An Angel at My Table (Jane Campion, 1990) Isabella McNeill September 2017 CTEQ Annotations on Film Tackling the often-troublesome act of linking ‘the artist’ with unstable mental health is not a unique notion in art or life, but Jane Campion’s An Angel at My Table tries to discern the ‘madness’ from the arti...
“Film is the Art Form of Today”: An Interview with Nadia Tass Isabella McNeill July 2017 Pioneering Australian Women There are only a handful of filmmakers in Australia whose careers share the longevity of director Nadia Tass. In collaboration with her writer-producer husband, David Parker, Tass has produced some of Australia...
Nuanced Complexity: The Marriage Circle (Ernst Lubitsch, 1924) and the Early Days of the ‘Lubitsch Touch’ Isabella McNeill June 2017 CTEQ Annotations on Film Known for his skilful adaptations of pre-existing novellas and plays (Trouble in Paradise (1932), Ninotchka (1933), The Shop Around the Corner (1940)), Ernst Lubitsch has always been celebrated more for his inv...
“Empathy is Always a Much-Needed Quality”: An Interview with Filmmaker/Educator Rachel Perkins Isabella McNeill March 2017 Movements: Filmmaker Interviews Born in Canberra in 1970, Australian filmmaker Rachel Perkins grew up in the beating heart of Australia’s Indigenous civil rights movement, an experience amplified by the role of her prominent Indigenous activi...
