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Seriously Funny: History and Humour in The Sapphires and Other Indigenous Comedies
The Sapphires (Wayne Blair, 2012) opens in an idyllic rural setting. A group of young Aboriginal girls run home across the paddocks in the fading
It Runs in the Family: Sons, Sins and Structural Complexity in Fred Schepisi’s Six Degrees of Separation
Six Degrees of Separation (1993) sits precisely mid-career in Fred Schepisi’s filmography. The third in a series of stage adaptations the filmmaker undertook in this
Chicks Don’t Surf: Puberty Blues (Bruce Beresford, 1981)
The penultimate scene in Puberty Blues is for most viewers including this writer, the defining moment in the film. Over the course of the narrative,
“Blood and Ink”: Fuller and the Fourth Estate in Park Row
Park Row (1952 USA 83 mins) Prod Co: Samuel Fuller Productions Prod, Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller Phot: Jack [John L.] Russell Ed: Philip Cahn Prod
Dead Man Walking in Frank Borzage’s Moonrise
Moonrise (1948 USA 85 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Republic Prod: Charles Haas Dir: Frank Borzage Scr: Charles Haas, based on the novel by Theodore
First is First and Second is Nobody: Hoodlums and Heroines in Joseph H. Lewis’ The Big Combo
The Big Combo (1955 USA 88mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Allied Artists, Security Pictures, Theodora Productions Prod: Sidney Harmon Dir: Joseph H. Lewis Scr: Philip
Breaking the Waves: Flawed Fatherhood and Fraternal Rivalries in Russell Mulcahy’s Swimming Upstream
Australian cinema's recent instalment into the study of domestic ties, fraught masculinity, and coming-of-age
Single White Female Seeking Same: The Search for Sisterhood in Kissing Jessica Stein and The Banger Sisters
Rose Capp reviews two recently released female friendship comedies, Kissing Jessica Stein and The Banger Sisters
Interview with Livia Ruzic
Livia Ruzic, who has a long and distinguished career as a sound editor, talks to Rose Capp about the pleasures of sound editing, big bangs