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'A headstrong journalist whose investigative podcast uncovers a strange artifact, an alien conspiracy, and the lies at the heart of her own story.'
Source: Screen Australia.
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Works about this Work
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Another Brick in the Thrall
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 October 2023; (p. 9)
— Review of Monolith 2022 single work film/TV -
Monolith Considers the Cultural and Social Implications of New Technology, Without Overdoing It
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 26 October 2023;
— Review of Monolith 2022 single work film/TV'One of the socially redeeming features of mass media has always been its communal aspect, the fact people are drawn together into a shared experience based on network programming. Of course, this, in the English-speaking world at least, has been driven by the desire for profit through selling advertising space to corporations.' (Introduction)
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Terror Australis
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: The Monthly , August 2023; (p. 62-67) 'Lucy Campbell was nervous. In March, the South Australian screenwriter had travelled to Austin, Texas. Her debut feature was playing at South by Southwest (SXSW), the music and fi lm festival that has launched careers as well as Oscar winners such as Everything Everywhere All at Once. Watching her fi lm with an audience, she tells me, she saw it with fresh eyes. They seemed into it, and she was hanging on their every gasp. Suddenly, it dawned on her: “This audience is kinda scared.”'(Introduction)
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Small but Mighty, the Power of the Donkey : Adelaide International Film Festival
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , January no. 104 2023;'Dubbed a “celebration of the imagination”, AFF expanded its scope in 2022 to include new venues across the city (Her Majesty’s Theatre, the Capri Theatre Goodwood), also touring films in regional sites and locations. A dedicated emphasis on youth, music and genre was evident throughout the festival’s programming: from the bone-crackling Huesera: The Bone Woman (Michelle Garza Cervera) (a great Mexican take on the ‘monstrous-feminine’) to a younger set of local Australian filmmakers who rose to the fore through their re-inventions of horror and science fiction. Across the festival, vulnerability (be it human, animal, ecological) emerged as a recurring theme. One particular animal, the humble donkey, appeared time and again in the festival’s standout international titles, calling attention to its vulnerable, creaturely presence.' (Introduction)
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Monolith Considers the Cultural and Social Implications of New Technology, Without Overdoing It
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 26 October 2023;
— Review of Monolith 2022 single work film/TV'One of the socially redeeming features of mass media has always been its communal aspect, the fact people are drawn together into a shared experience based on network programming. Of course, this, in the English-speaking world at least, has been driven by the desire for profit through selling advertising space to corporations.' (Introduction)
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Another Brick in the Thrall
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 28-29 October 2023; (p. 9)
— Review of Monolith 2022 single work film/TV -
Small but Mighty, the Power of the Donkey : Adelaide International Film Festival
2023
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Senses of Cinema , January no. 104 2023;'Dubbed a “celebration of the imagination”, AFF expanded its scope in 2022 to include new venues across the city (Her Majesty’s Theatre, the Capri Theatre Goodwood), also touring films in regional sites and locations. A dedicated emphasis on youth, music and genre was evident throughout the festival’s programming: from the bone-crackling Huesera: The Bone Woman (Michelle Garza Cervera) (a great Mexican take on the ‘monstrous-feminine’) to a younger set of local Australian filmmakers who rose to the fore through their re-inventions of horror and science fiction. Across the festival, vulnerability (be it human, animal, ecological) emerged as a recurring theme. One particular animal, the humble donkey, appeared time and again in the festival’s standout international titles, calling attention to its vulnerable, creaturely presence.' (Introduction)
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Terror Australis
2023
single work
column
— Appears in: The Monthly , August 2023; (p. 62-67) 'Lucy Campbell was nervous. In March, the South Australian screenwriter had travelled to Austin, Texas. Her debut feature was playing at South by Southwest (SXSW), the music and fi lm festival that has launched careers as well as Oscar winners such as Everything Everywhere All at Once. Watching her fi lm with an audience, she tells me, she saw it with fresh eyes. They seemed into it, and she was hanging on their every gasp. Suddenly, it dawned on her: “This audience is kinda scared.”'(Introduction)
