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Cinema Papers

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Cinema Papers was an Australian bi-monthly film magazine which ran from 1974 to 2001, regarded as "the premier Australian film industry magazine". It absorbed Filmviews in 1989.

History and profile

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Cinema Papers was first published as a nationally distributed magazine in January 1974,^[1] established by Peter Beilby, Scott Murray, and Philippe Mora.^[2]

The name was derived, via a single issue magazine produced by students at La Trobe University in October 1967, from the influential French journal Cahiers du Cinéma.^[3] The La Trobe film society magazine was edited by Mora and Beilby, and from October 1969 until April 1970, another magazine, in the form of an 11-issue tabloid, was published by Mora.^[2]

The magazine was published on a bimonthly^[4] or quarterly basis, and had its headquarters in Melbourne, at 143 Thierry Street.^[5] One of the owners was MTV Publishing Ltd,^[4] and it had financial assistance from the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council for the Arts as of 1976. Subscription then cost A$7.60 per year.^[5]

In 1989 Cinema Papers absorbed another film magazine, Filmviews,^[4]^[2] but declining sales saw the magazine end in 1999.^[6]

Issue 131 was not published,^[2] but it was relaunched with issue 132 by Niche Media in St. Kilda in April 2000 with Michaela Boland as its editor.^[6] However, this ultimately proved unsuccessful and the magazine shut for good in 2001.^[7]

Contributing writers and editors included Antony I. Ginnane.^{[citation needed]}

Coverage

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The magazine covered both national and international news, including film productions; interviews with actors, producers and technicians; historical articles; and film reviews of contemporary films from around the world.^[2]

Influence and legacy

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Cinema Papers was regarded as "the premier Australian film industry magazine".^[2]

Digitised versions of Cinema Papers are available from the University of Wollongong's archival collection.^[8]^[2]

References

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^ Annette Blonski; Barbara Creed; Freda Freiberg (1987). Don't Shoot Darling!: Women's Independent Filmmaking in Australia. Spinifex Press. p. 270. ISBN 978-0-86436-058-8.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Cinema Papers, retrieved 13 January 2025
^ Murray, Scott (March–April 1984), "A Personal History of Cinema Papers", Cinema Papers (Melbourne), 44–45: 41, ISSN 0311-3639
^ ^a ^b ^c "Cinema Papers". Movie Mags. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ ^a ^b "Cinema Papers". The Australian Jewish News. Vol. VLII, no. 47. Victoria, Australia. 27 August 1976. p. 23. Retrieved 13 January 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
^ ^a ^b Michael Cathcart (3 May 2000). "Cinema Papers". ABC Radio. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
^ Record at National Library of Australia
^ "Cinema Papers". University of Wollongong. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

External links

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"Feminist Critique: an argument for need for the International Women's Film Festival", Cinema Papers, July-August 1975
"|International Women's Festival reviews", Cinema Papers, November-December 1975

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