Karl Quinn
Karl has held a variety of senior editing and writing roles since joining Fairfax Media in 1999. Most recently he was The Age's entertainment editor from 2009-2012. As national film editor, he oversees our film coverage in print and on our digital platforms.
Hollywood DC
America's first lady knows there's no business like show business
Karl Quinn Hollywood and the White House have long admired each other's power and appeal, but Michelle Obama's appearance as an Oscars presenter was something else. It was, in short, perfect casting.
Plagiarism claim
Disney sweeps in to collect the Oscars glory but film fans reckon they've seen it all before
Karl Quinn The Disney-backed winner of this year's Academy Award for best animated short has been accused of plagiarising an Australian film, though the director who has allegedly been ''ripped off'' dismisses...
MKR recap
More like Hunger Games than My Big Fat Wedding
Karl Quinn So it's off to Adelaide, where Stefano is starting the day with a secret. He's coming out of the closet. With a jewellery box in his hand.
Opinion
A natural leading lady for the American Dream
Karl Quinn Smart, articulate, attractive and popular, Michelle Obama's appearance as an Oscars presenter was perfect casting.
Studio Complex
Film studio attracts more lights, camera, action
Karl Quinn After eight years, two name changes and a government bailout, the Docklands film and television studio may finally have turned a corner.
Form Guide
Who should win the best picture Oscar?
Karl Quinn In the last of our form guides, our critics assess the nine films in contention for the Academy's biggest prize.
Form guide
Who should win the best actress Oscar?
Karl Quinn In the fourth of our form guides, our critics look at what is perhaps the most hotly contested of the acting categories.
Spierig Brothers
Ethan Hawke to make sci-fi film in Melbourne
Karl Quinn Ethan Hawke is coming to Australia to make his second film for the Spierig Brothers.
Form guide
Who should win the best actor Oscar?
Karl Quinn If there's a common theme in the roles for which this year's five best actor contenders are nominated, it is the search for some kind of redemption.
Form guide
Who will win the best supporting actress Oscar?
Karl Quinn So good are some of these turns, in fact, that it's almost a travesty to call them supporting.
son of a gun
Calling all racial stereotypes to McGregor film
Karl Quinn A crime thriller being shot in Western Australia and starring Ewan McGregor has raised eyebrows by issuing a casting call that does little to challenge racial stereotypes.
AACTA awards
Australia's Oscars facing financial crisis
Karl Quinn Just weeks after a feel-good ceremony, the AACTA awards face a financial crisis that threatens their existence.
Disney not floating Pitt's role in underwater classic
Karl Quinn RUMOURS that Brad Pitt is coming to Australia to film David Fincher's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea appear to have been exaggerated.
20,000 Leagues
Pitt sunk: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea rumours hosed down
Karl Quinn Rumours that Brad Pitt is coming to Australia to film David Fincher’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea appear to have been exaggerated, though that is unlikely to deter several states from bidding hard...
Save Your Legs
Battling subcontinental incontinence
Karl Quinn 'You know you're living when you're wearing a nappy to work,' Stephen Curry says of his bout of Delhi belly while shooting cricketing comedy Save Your Legs!
Major League
Victoria gunning for major League action
Karl Quinn Victoria is in the hunt for a slice of the action if David Fincher's 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea does surface in Australia as widely anticipated.
20,000 Leagues Under The Sea
Can we bag Brad?
Steve Dow and Karl Quinn Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie could be one step closer to coming to Australia if the federal and NSW government can reach a deal to bring the remake of 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea: Captain Nemo here.
007 exhibition
We can expect something from you, Mr Bond
Karl Quinn To paraphrase Xenia Onatopp (Famke Janssen) in Goldeneye, "This time, Mr Bond, the pleasure will be all ours".
Style
To Melbourne with love
Karl Quinn Unseen artefacts from early films included in James Bond exhibition announced for Melbourne.
Snap, crackle, opera
Beauty queens crackle but lack spice
Karl Quinn Tonight West Australian mother-daughter dark-haired purple-shirt-wearing hard-partying beauty queens Lisa and Candice kick off the second dinner party of the second round with a promise to be quirky,...
