Cirrus@Austlit

'New psychological thriller Run Rabbit Run is rising up the Netflix charts and gaining global attention — but the screenplay would never have been possible without a trip to the small country town of Waikerie.' 

'Australian actor and producer Bryan Brown AM has used his National Press Club address to call for an Australian content quota at streaming services that run their businesses locally.' (Introduction)

'Interesting stories about women can be hard to find on screen and stage, according to actress-turned-producer Marta Dusseldorp.'

'Bruce Pascoe always knew his book Dark Emu would be controversial.' 

'In the ancient rocky savanna landscape around the township of Chillagoe in Far North Queensland, Joseph Callope helps fellow Aboriginal men get their lives back on track in the tranquillity of the bush.' (Introduction)   

'When Shankari Chandran sent the manuscript for her first novel to Australian publishers, it was unanimously rejected, on the grounds that her story was not sufficiently "Australian" to succeed in the local market. This was despite the fact that its author was Australian and its protagonists are three generations of Australian Tamil women living in Sydney.' (Introduction)   

'In horror movies, a disembodied hand almost always spells trouble. Who could forget Bruce Campbell's Ash duelling his severed appendage in Evil Dead II? Director Oliver Stone made an entire film about a missing meathook on a murder spree. And then there's 90s stoner classic Idle Hands, in which a teenager's possessed paw goes on a high school prom rampage that culminates in the scalping of a cameoing rock star. (It's a masterpiece, critics be damned.)' (Introduction)