Metro #199

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 199 CONTENTS

Australian and New Zealand Cinema
'The Pelican Brief: The Shallow Reflections of Shawn Seet's Storm Boy' – Jake Wilson
'Dark Dresses, Problematic Pleasures: Mobility and Nostalgia in Bruce Beresford's Ladies in Black' – Mel Campbell
'Paint and Suffering: The Delicate Art of Acute Misfortune' – Elizabeth Flux
'On Song: Navigating the Past in Ben Hackworth's Celeste' – Stephen A Russell
'Redemption, Restoration, Reclamation: Benjamin Gilmour on Jirga' – Sarah Ward
'Different Ball Game: Damian Callinan on Sport, Community and The Merger' – Kylie Maslen

Australia on the Small Screen
'Trauma Tourism: The Complicated Comedy of Hannah Gadsby's Nanette' – Fury
'Tough Chick: Bad Cops and Difficult Women in SBS's Dead Lucky' – Aimee Knight
'Hard Pill to Swallow: Vitamania and the Science Behind Supplements' – Matilda Dixon-Smith

Focus on Asia and The Middle East
'Communal Complicity: Family and Fairness in Hirokazu Koreeda's Shoplifters and The Third Murder' – Anthony Carew
'Sibling Reverie: Growth and Interdependence in Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai' – Dave Crewe
'Ashes of Time, Rivers of Return: Jia Zhang-Ke's Ash Is Purest White' – Nicholas Godfrey

Documentary
'Heading for Deep Water: Interrogating Detention in Gabrielle Brady's Island of the Hungry Ghosts' – Anthony Carew
'In Search of Sanctuary: Refugee Realities in Robyn Hughan's Journey Beyond Fear' – Thomas Redwood
'Howls from the Underground: Persecution, Protest Music and Travis Beard's RocKabul' – Lauren Carroll Harris
'Stirring Up Spectres: Ben Lawrence's Ghosthunter and the Documentarian's Duty of Care' – Hanna Schenkel
'Giving Time: Richard Todd's Dying to Live and Organ Donation' – Jasmine Crittenden

Critical Views
'The Sense of Being Somewhere: Mind at War, Thalu: Dreamtime Is Now and the Rise of Virtual Reality' – Kim Munro
'Keeping Country Alive: Dreaming, Decolonisation and the Karrabing Film Collective' – Gabrielle O'Brien

The NFSA Restores Collection
'Shame' – Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

Regular Features
'Scope: Screen Industry Views' – Cameron Williams, Rochelle Siemienowicz, Dan Golding and Liz Giuffre