Metro Magazine Issue 215

Metro Magazine Issue 215Metro is Australias premier film and media quarterly. It is independent, outspoken and passionate about film, TV and new media from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia Pacific region. First published in 1964, Metro provides readers with comprehensive coverage of the regions screen industries, and features writing by some of our foremost academics, critics and industry members. Also featuring reviews of the latest local titles as well as interviews

• Metro  is Australia’s premier film and media quarterly. It is independent, outspoken and passionate about film, TV and new media from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region. First published in 1964,  Metro  provides readers with comprehensive coverage of the region’s screen industries, and features writing by some of our foremost academics, critics and industry members. Also featuring reviews of the latest local titles as well as interviews with prominent filmmakers,  Metro  has something for everyone – from the avid film fan to the seasoned theorist. Combining a wide range of topics and disciplines,  Metro  offers a unique blend of in-depth scholarship and popular writing, capturing key trends and developments in screen culture. A partially refereed magazine,  Metro  keeps alive the tradition of the essay, immersing readers in thought-provoking articles that are at once analytical and accessible. 

  ISSUE 215 CONTENTS 

  Regular Features 

  ‘Scope: Screen Industry Views’ – Jasmine Crittenden, Cameron Williams, CJ Johnson and Liz Giuffre 

  Australian and  New Zealand Cinema 

  ‘The Myth of the Ocean, the Reality of Water: Robert Connolly and Radha Mitchell on Blueback’ – Travis Johnson 
  ‘No Turning Back: Temporality, Displacement and Desire in Goran Stolevski’s Of an Age’ – Adolfo Aranjuez 
  ‘Mirror Image: Thomas M Wright on The Stranger’ – Anthony Carew 
  ‘Haunting Portraits: Intimacy and Identity in Alena Lodkina’s Petrol’ – Danica van de Velde 
  ‘“What a Way to Make a Living”: Commodified Identity in Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red’ – Mel Campbell 
  ‘Suburban Fragments: Community and Bricolage in Tim Barretto’s Bassendream’– Kenta McGrath 
  ‘On the Same Wavelength: Connection Through Radio in Platon Theodoris’ The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour’ – Annika Morling 
  ‘Laughing on the Inside: Frank Lotito’s Wog Boys Forever and Multicultural Comedy’ – Andrew F Peirce 
  ‘Marching Through Time: Māori History, Biographical Filmmaking and Whina’ – Rebecca Weeks 

  Documentary 

  ‘For the Record: Commemorating the Co-ops in John Hughes and Tom Zubrycki’s Senses of Cinema’  – Jake Wilson 
  ‘“Enter My House Justified”: Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Man on Earth and Assisted Suicide on Screen’  –Adrian Martin 
  ‘Unfolding Disaster: Reliving Black Summer in Eddie Martin’s Fire Front’  – Glenn Dunks 
  ‘Creation, Care and Country: Penelope McDonald on Audrey Napanangka’  – Jasmine Crittenden 
  ‘First Person Plural: Art and Provocation in Larissa Behrendt’s You Can Go Now’  – Thomas Redwood 

  Focus on Asia and the Middle East 

  ‘Open Investigations: Love and Obsession in Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave’  – Anthony Carew 
  ‘Interrupted Youth: Forced Marriage in Hà Lệ Diễm’s Children of the Mist’  – Laurence Barber 

  Screen Education 

  ‘Stoking the Fire: The Rousing Fictions of RRR’ – Steven Aoun 
  ‘Animating History: The Holocaust and Its Echoes in Where Is Anne Frank’ – Susan Bye 
  ‘Cinema Science: Hitting New Speeds in Top Gun: Maverick’ – Dave Crewe 

  Critical Views 

  ‘In Hot Pursuit: The Spirit of Alfred Hitchcock in Roadgames’ – Neil Sinyard 

  The NFSA Restores  Collection 

  ‘Australia Daze’ – Gabrielle O’Brien 

Size (cm): 23 x 28 x 0.5

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