A cinema of resistance: My Brilliant Career (Gillian Armstrong, 1979) Gabrielle O'Brien April 2020 CTEQ Annotations on Film Loneliness is a terrible price to pay for independence. Sybylla, don’t throw away reality for some impossible dream. - Aunt Gussie (Patricia Kennedy) When looking back at the filmography of Australia’s nation...
Sensing the Past: Margot Nash’s Vacant Possession Gabrielle O'Brien March 2016 CTEQ Annotations on Film There are moments in Vacant Possession (1994) when the past becomes a material presence. Writer/director Margot Nash’s ambitious ‘state of the nation’ film probes Australia’s shifting cultural landscape, and la...
