At the Movies, Film Reviewing, and Screenwriting

List of Figures

List of Tables

List of Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

About At the Movies

Preface


1. At the Movies, Reviewing and Screenwriting
- From Elective to Selective Affinities

- Film Reviewing







Two Approaches: Functionalism and Rhetoric






Shifting the Criticism/Reviewing Distinction







- Screenwriting


2. At the Movies and Its Influence

- The Business of Managing the Review Process







Debunking the Powerful Critic Theory







- The Margaret and David Effect

- A Variable Cultural Field: From Restricted to Large-Scale

- The Persona of the Critic

- The Responsibilities of the Reviewer







Proximity to Industry






The Australian New Wave







3. Arbiters of Taste

- Inside the Gut

- Where the Reviewer Sits

- Summary Judgements

- The Gospel According to David and Margaret

- Taste, Taste Culture or Cultural Forum



4. The Politics of Classification

- Ken Park (2002)

- Romper Stomper (1992)

- Wolf Creek 2 (2013)


5. Three Discourse Frames (Australia, 1987-2002)

- Frame 1: Funding Methods and Creative Outcomes

- Frame 2: The Crisis in the Film Industry and the Script as Problematic Object

- Frame 3: The Doxa


6. The Discursive Construction of Screenwriting in At the Movies (2004-2014)

- Method

- Coding: Script, Screenplay, Screenwriter

- Analysis


7. The Well-Made Screenplay: At the Movies as an Aesthetic Enterprise

- Performing the Doxa

- Problematizations and Conclusions


8. In Interview: David Stratton on Reviewing and At the Movies


9. In Interview: Margaret Pomeranz on Reviewing and At the Movies


Appendix 1: Notes on Method, Verification and Exclusions

Appendix 2: 'Written by'

Appendix 3: DVD Classics

Appendix 4: Selective Reference List of Descriptors used by Margaret and David


List of Film and Television Works Cited

References

Index