Australian and New Zealand Cinema
256 articles
In the Company of Men: Fictionalising Misogyny in Kitty Green’s The Royal Hotel
The Mountain Will Not Move: Rolf de Heer’s The Survival of Kindness
Looking to Spring: Fear and Regeneration in Noora Niasari’s Shayda
To Hell with Elevation: Ritual, Power and Transformation in Talk to Me
The Myth of the Ocean, the Reality of Water: Robert Connolly and Radha Mitchell on Blueback
No Turning Back: Temporality, Displacement and Desire in Goran Stolevski’s Of an Age
Stolen Glances: Goran Stolevski on You Won’t Be Alone and Of an Age
Mirror Image: Thomas M Wright on The Stranger
Haunting Portraits: Intimacy and Identity in Alena Lodkina’s Petrol
‘What a Way to Make a Living’: Commodified Identity in Gracie Otto’s Seriously Red
On the Same Wavelength: Connection Through Radio in Platon Theodoris’ The Lonely Spirits Variety Hour
Suburban Fragments: Community and Bricolage in Tim Barretto’s Bassendream
Laughing on the Inside: Frank Lotito’s Wog Boys Forever and Multicultural Comedy
Marching Through Time: Māori History, Biographical Filmmaking and Whina
Dark Symbols: Violent Awakening in Del Kathryn Barton’s Blaze
Playing Pretend: Shifting Roles in Sara Kern’s Moja Vesna
A Little Less Conversation: The Convenient Omissions of Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis
Spinning Tales: Myth and Magic in George Miller’s Three Thousand Years of Longing
Speaking in Riddles: Sex, Comedy and Subtitles in Armağan Ballantyne’s Nude Tuesday
Taking Flight: Deception and Impostor Syndrome in Michelle Savill’s Millie Lies Low
Bad Influence: Hannah Barlow and Kane Senes on Balancing Horror and Social Media Satire in Sissy
‘New Rivers Spin Inside’: Women and Witchcraft in Goran Stolevski’s You Won’t Be Alone
In the Driver’s Seat: The Relatable Radicalism of David Easteal’s The Plains
Future Projection: The Emotional Landscape of Ivan Sen’s Loveland
Aspirational Delight: The Bland Fantasies of Renée Webster’s How to Please a Woman
Breaking Point: Grief and Rebirth in Matthew J Saville’s Juniper
Staying Afloat: Tyler Atkins on Bosch & Rockit
‘Now You’re at Home’: The Power of Music in Macario De Souza’s 6 Festivals
Memory, Myth and Representation: Leah Purcell on The Drover’s Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson
Where the Heart Is: Shifting Frontiers in Here Out West
Authentic Depictions: Julie Kalceff and Ana Kokkinos on Here Out West
All That Glitters: Anthony Hayes on Gold
Unguided Tour: Drifting Life in Adam C Briggs’ Paris Funeral, 1972
Journey into Darkness: Justin Kurzel and Shaun Grant on Nitram
Pack of Lies: Masquerades of Masculinity in Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog
Searching for Home: Ainsley Gardiner and Briar Grace-Smith’s Cousins
The Eye of the Storm: Gender and Generational Change in Aaron Wilson’s Little Tornadoes
Unlucky Country: Malediction and Middle-class Malaise in James Vaughan’s Friends and Strangers
