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The adaptation pipeline from page to screen is the steadiest production line in Australian cinema, and the question is whether the films are earning the books or borrowing from them.

The kids in Australian cinema grow up in small towns, coastal edges, and outer suburbs, and the geography is never accidental.

From Jasper Jones to Breath to Go!, Skubiszewski scores the gap between what Australian characters say and what they cannot bring themselves to name.