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Australia's leading film critic reviews (almost) every Australian feature film from 1990 to 2020.
Australia's best-loved film critic David Stratton reviews (almost) every feature film from the past three decades in the ultimate guide to modern Australian cinema.
From The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to The Dry, from The Big Steal to The Drover's Wife, he tells us why they're worth watching, and reveals fascinating behind-the-scenes details. There is something for everyone: road movies and coming-of-age movies; comedies and love stories; rural noir and gritty urban movies; flourishing First Nations cinema; horror, zombies and science fiction; movies for families and for children; international co-productions, and much more. He's seen them all, and he knows every director, producer and actor.
Australia at the Movies is the indispensable companion for every cinema lover: it's where you'll find your next favourite movie.
'I greatly enjoy his sheer delight in cinema, which communicates itself effortlessly in every review.' Bruce Beresford
'He has introduced us to films and filmmakers ... from the grandest to the tiniest low-budget debut with intelligence, humour and passion.' Gillian Armstrong
'Stratton's sense of cinema and storytelling is bar none, as far as I'm concerned.' Warwick Thornton
'Thank you for introducing us to great movies and great directors.' Bryan Brown
Australia's best-loved film critic David Stratton reviews (almost) every feature film from the past three decades in the ultimate guide to modern Australian cinema.
From The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert to The Dry, from The Big Steal to The Drover's Wife, he tells us why they're worth watching, and reveals fascinating behind-the-scenes details. There is something for everyone: road movies and coming-of-age movies; comedies and love stories; rural noir and gritty urban movies; flourishing First Nations cinema; horror, zombies and science fiction; movies for families and for children; international co-productions, and much more. He's seen them all, and he knows every director, producer and actor.
Australia at the Movies is the indispensable companion for every cinema lover: it's where you'll find your next favourite movie.
'I greatly enjoy his sheer delight in cinema, which communicates itself effortlessly in every review.' Bruce Beresford
'He has introduced us to films and filmmakers ... from the grandest to the tiniest low-budget debut with intelligence, humour and passion.' Gillian Armstrong
'Stratton's sense of cinema and storytelling is bar none, as far as I'm concerned.' Warwick Thornton
'Thank you for introducing us to great movies and great directors.' Bryan Brown
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Table of contents
- COVER PAGE
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- TITLE PAGE
- COPYRIGHT PAGE
- DEDICATION
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- 1 OUT OF THE PAST: HISTORICAL STORIES
- 2 BLACK LIKE ME: INDIGENOUS STORIES
- 3 PRIVATE LIVES: BIOGRAPHICAL FILMS
- 4 TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS: SHORT STORIES, PERSONAL CRISES
- 5 THE SNAKE PIT: INSTITUTIONS, ECCENTRICS
- 6 FAMILY LIFE: CLOSE RELATIONSHIPS
- 7 THIS SPORTING LIFE: SPORTS STORIES, ODDBALL CHARACTERS AND SHARED ACCOMMODATION
- 8 TROUBLE IN MIND: SEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS
- 9 ROMANCE: LOVE STORIES
- 10 INNOCENT SINNERS: YOUNG PEOPLE
- 11 THE NEW LAND: MULTICULTURAL STORIES
- 12 THE OUTSIDERS: ISOLATION
- 13 THE STATE OF THINGS: ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOUR
- 14 CONFLICT: WAR STORIES
- 15 ON THE ROAD: ROAD MOVIES
- 16 A DOUBLE LIFE: DIRECTED BY ACTORS
- 17 WILD IN THE COUNTRY: RURAL CRIME
- 18 CITY STREETS: URBAN CRIME #1
- 19 CRY OF THE CITY: URBAN CRIME #2
- 20 TALES OF TERROR: HORROR MOVIES
- 21 THE HAUNTING: GHOSTS AND SERIAL KILLERS
- 22 TALES OF MYSTERY AND IMAGINATION: SCIENCE FICTION
- 23 ALL FALL DOWN: EXPERIMENTAL MOVIES
- 24 WORDS AND MUSIC: MUSICALS
- 25 FUNNY GAMES: COMEDIES #1
- 26 THE JOKE: COMEDIES #2
- 27 MONKEY BUSINESS: COMEDIES #3
- 28 THE PARENT TRAP: FAMILY FILMS
- 29 THE WIDE BLUE YONDER: CO-PRODUCTIONS WITH OVERSEAS SETTINGS #1
- 30 AWAY FROM HER: CO-PRODUCTIONS WITH OVERSEAS SETTINGS #2
- APPENDIX: FINANCING THE MOVIES, BY SUE MILLIKEN
- THE FILMS: A TO Z
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS