Australian Film Theory and Criticism

Deane Williams is associate professor of film and screen studies at Monash University, Melbourne.  Constantine Verevis is associate professor of film and screen studies at Monash University, Melbourne.

Acknowledgements



Introduction: ‘Notes for a History of Contexts’



Constantine Verevis and Deane Williams



1972



Experimentalists 1



Sylvia Lawson



1974



Francis Birtles: Cyclist, Explorer, Kodaker



Ina Bertrand



1975



Feminist Critique



Meaghan Morris



1976



Corsetway to Heaven: Looking Back at Picnic at Hanging Rock



Ian Hunter



Editorial Article



John Tulloch



1978



Gilda: Images of Women – Notes for Discussion



Lesley Stern



1979



Fetishism in Film ‘Theory’ and ‘Practice’



Ian Hunter



Towards Decolonization: Some Problems and Issues for Film History in Australia



Sylvia Lawson



The Australian Journal of Screen Theory



Adrian Martin



Independent Feminist Filmmaking in Australia



Lesley Stern



Oedipal Opera: The Restless Years



Lesley Stern



1980



Editorial



Robert Rothols [as R.R.]



1981



Stock Shock and Schlock



Stuart Cunningham



Film and History: Canberra Conference



Anna Grieve



Recent ‘Political’ Documentary: Notes on Union Maids and Harlan County USA



Noel King



The Second Australian Film Conference: Theory Weary



Adrian Martin



The Second Australian Film Conference, or A Long Way from Lana Turner



Brian McFarlane



Editorial



John Nicoll



On Screen



Tom O’Regan



1982



Feminist Film Theory: Reading the Text



Barbara Creed



‘The Public Wants Features!’: The (Creative?) Underdevelopment of Australian Independent Film Since the 1960s



Helen Grace



1983



Super 8: The Phenomenon Turned Eventful



Ted Colless



Independent Feminist Filmmaking and the Black Hole



Felicity Collins



Pornography and Pleasure: The Female Spectator



Barbara Creed



The Australian Film Industry and the Holy Roman Empire



Susan Dermody and Elizabeth Jacka



Camera Natura: Landscape in Australian Feature Films



Ross Gibson



Changing the Curriculum: The Place of Film in a Department of English



Noel King



Australian Documentary Cinema



Albert Moran



The Practice of Reviewing



Meaghan Morris



Australian Filmmaking: Its Public Circulation



Tom O’Regan



A National Cinema: The Role of the State



Sam Rohdie



‘Murder, Murder, Dangerous Crime’



Bill Routt [as Bill Gent]



Remarks on Screen: Introductory Notes for a History of Contexts



Paul Willemen



1984



‘National Identity’ / ‘National History’ / ‘National Film’: The Australian Experience



Ina Bertrand



The Australian Journal of Screen Theory



Felicity Collins



After Futur◊Fall 



Ross Gibson



Second History and Film Conference Report



Sally Stockbridge



1985



Glimpses of the Present



Philip Brophy



Don Ranvaud: Of Framework and Festivals



Rolando Caputo



Yondering: A Reading of Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome



Ross Gibson



1987



Charles Chauvel: The Last Decade



Stuart Cunningham



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