Metro #212

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 212 CONTENTS

Regular Features

'Scope: Screen Industry Views' – CJ Johnson, Cameron Williams, Liz Giuffre and Dan Golding

Australia and New Zealand Cinema

'Memory, Myth and Representation: Leah Purcell on The Drover’s Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson' – Travis Johnson
'Where the Heart Is: Shifting Frontiers in Here Out West' – Barnaby Smith
'Authentic Depictions: Julie Kalceff and Ana Kokkinos on Here Out West'  – Olivia Pfeiffer
'All That Glitters: Anthony Hayes on Gold' – Stephen A Russell
'Unguided Tour: Drifting Life in Adam C Briggs' Paris Funeral, 1972' – Brian McFarlane

Documentary

'Rolling in the Deep: Jane Castle's When the Camera Stopped Rolling' – Glenn Dunks
'Singing into the Void: Dreams, Delusion and Fame in Matthew Walker's I’m Wanita' – Kath Dooley
'Elusive Justice: Dean Gibson on Incarceration Nation and the Epidemic of Indigenous Imprisonment' – Jasmine Crittenden
'Turning the Tables: Observing and Seeing in Chef Antonio’s Recipes for Revolution' – Rebekah Brammer
'Time After Time: Temporality and Transcendence in Joseph London's The Beloved'– Jake Wilson

Beyond the Screen

'Mining the Past: Mythmaking and Identity in New Gold Mountain' – Tahney Fosdike

Focus on Asia and the Middle East

'Distant Memories: Grief and Childhood in Li Dongmei's Mama' – Debbie Zhou
'Subterranean Trauma: The Palestinian Experience in Darin J Sallam's Farha' – Anthony Carew

Screen Education

'Horrible Imaginings: Playing with Form in The Tragedy of Macbeth' – Annika Morling
'Cinema Science: Surveying the Landscape of Dune' – Dave Crewe
'A Whole New World: Metaverse as Fairytale in Belle'– Anthony Carew
'Objects of Desire: The Female Body and the Male Gaze in Sirens' – Myke Bartlett

Critical Views

'Hitting Home: Violence and Morality in Mr Inbetween' – Steven Aoun
'Flying the Coop: An Australian Coming of Age in Careful He Might Hear You' – Jarrod Sturnieks

The NFSA Restores Collection

'Rocking the Foundations' – Peter Galvin