To date, I have edited sixteen issues of Metro, a quarterly magazine of long-form features and critical essays on Australasian film and media, published by Australian Teachers of Media (ATOM). Metro has been running since 1968 and is the oldest screen-centric periodical in Australia. It is an interesting creature, straddling the divide between scholarly journal and commercial glossy, and everything you’ll find in its pages is articulate, analytical and astutely written.

Each issue, I commission and edit all of the magazine’s pieces, draft titles and publicity copy, and oversee design. I also build ongoing relationships with both established and fledgling filmmakers, film festivals, distribution companies and the broader media.

No. 193 (Winter 2017):

Articles cover the feature films Jasper Jones, Hounds of Love and Pulse; Asian titles Your Name and Bangkok Nites; and documentaries Exile, Monsieur Mayonnaise and Servant or Slave. Includes essays on the use of sound in Picnic at Hanging Rock; on the outsider perspective in Wake in Fright; and on the oeuvre of anime auteur Mamoru Hosoda; as well as in-depth analyses of YouTube as a pathway for screen creatives, and of the rise of interactive nonlinear documentary filmmaking.

No. 192 (Autumn 2017):

Articles cover the feature films Lion, Joe Cinque’s Consolation and Boys in the Trees; TV series Rosehaven; Asian titles The Salesman, After the Storm and Raman Raghav 2.0; and documentaries Zach’s Ceremony and Baxter and Me. Includes essays on Ella, ballet and Indigenous identity; and on Meal Tickets, authenticity and rock’n’roll; as well as analyses of the virtual reality work Collisions, SBS’s multi-platform Deep Water, and the pre-release campaign for Aussie classic Shine.