Author Archive for: ‘John Benson’
Ending the Affair: The Decline of Television Current Affairs in Australia
Graeme Turner, Ending the Affair: The Decline of Television Current Affairs in Australia. University of New South Wales Press, 2005. ISBN: 9 780 86840864 4 AUD$34.95 (pb) 184pp (Review copy supplied by University of New South Wales Press) Affairs to Remember The first thing that should be said about Graeme Turner’s latest contribution to Australian media and television studies appropriately …
Read MoreTim Burstall 1929-2004
The recent death of prolific Australian filmmaker Tim Burstall aged 76 marks a significant moment in Australian film culture. Perhaps more than any other Australian filmmaker over the last half-century his career features an eclectic output of writing, short films, feature films, and television productions straddling the fault lines running through many of the debates in Australian film culture. Initially …
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