Metro #191

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 191 (SUMMER 2017) CONTENTS

Australian and New Zealand Cinema
'Dream Sequence: Rosemary Myers' Girl Asleep and Cinematic Coming of Age' – Elizabeth Flux
'Down and Out for Down Under: Critiquing Race Representation in Abe Forsythe's Satire' – Mehal Krayem
'Fight for Survival: Damien Power's Killing Ground and Horror Success' – Glenn Dunks
'The Great Southern Creature Feature: Luke Sparke's Red Billabong' – Emma Westwood
'Pushing Boundaries: Stephen Sewell on Embedded and Erotica on Screen' – Oliver Pfeiffer

Australia on the Small Screen
'Fish in and Out of Water: The Embodied Erotics of Class and Sport in Barracuda' – Dion Kagan
'Dark Heart of the Island: The Kettering Incident's Tasmanian Gothic Fairytale' – Emily Bullock

Focus on Asia and the Middle East
'Visionary Violence: Park Chan-wook's Inimitable Style' – Anthony Carew
'Seeing and Believing: Na Hong-jin's The Wailing' – James Robert Douglas
'Ghosts of Industry: Development and Displacement in Zhang Hanyi's Life After Life' – Nicholas Godfrey
'Speak of the Wolf and You Will See Its Teeth: Pema Tseden's Tharlo' – Sarah Ward
'Coming in: Culture, Class and Repression in Andrew Ahn's Spa Night' – Laurence Barber
'Forms of Charity: Gender and Generosity in Vahid Jalilvand's Wednesday, May 9' – David Crewe

Documentary
'Haunted by Questions Unanswered: Rosie Jones' The Family' – Hanna Schenkel
'Women's Work: Respect and Remoteness in Pete Gleeson's Hotel Coolgardie' – Lauren Carroll Harris
'The Personal Is Political: Rap, Representation and Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami's Sonita' – Gabrielle O'Brien
'Blossoming in Time: Art and Age in Rohan Spong's Winter at Westbeth' – Eloise Ross
'Touching a Nerve: David Farrier and Dylan Reeve's Tickled' – Julia Scott-Stevenson

The NFSA's Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection
'Alvin Purple' – Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Industry Perspectives
'Press Play for Learning: Exploring New Screen Frontiers in Education' – Duncan Imberger

Regular Features
'Book Review: There's a Fax From Bruce by Bruce Beresford and Sue Milliken' – Rose Lucas
'Book Review: The Unusual Suspects by Antony I Ginnane' – Tessa Chudy
'Scope: Screen Industry Views' – Liz Giuffre, Tara Judah and Daniel Golding