Australian cinema
From Ubu Roi to My Generation: A Tribute to Albie Thoms
Albie Thoms (1941-2012) was one of the most significant figures of Australian postwar film culture. In a peripatetic career that stretched from his adventurous work
Poetry in the Air: Mad Bastards and Toomelah
I. Where the Crocodiles Are: Mad Bastards I am really proud of this movie most of all because it does justice to the tough men
Why Albie Thoms? – A Singular Commitment and a Figure Displaced
The Memorial Event – Thoms’ Resurrection On 17 December 2012, a large group of people came together in Paddington Town Hall to celebrate Albie Thoms’
The Ubu Moment and Australian Experimental Film: Interviews with Albie Thoms
By Danni Zuvela for OtherFilm Albie Thoms (1941-2012) led a remarkable life. Perhaps most well-known as a filmmaker and founder of the pioneering avant-garde film
Albie Thoms Refractions
By Danni Zuvela for OtherFilm The scene is a screen, but split into three. A line, radiating from centre frame, separates the left trident (tinted
Albie – A Well-Directed Life
One of the last things Albie Thoms did before he died late last year was organise a launch party for the book he was rushing
Albie Thoms (dissimilis aliqua alia)
Unlike any other, without a doubt. For everyone that knew Albie, had worked with him, had shared a laugh or had watched his films and
Days of Future Past: Albie Thoms’ Polemics
I met Albie Thoms only once, in 2009, when the Australian Centre for the Moving Image revived his 1969 feature Marinetti – an avant-garde extravaganza
Albie Thoms as an Historian
In the 1970s I was a regular reader of Albie Thoms’ articles on Australian cinema – with their emphasis on alternative filmmaking – in Filmnews,
Memoir of Albie
“Another sacred fire has gone out…” That’s the opening line of the poem I recited at the wake for Shelton Lea in 2005. Now I want