Wake in Fright by Tina Kaufman Lindsay Coleman March 2011 Book Reviews In a recent conversation with a friend, the question was raised, “What exactly constitutes an Australian film?”The subject matter in combination with the cast, crew, and filmmaker, I argued.By his definition, t...
Bubby’s Cosmic Moment: Bad Boy Bubby (Rolf de Heer, 1993) Lindsay Coleman March 2011 Key Moments in Australian Cinema The annals of world cinema contain their share of anti-clericalism, atheism, and blasphemy. Yet the Australian film Bad Boy Bubby, directed by Rolf de Heerand released in 1993, may be unique in its utterance of...
Dying to Belong: Gangster Movies in Hollywood and Hong Kong by Martha P. Nochimson Lindsay Coleman March 2008 Book Reviews Dying to Belong, the newest book by author Martha P. Nochimson, cannot be faulted for lack of ambition. Her stated intention is the symmetries and asymmetries between Hollywood and Hong Kong us to reconsider...
