Issue 8 Editorial
Issue no.7 was thematic: called "After Grierson", it considered the worldwide and continuing influence of John Grierson, not only in film. In the present issue we have two more articles…
Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute
Lisa French and Mark Poole, Shining a Light: 50 Years of the Australian Film Institute. The Moving Image, no.9, ATOM 2009 AU$39.95 252pp Dr George Miller, doyen of the Australian…
‘Bring[ing] family life into the theatres’: the drive-ins of Western Australia
This article was written in 2003. The author has administered a web-site on Western Australian cinemas for many years. Further information about all sites mentioned in this article can be…
Screening the Past: A Memoir
Once upon a time, an Australian academic life consisted of three elements: a contribution to the subject which the academic taught and researched, a contribution to the administration of the…
An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930
Denise Lowe, An Encyclopaedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films: 1895-1930. Binghampton NY: Haworth Press, 2005 ISBN: 978 0 7890 1842 7 US$69.95 (hb) ISBN: 978 0 7890 1843 4 US$49.95…
Green Screen: Environmentalism and Hollywood Cinema
David Ingram, Green Screen: Environmentalism and Hollywood Cinema. Exeter, Devon: University of Exeter. 2004 ISBN: 0 85989 608 0 £39.50 (hb) ISBN: 0 85989 609 9 £14.99 (pb) 240 pp (Review…
Silent Screens: The Decline and Transformation of the American Movie Theatre
Michael Putnam, Silent Screens: The Decline and Transformation of the American Movie Theatre Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. ISBN 0 8018 6329 5(hb) 202pp 122 pp US$39.95…
The Shadowcatchers: a history of cinematography in Australia
Martha Ansara, The Shadowcatchers: a history of cinematography in Australia Austcine Publishing, Sydney 2012 ISBN: 9780987225214 Au$66.00 (pb) 288pp http://www.shadowcatchers.com.au/ (Review copy supplied by Australian cinematographers society) Cinematography captures images,…
Novels into Film
George Bluestone, Novels into Film. Baltimore & London: Johns Hopkins University Press. Paperback edition. 2003. (first published Johns Hopkins Press, Baltimore Maryland, 1957) ISBN: 0 80187 386 X 256pp US$25…
Screen Histories: A Screen Reader
Annette Kuhn & Jackie Stacey (eds), Screen Histories: A Screen Reader. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 019815 9498 233 pp A$59.95 (Review copy supplied by Oxford University Press) Uploaded 1…
Orwell Subverted: The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm
Daniel J. Leab, Orwell Subverted: The CIA and the Filming of Animal Farm. Pennsylvania State University Press, 2007. ISBN: 978 0 271 02987 8 US$55.00 (hb) 232pp (Review copy supplied by…
Diasporas of Australian cinema, Catherine Simpson, Renata Murawska, Anthony Lambert (eds)
Catherine Simpson, Renata Murawska, Anthony Lambert (eds), Diasporas of Australian cinema Intellect, Bristol, UK/Chicago USA, 2009 ISBN: 1 841 50197 2 US$40 (pb) 128pp (Review copy supplied by Intellect) My…
200 shots: Damien Parer, George Silk, and the Australians at war in New Guinea
Neil McDonald & Peter Brune, 200 shots: Damien Parer, George Silk, and the Australians at war in New Guinea. St Leonards: Allen & Unwin, 1998. ISBN 1 86448 541 8…
Moskva Kino: The Cinemas of Southwest and Central Moscow, Warner Cinemas: An Outline History, MGM Cinemas: An Outline History & Showcase Cinemas: An Outline History
Philip Turner, Moskva Kino: The Cinemas of Southwest and Central Moscow (Brantwood Books, St Paul's Cray, Kent, 1999) ISBN 0 9531021 0 6 44pp. £6.99stg Philip Turner, Warner Cinemas: An Outline History (Brantwood Boks,…
Alvin Purple
Catherine Lumby, Alvin Purple. Australian Screen Classics series Currency Press/AFC/NFSA, 2008 ISBN: 978-0-86819-844-6 Au$16.95 (pb) 80pp Henry Reynolds, The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith. Australian Screen Classics series Currency Press/AFC/NFSA, 2008…
Editorial
Screening the Past is a year old. The editorial team gathered together recently to consider what had been achieved in that year, and where we want to go in future. A…
Australian Television: A Genealogy of Great Moments
Alan McKee, Australian Television: A Genealogy of Great Moments. Oxford University Press, South Melbourne, 2001. ISBN: 0 195512251 362 pp Au$49.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Oxford University Press) In…
Issue 5 Editorial
There is no central theme to this issue - but it does take up several themes that have appeared in earlier issues. One of the original purposes of this journal…
The Barry McKenzie Movies
Tony Moore, The Barry McKenzie Movies. Currency Press: Australian Film Commission National Film and Sound Archive, 2005. ISBN: 0 86819 748 3 86pp Au$16.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Currency…
Policing Cinema: Movies and Censorship in Early Twentieth-Century America
Lee Grieveson, Policing Cinema: Movies and Censorship in Early Twentieth-Century America. Berkeley, University of California Press, 2004. ISBN: 978 0 520 239661 361pp US$24.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by University…
Sheep and the Australian Cinema
Deb Verhoeven, Sheep and the Australian Cinema. Melbourne University Press, 2006. ISBN: 0 522 85240 8 317pp Au$49.95 (pb) Au$39.95 (eBook) (Review copy supplied by Melbourne University Press) This writer's…
Dance Hall and Picture Palace: Sydneys Romance with Modernity
Jill Julius Matthews, Dance Hall and Picture Palace: Sydneys Romance with Modernity. Sydney: Currency Press, 2005. ISBN: 0 868 19755 6 Au$32.95 (pb) 342pp (Review copy supplied by Currency Press)…
Australian Postwar Documentary Film: An Arc of Mirrors
Deane Williams, Australian Postwar Documentary Film: An Arc of Mirrors. Bristol: Intellect Books, 2008. ISBN: 9781841502106 UK£29.95 (hb) 192 pp (Review copy supplied by Intellect Books) Deane Williams re-evaluates Australian…
The Money Shot: Cinema, Sin and Censorship
Jane Mills, The Money Shot: Cinema, Sin and Censorship. Pluto Press, Annandale 2001. ISBN 1 86403 142 5 255 pp A$32.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied by Pluto Press) Uploaded 25…
The Internet Challenge to Television, Latin American Television: A Global View & Television: An International History
Bruce M.Owen, The Internet Challenge to Television, (Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1999 ) ISBN 0 674 87299 1 (hb) 372 pp US$29.95 (Review copy supplied by Harvard University Press) John…
Some Early History of the Australian Film Institute: A Memoir of the 1970s
The Australian Film Institute (AFI) has always struggled to find its niche within Australian film culture. It has also always had financial difficulties. These two issues intersect at the point…
Raymond Longford’s The Sentimental Bloke: The Restored Version
Raymond Longford’s The Sentimental Bloke: The Restored Version. Madman/NFSA/ATOM, 2009 (Review copy supplied by ATOM http://www.metromagazine.com.au/shop/product.asp?pID=1864) The Sentimental Bloke is a classic of Australian - and even world - silent cinema:…
Hollywood in the Neighbourhood: Historical Case Studies of Local Moviegoing
Kathryn H. Fuller-Seeley (ed.), Hollywood in the Neighbourhood: Historical Case Studies of Local Moviegoing. University of California Press, 2008 ISBN: 9 780520249 73 8 US$27.95 (pb) 290pp (Review copy supplied…
A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema
Jennifer M. Bean & Diane Negra. A Feminist Reader in Early Cinema. Durham & London: Duke University Press, 2002. ISBN: 0 822 32999 9 584pp US$27.95 (pb) (Review copy supplied…
In the Kingdom of Shadows: A Companion to Early Cinema
Colin Harding & Simon Popple, In the Kingdom of Shadows: A Companion to Early Cinema London: Cygnus Arts, 1996 ISBN 1 900541 05 X 271 pp. Uploaded 16 April 1999…
Americanizing the Movies and “Movie Mad” Audiences: 1910-1914
Richard Abel, Americanizing the Movies and “Movie Mad” Audiences: 1910-1914. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006. ISBN: 978 0 520 24742 0 (hb) US$65.00 ISBN: 978 0 520 24743 7…
The Tread of a White Man’s Foot: Australian Pacific Colonialism and the Cinema, 1925-62
Jane Landman, The Tread of a White Man’s Foot: Australian Pacific Colonialism and the Cinema, 1925-62. Pandanus Books, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, 2006. ISBN:…
Issue 7 Editorial
"Grierson" is a name to conjure with - no need, for any reader with pretensions to knowing anything about film, to even add a first name. The outlines of his…
Theory into practice: Stanley Hawes and the Commonwealth Film Unit
Uploaded 1 July 1999 Documentary film has always been a contested space: arguments persist about whether it is possible to define "documentary", and whether any attempt at definition should be…
Canvas Documentaries: Panoramic Entertainments in Nineteenth-Century Australia and New Zealand
Mimi Colligan, Canvas Documentaries: Panoramic Entertainments in Nineteenth-Century Australia and New Zealand Melbourne: Melbourne University Press 2002. ISBN: 0522850197 250 pp Au$59.95 (hb) (Review copy supplied by Melbourne University Press)…
Len Lye: A Biography
Roger Horrocks, Len Lye: A Biography. Auckland University Press, 2001 (reprinted 2002) 436pp (Review copy obtained from author) Referring to Len Lye's "singularity", this book opens with a quote from…