Metro #201

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 201 CONTENTS

Australian and New Zealand Cinema

'Hierarchies of Horror: The Violent Refrains of Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale' – Travis Johnson
'Love Is in the Air: Wayne Blair's Top End Wedding and the Rom-com's New Direction' – Jane Howard
'Girls Behaving Badly: Love, Honour and Disobedience in Sophie Hyde's Animals' – Aimee Knight
'Sin City: Diaspora, Displacement and Matthew Victor Pastor's Melodrama / Random / Melbourne!' – Nicholas Godfrey
'Arid Visions: Reflections in the Dust, Gendered Violence and Experimental Cinema' – Dave Crewe
'Kiss Me Deadly: Robbie Studsor on Blowing a Burning Kiss to Film Noir' – Oliver Pfeiffer

Australia on the Small Screen
'A School of Fishers: Ms Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries and the Lineage of a Franchise' – Elizabeth Flux
'Working-class Heroes: ABC's The Heights and Social Stratification' – Travis Johnson

Focus on Asia and The Middle East
'Quiet Night Thoughts: Warped Time in Three Asian Arthouse Films' – Jessica Kiang
'Art as Resistance: History and the Individual in Jafar Panahi's 3 Faces' – David Heslin
'Moving Forward in Circles: Repetition and Reflection in Hong Sang-soo's Grass' – James Robert Douglas
'Things to Come: The Wandering Earth and Chinese Cinema's Growing Predominance' – Mike Walsh

Documentary
'Seeds of Change: Damon Gameau's 2040 and Sustainable Futures' – Rebekah Brammer
'Destructive Pasts, Hopeful Possibilities: The Simulated Environment in Awavena and Did You Ask the River?' – Kim Munro
'Dying a Woman with Dignity: Becoming Colleen and Late-life Gender Transition' – Cerise Howard
'Hitting the Right Note: Janine Hosking's The Eulogy and the Perils of Praise' – Kit MacFarlane
'Setting the Record Straight: Greg Carey and Wade Jackson's Waiting: The Van Duren Story' – Barnaby Smith

Critical Views
'Aural Reflections: Music, Self and Objectivity in Now Sound: Melbourne's Listening and Her Sound, Her Story' – Anthony Carew

The NFSA Restores Collection
'Witches and Faggots, Dykes and Poofters' – Gabrielle O'Brien

Industry Perspectives
'A Dense Web of Relationships: How Film Culture Sustains the Screen Industries' – Anne Rutherford

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