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126157/Hussain-Currimbhoy-of-Sheffield-Doc-Fest Mon, 21 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 Robert Gesink ripped the legs off his competition on the queen stage of the Amgen Tour of California, but his comeback story was only one of many that unfolded on the agonisingly tough Mount Baldy climb. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/al-hinds/blog/126151/Analysis-Baldy-aftermath http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/al-hinds/blog/126151/Analysis-Baldy-aftermath Sun, 20 May 2012 15:00:00 +1000 The Australian sharemarket is now in negative territory for 2012, after a 2.7 per cent fall today. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126149/Julia-Lee-on-35bn-sharemarket-sell-off http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126149/Julia-Lee-on-35bn-sharemarket-sell-off Fri, 18 May 2012 21:26:19 +1000 Alexander Payne hits the road with Bruce Dern, Elijah Wood plays piano for his life, and Tim Roth scores three new roles. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126147/Casting-Aspersions-Payne-Wood-amp-Roth http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126147/Casting-Aspersions-Payne-Wood-amp-Roth Fri, 18 May 2012 16:55:53 +1000 Moonrise Kingdom kicks off the festivities, while the new French President has a close call. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126143/Cannes-blog-Day-1-amp-2 http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126143/Cannes-blog-Day-1-amp-2 Fri, 18 May 2012 12:45:31 +1000 While the rest of us have been going about our business this week, perhaps browsing fruitlessly for suitable podium sunglasses, poor old Heinrich Haussler has been caught in a time vortex, not unlike the one that sucked in Bill Murray in that one film. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/matthew-price/blog/126141/Hauss-of-pain http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral/matthew-price/blog/126141/Hauss-of-pain Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 +1000 Saving Face is the 2012 Oscar-winning documentary short about the devastating effects of acid violence in Pakistan. It follows two victims, Zakia and Rukhsana as they attempt to bring their assailants to justice and move on with their lives. It also follows the work of plastic surgeon Dr. Mohammad Jawad who left his London practice to return to Pakistan to help the victims of such attacks. Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy discusses her film on the eve of its screening at the New York Indian Film Festival in Lower Manhattan. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126145/Q-amp-amp-A-with-Sharmeen-Obaid-Chinoy http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126145/Q-amp-amp-A-with-Sharmeen-Obaid-Chinoy Fri, 18 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 2012 marks the 30th edition of Outfest: The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.  http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126138/Outfest-turns-30 http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126138/Outfest-turns-30 Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 Crowdfunding sites are overflowing with countless documentaries in various stages of production looking for contributions. Rubbernaut is one of them - a documentary about forests in Cambodia being razed and replaced with rubber plantations, destroying the forest’s natural resources and trampling traditional land rights.  http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126140/Crowdfunding-in-support-of-Rubbernaut http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126140/Crowdfunding-in-support-of-Rubbernaut Thu, 17 May 2012 00:00:00 +1000 Earlier this week, European central bankers for the first time, spoke publicaly about the possibility of Greece leaving the Eurozone. http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126137/Greece-to-leave-the-Euro http://www.sbs.com.au/cyclingcentral//blog/126137/Greece-to-leave-the-Euro Wed, 16 May 2012 16:36:21 +1000