Australian Genre Film

Kelly McWilliam is an Associate Professor in Communication and Media Studies at the University of Southern Queensland and the Immediate Past President of the Cultural Studies Association of Australasia (CSAA). Mark David Ryan is an Associate Professor in Screen and Media Studies and a Chief Investigator for the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), Queensland University of Technology. He was the President of the Screen Studies Association of Australia and Aotearoa/New Zealand (SSAAANZ) between 2015 and 2018.

• 1. Australian Film Genre StudiesMark David Ryan and Kelly McWilliam2. The Action Genre and the ‘International Turn’ in Australian Cinema Amanda Howell3. ‘Beethoven had his Critics, too…’: The Australian Biopic in the Twenty-First CenturyAdrian Danks4. A Seamless Wedding: Comedy, Diversity, and the International Lesley Speed5. New Australian Crime DramaGreg Dolgopolov6. A Monstrous Landscape Filled with Killer Animals and Madmen: Tropes of Contemporary Australian Horror Movies Mark David Ryan7. The Musical in Australia: Moving Minorities into the MainstreamLiz Giuffre8. Traversing Genre: The Australian Road MovieDeborah Thomas9. Courting the RomanceKelly McWilliam10. Looking to the Future: Three Tendencies in Australian Science Fiction Cinema since 2008Andrew James Couzens11. ‘Growing Up Was Never Easy’: Coming of Age in the Teen Film Kelly McWilliam12. Sun-lit Noir: Australian ThrillersJonathan Rayner13. A Wider Angle: Australia’s War Films of the New MilleniaDaniel Reynaud14. Questioning the Australian WesternGrayson Cooke