Cinema Papers was an Australian bi-monthly film magazine which ran from 1974 to 2001. It absorbed Filmviews in 1989.

History and profile

Cinema Papers was first published as a nationally distributed magazine in January 1974.[1] 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.[2]

The magazine was published on a bimonthly basis and had its headquarters in Melbourne. One of the owners was MTV Publishing Ltd.[3]

In 1989 Cinema Papers absorbed another film magazine, Filmviews,[3] but declining sales saw the magazine end in 1999.[4]

It was relaunched by Niche Media in April 2000 with Michaela Boland as its editor.[4] However, this ultimately proved unsuccessful and the magazine shut for good in 2001.[5] Digitised versions of Cinema Papers are available from the University of Wollongong's archival collection.[6]

Contributing writers and editors included filmmakers Scott Murray, Philippe Mora and Antony I. Ginnane.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Murray, Scott (March–April 1984), "A Personal History of Cinema Papers", Cinema Papers (Melbourne), 44–45: 41, ISSN 0311-3639
  3. ^ a b "Cinema Papers". Movie Mags. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. ^ a b Michael Cathcart (3 May 2000). "Cinema Papers". ABC Radio. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  5. ^ Record at National Library of Australia
  6. ^ "Cinema Papers". University of Wollongong. Retrieved 7 December 2017.

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