Australian Film Theory and Criticism

Deane Williams is associate professor of film and screen studies at Monash University, Melbourne. Constantine Verevis is associate professor of film and screen studies at Monash University, Melbourne.

• AcknowledgementsIntroduction: ‘Notes for a History of Contexts’Constantine Verevis and Deane Williams1972Experimentalists 1Sylvia Lawson1974Francis Birtles: Cyclist, Explorer, KodakerIna Bertrand1975Feminist CritiqueMeaghan Morris1976Corsetway to Heaven: Looking Back at Picnic at Hanging RockIan HunterEditorial ArticleJohn Tulloch1978Gilda: Images of Women – Notes for DiscussionLesley Stern1979Fetishism in Film ‘Theory’ and ‘Practice’Ian HunterTowards Decolonization: Some Problems and Issues for Film History in AustraliaSylvia LawsonThe Australian Journal of Screen TheoryAdrian MartinIndependent Feminist Filmmaking in AustraliaLesley SternOedipal Opera: The Restless YearsLesley Stern1980EditorialRobert Rothols [as R.R.]1981Stock Shock and SchlockStuart CunninghamFilm and History: Canberra ConferenceAnna GrieveRecent ‘Political’ Documentary: Notes on Union Maids and Harlan County USANoel KingThe Second Australian Film Conference: Theory WearyAdrian MartinThe Second Australian Film Conference, or A Long Way from Lana TurnerBrian McFarlaneEditorialJohn NicollOn ScreenTom O’Regan1982Feminist Film Theory: Reading the TextBarbara Creed‘The Public Wants Features!’: The (Creative?) Underdevelopment of Australian Independent Film Since the 1960sHelen Grace1983Super 8: The Phenomenon Turned EventfulTed CollessIndependent Feminist Filmmaking and the Black HoleFelicity CollinsPornography and Pleasure: The Female SpectatorBarbara CreedThe Australian Film Industry and the Holy Roman EmpireSusan Dermody and Elizabeth JackaCamera Natura: Landscape in Australian Feature FilmsRoss GibsonChanging the Curriculum: The Place of Film in a Department of EnglishNoel KingAustralian Documentary CinemaAlbert MoranThe Practice of ReviewingMeaghan MorrisAustralian Filmmaking: Its Public CirculationTom O’ReganA National Cinema: The Role of the StateSam Rohdie‘Murder, Murder, Dangerous Crime’Bill Routt [as Bill Gent]Remarks on Screen: Introductory Notes for a History of ContextsPaul Willemen1984‘National Identity’ / ‘National History’ / ‘National Film’: The Australian ExperienceIna BertrandThe Australian Journal of Screen TheoryFelicity CollinsAfter Futur◊Fall Ross GibsonSecond History and Film Conference ReportSally Stockbridge1985Glimpses of the PresentPhilip BrophyDon Ranvaud: Of Framework and FestivalsRolando CaputoYondering: A Reading of Mad Max Beyond ThunderdomeRoss Gibson1987Charles Chauvel: The Last DecadeStuart CunninghamAbout the Editors