Proud to share my newest publication, co-authored with Liam Burke and Jessica Balanzategui: “Cine-mapping: Charting the Use of Scripted Spaces in Screen Tourism,” published in JCMS: Journal of Cinema and Media Studies.
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Great photos, even in black and white! I also recommend the Sun Theatre in Yarraville if you haven’t been before.

Perfect cinema space for a 50th anniversary screening of Young Frankenstein at the Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace.

For info about my research and publications, check out my website Assembled Illusions at taralomax.com. I have work on a range of topics related to contemporary Hollywood entertainment, blockbuster franchising and multiplatform storytelling, including on Star Wars and Marvel (plus more)

We celebrated the end of a 2-year journey for our MA Screen students this past week and staff shared parting words and a fav film. I couldn’t go past the twins of May 25: MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969) and STAR WARS (1977). Together these films represent my love of the New Hollywood era.

Delighted to see that birds are a thing on here, so here’s a series of my favourite local inner Sydney birds.