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ESSAYS№ 01
What is Australian film criticism for if the audience is not reading it
The masthead runs on conviction, the readership is small, and the question of who we are writing for has not gone away.
MARA DENG16.02.2026
ESSAYS№ 02
The cinema is not dying but it is learning to share the room
The argument between cinema and streaming was never about screens; it was about who gets to decide what watching means.
MARA DENG12.08.2025
ESSAYS№ 03
Who is Australian cinema for and does it know
The question is not whether Australian films are good enough; it is whether the industry has decided who it is talking to.
MARA DENG16.06.2025
ESSAYS№ 04
Australian films premiere in January and arrive in cinemas in October and nobody sees the problem
The gap between a film's festival premiere and its local theatrical release is where audience interest goes to die.
MARA DENG14.01.2025