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Monthly Archives: March 2023
Using the Gothic for good with ‘’Ghost Species’’ and ‘’Picnic at Hanging Rock’’
With my first blog post being about ‘’Ghost Species’’ and my second on ‘’Picnic at Hanging Rock’’, what better way to end the trilogy than by combining the two. For those that have not yet seen or read ‘’Picnic at … Continue reading
The Great Gatsby – an Australian Movie?
By Laura Himmelmann The Great Gatsby is a novel and movie adaption most of us are familiar with, hopefully. The majority of people are unaware that on paper, it could count as an Australian movie rather than American. Looking at … Continue reading
Nick Cave and the Gothic
Nick Cave is an Australian singer, songwriter, poet and author who dives into the multifaceted abyss of human consciousness. In his works, and especially song lyrics, he frequently makes use of themes such as mortality, morbidity and surrealism. All of … Continue reading
Tagged Speculative Australia
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Orientation in “The Arrival” – paths of the past and the future
Photo albums combine immediate proximity and boundless distance. They are tangibly close, but suggest an intangible vastness. Photo albums are timeless and yet they capture a concrete time. At the same time, they recall a past, a snapshot that awakens … Continue reading
Posted in Migration in Visual Narratives
Tagged Australia, Fantasy, Graphic Novels, migration, Shaun Tan, The Arrival, visual narrative
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Migration and Identity in Persepolis
The graphic novel “Persepolis” by Marjane Satrapi presents the theme of migration and identity in a funny yet thought-provoking manner. I had read the novel a long time ago, but I decided to give it another read after I left … Continue reading
A Review? Wyrmwood: Road of the Dead & Apocalypse
It seems like everybody is in their villain era lately. Horror cinema has become mainstream to the extent that wider audiences are becoming more aware of the hidden cypher of morals and taboos lying beneath the human and not-so-human monsters … Continue reading
The Magic Fish; A Unique Perspective
The Magic Fish by Trung Le Nguyen is not a common immigration story. In most of the immigration novels I have read so far, immigration was looked at through the lens of first generation immigrants and we saw their stories … Continue reading
Posted in Migration in Visual Narratives
Tagged Fantasy, Queer Fiction, The Magic Fish, Trung Le Nguyen, Visual Novel
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H2O: Just Add Water and the Aboriginal Mermaid Myth
by anonymous The show H20: Just Add Water is a children’s show about three teenage girls Emma, Cleo and Rikki (And later, Emma is replaced by Bella) who become mermaids and grow tails as soon as they touch water. The … Continue reading
The Infinite Man – Movie Review
by Eva Musat The Infinite Man is a 2014 Australian science-fiction film directed by Hugh Sullivan that is about Dean, a scientist, who wishes to relive a special weekend he had with his girlfriend Lana. When Lana’s ex-boyfriend Terry interrupts … Continue reading
“Melbourne Calling”
by Mara Geißen For my last blog post I have again chosen a short story to write about. The short story, “Melbourne Calling” by Silvia Brown, doesn’t seem to have much to do with horror at first. However, monsters are … Continue reading