Introduction: Screening Melbourne Glen Donnar December 2017 Screening Melbourne Issue 85 In the Melbourne City Animal Kingdom feels like a suburban Melbourne version of The Godfather to me. It's epic and Shakespearean in its story, and yet you still feel like you can reach out and touch it. -...
ReViewing Jimmie: The Critical Reception of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Glen Donnar October 2011 Fred Schepisi Dossier Issue 60 The inclusion of Pauline Kael’s 1980 New Yorker review of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith in An Australian Film Reader (1) has been credited with rehabilitating the film’s reputation in Australia, prompting...
ReViewing Jimmie: The Critical Reception of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Glen Donnar November 2007 Australian Cinema Issue 45 How much did Pauline Kael’s 1980 New Yorker review of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith have to do with establishing director Fred Schepisi’s name outside the confines of Australia? This article looks at the ways critics shape and reshape the reputation of a film.
