Metro #188

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 1968, 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 188 (AUTUMN 2016) CONTENTS

Australian and New Zealand Cinema
'Will to Truth: Adaptation and the Uncanny in Simon Stone's The Daughter' – Greg Dolgopolov
'Variations on a Theme: Pace and Perspective in Sue Brooks' Looking for Grace' – Zoë Wallin
'The Eye of the Beholder: Photography, Film and Anton Corbijn's Life' – Sarinah Masukor
'Isle-cross'd Lovers: Vanuatu's Tanna and the South Pacific on Film' – Glenn Dunks
'The New Zealand Dildo Massacre: Jason Lei Howden's Deathgasm' – Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
'A New Lease on life: Matthew Saville's A Month of Sundays' – Garry Westmore

Australia on the Small Screen
'School of Hard Knocks: SBS's The Principal' – David Crewe
'Tough Jobs: Maddie Parry and Controversial Workplaces' – Alexandra Neill

Focus on Asia and the Middle East
'Art with the Right Ingredients: An and the Films of Naomi Kawase' – Anthony Carew
'Stay with Me Forever: Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Journey to the Shore' – Nicholas Godfrey
'Phase Change: Apichatpong Weerasethakul's Cemetery of Splendour' – James Robert Douglas
'Growing up, Gangster Style: Han Jun-hee's Coin Locker Girl' – Sarah Ward

Documentary
'The More You know, the Less You know: Putuparri and the Rainmakers' – Thomas Redwood
'Reclaiming Resistance: Shock Room and the Problem of Documentary "Truth"' – Hanna Schenkel
'The Tyranny of the Unspoken: The Silences, Autoethnography and Mental Health' – Kit MacFarlane
'Songs of Sadness, Songs of Love: Marsha Emerman's On the Banks of the Tigris' – Brian Yatman
'Animating Gallipoli: leanne Pooley and Matthew Metcalfe on 25 April' – Oliver Pfeiffer

Critical Views
'The Animation Manifesto; or, What's Animation Ever Done for Us?' – Paul Wells

The NFSA's Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection
'The Big Steal' – Jane Freebury

Industry Perspectives
'The Audience's Worth: Crowdfunding as a Source of Film Finance' – Rebecca A Laycock
'Sharing the Controller: Armello, Push Me Pull You and Australian Indie Games' – Leena van Deventer

Regular Features
'Scope: Screen Industry Views' – Daniel Golding, Lauren Carroll Harris, Liz Giuffre and Tara Judah