ReViewing Jimmie: The Critical Reception of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith Glen Donnar November 2007 Australian Cinema How much did Pauline Kael’s 1980 New Yorker review of The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith have to do with establishing director Fred Schepisi’s name outside the confines of Australia? This article looks at the ways critics shape and reshape the reputation of a film.
The Many Faces of Disinclination: Australian Feminist/Post-Colonialist Reflections in Flirting Lorrie Palmer November 2007 Australian Cinema Following the acclaimed The Year My Voice Broke, Flirting was John Duigan’s second instalment in a proposed trilogy featuring Noah Taylor in the role of Danny Embling. It also stars Nicole Kidman and has much to say about gender, race and colonial attitudes.
The Cultural ‘Traumascape’: Look Both Ways, Railways Accidents and Trauma David Carlin November 2007 Australian Cinema For some time, much film scholarship has been interested in what can broadly be termed ‘trauma theory’. David Carlin applies the ideas to this recent Australian film dealing with train accidents.
