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Motherhood In Front

and Behind the Screen

Reference List

Downloadable here and readable below.

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Still from Muriel's Wedding, 1994.

Anderson, R., Kalowski, R., Morrow, J. (Executive Producers). (2016 -). The Let Down [TV

               series]. Giant Dwarf Pty Ltd.

Ang, I. (1985). Watching Dallas: Soap Opera and the Melodramatic Imagination. Routledge.

Atef, E. (Director). (2008). The Stranger In Me (Das Fremde in mir) [Film]. Niko Film; Deutsche Film & Fernsehakademie Berlin; Arte.

Borecka, N. (2018, November 3). Age in Crisis, How Hollywood Killed Female Adulthood. Lone Wolf Magazine. 

               https://lonewolfmag.com/ageism-in-hollywood/

Columbus, C. (Director). (1995). Nine Months [Film]. 1492 Pictures.

Crabb, A. (2015). The Wife Drought. Ebury Australia.

Curtiz, M. (Director). (1945). Mildred Pearce [Film]. Warner Bros.

Davidson, M. (2014). Climbing the Celluloid Ladder; Women, Mentoring and Australian Feature Film. Australian Film Television and Radio

               School.

Davidson, M. (2015). Knocking on a locked door. Lumina, May.

Donen, S. (Director), Kelly, G. (Director). (1952). Singin' In The Rain [Film]. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

Dragoti, S. (Director). (1983). Mr Mom [Film]. Sherwood Productions.

Everly, L. (Director). (2020). Motherhood in Focus [Commercial]. Netflix.

Fischer, L. (1996). Cinematernity: Film, Motherhood, Genre. Princeton University Press

Fox, C. (2017). Stop Fixing Women: Why building fairer workplaces is everybody’s business. NewSouth.

Gerwig, G. (Director). (2017). Ladybird [Film]. IAC Films; Scott Rudin Productions.

Gunn, J. (Director). (2014). Guardians of the Galaxy [Film]. Marvel Studios.

Hanson, C. (Director). (1992). The Hand that Rocks the Cradle [Film]. Hollywood Pictures; Interscope Communications; Nomura Babcock &                Brown.

Hogan, P.J. (Director). (1994). Muriel's Wedding [Film]. CiBy 2000; Film Victoria; House and Moorhouse Films.

Hooper, T. (Director). (2012). Les Miserables [Film]. Working Title Films; Relativity Media; Camack International.

Hooper, T. (Director). (2019). Cats [Film]. Working Title Films; Amblin Entertainment; Perfect World Pictures; Monumental Pictures; The Really                Useful Group.

Hsia, M. (2019, July 16). “Why can’t I stop thinking about hurting my newborn baby?”: Understanding Postpartum/Perinatal OCD – Part 3 of

               a 5 article series on Harm OCD. The Cognitive Behavior Therapy Center of Southern California.

               https://cbtsocal.com/understanding-postpartum-perinatal-ocd/

Iñárritu, A. G. (Director). (2015). The Revenant [Film]. Regency Enterprises; RatPac Entertainment; New Regency; Anonymous Content; M                Productions; Appian Way Productions.

Kaplan, E. A. (1983). The Case of the Missing Mother. In Erens, P. (1991). Issues in Feminist Film Criticism. Indiana University Press.

Kaplan, E. A. (1983). Women & Film: Both Sides of the Camera. Routledge.

Kaplan, E. A. (1992). Motherhood and Representation: The Mother in Popular Culture and Melodrama. Routledge.

Kent, J. (Director). (2014). The Babadook [Film]. Screen Australia; Causeway Films.

Liddy, S., & O’Brien, A. (2021). Media Work, Mothers and Motherhood: Negotiating the International Audio-Visual Industry (Routledge

               Studies in Media and Cultural Industries). Routledge.

Lucas, J. (Director), Moore, S. (Director). (2016). Bad Moms [Film]. STX Entertainment; H. Brothers; Tang Media Productions.

Menkedick, S. (2020, March 19). Postpartum Anxiety Is an Epidemic Among American Mothers. Why Does It So Often Go Undiagnosed?

               Time. https://time.com/5806230/postpartum-anxiety-epidemic/

Mulvey, L. (1973). Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema. In Erens, P. (1991). Issues in Feminist Film Criticism. Indiana University Press.

Nolan, C. (Director). (2014). Interstellar [Film]. Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros. Pictures; Legendary Pictures; Syncopy; Lynda Obst

               Productions.

Pascoe, C. M. (1998). Screening Mothers: Representations of motherhood in Australian films from 1900 to 1988. [Honours MA, University of

               Sydney].

Polanski, R. (Director). (1968). Rosemary's Baby [Film]. William Castle Enterprises.

Reitman, C. (Executive Producer). (2017 - ). Workin' Moms [TV series]. Wolf & Rabbit Entertainment.

Reitman, J. (Director). (2018). Tully [Film]. Bron Studios; Right of Way Films; Denver and Delilah Production.

Rope, K. (2018, May 2). Why new moms have scary thoughts about their babies. Today’s Parent.

               https://www.todaysparent.com/baby/postpartum-care/why-new-moms-have-scary-thoughts-about-their-babies/

Scott, R. (Director). (2000). Gladiator [Film]. DreamWorks Pictures; Universal Pictures; Scott Free Productions; Red Wagon Entertainment.

Stanton, A. (Director). (2003). Finding Nemo [Film]. Walt Disney Pictures; Pixar Animation Studios.

Walsh, A. (1986). Women’s Film and Female Experience, 1940–1950. Praeger.

Walters, S. D. (1994). Lives Together/Worlds Apart: Mothers and Daughters in Popular Culture. University of California Press.

Weitz. P. (Director). (2021). Fatherhood [Film]. Columbia Pictures; Bron Creative; Higher Ground Productions; Free Association; Temple Hill

               Entertainment.

Youn, S. (2020, November 24). Netflix paid tribute to working moms who hide their bumps. For some, it just showed how broken the system

               is. Copyright (c) 2017 The Lily. https://www.thelily.com/gdpr-consent/?destination=%2fnetflix-paid-tribute-to-working-moms-who-

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Quick Reference
Screen Content List

Anderson, R., Kalowski, R., Morrow, J. (Executive Producers). (2016 -). The Let Down [TV

               series]. Giant Dwarf Pty Ltd.

Columbus, C. (Director). (1995). Nine Months [Film]. 1492 Pictures.

Atef, E. (Director). (2008). The Stranger In Me (Das Fremde in mir) [Film]. Niko Film;

               Deutsche Film & Fernsehakademie Berlin; Arte.

Curtiz, M. (Director). (1945). Mildred Pearce [Film]. Warner Bros.

Donen, S. (Director), Kelly, G. (Director). (1952). Singin' In The Rain [Film]. Metro-

               Goldwyn-Mayer.

Dragoti, S. (Director). (1983). Mr Mom [Film]. Sherwood Productions.

Everly, L. (Director). (2020). Motherhood in Focus [Commercial]. Netflix.

Gunn, J. (Director). (2014). Guardians of the Galaxy [Film]. Marvel Studios.

Gerwig, G. (Director). (2017). Ladybird [Film]. IAC Films; Scott Rudin Productions.

Hanson, C. (Director). (1992). The Hand that Rocks the Cradle [Film]. Hollywood

               Pictures; Interscope Communications; Nomura Babcock & Brown.

Hogan, P.J. (Director). (1994). Muriel's Wedding [Film]. CiBy 2000; Film Victoria; House

               and Moorhouse Films.

Hooper, T. (Director). (2012). Les Miserables [Film]. Working Title Films; Relativity 

               Media; Camack International.

Hooper, T. (Director). (2019). Cats [Film]. Working Title Films; Amblin Entertainment;

               Perfect World Pictures; Monumental Pictures; The Really Useful Group.

Iñárritu, A. G. (Director). (2015). The Revenant [Film]. Regency Enterprises; RatPac

               Entertainment; New Regency; Anonymous Content; M Productions; Appian

               Way Productions.

Kent, J. (Director). (2014). The Babadook [Film]. Screen Australia; Causeway Films.

Lucas, J. (Director), Moore, S. (Director). (2016). Bad Moms [Film]. STX Entertainment;

               H. Brothers; Tang Media Productions.

Nolan, C. (Director). (2014). Interstellar [Film]. Paramount Pictures; Warner Bros.

               Pictures; Legendary Pictures; Syncopy; Lynda Obst Productions.

Polanski, R. (Director). (1968). Rosemary's Baby [Film]. William Castle Enterprises.

Reitman, C. (Executive Producer). (2017 - ). Workin' Moms [TV series]. Wolf & Rabbit

               Entertainment.

Reitman, J. (Director). (2018). Tully [Film]. Bron Studios; Right of Way Films; Denver and

               Delilah Production.

Scott, R. (Director). (2000). Gladiator [Film]. DreamWorks Pictures; Universal Pictures;

               Scott Free Productions; Red Wagon Entertainment.

Stanton, A. (Director). (2003). Finding Nemo [Film]. Walt Disney Pictures; Pixar

               Animation Studios.

Vallée, J-M. (Director). (2015). Demolition [Film]. Black Label Media; Sidney Kimmel

               Entertainment; Mr. Mudd; TSG Entertainment.

Weitz. P. (Director). (2021). Fatherhood [Film]. Columbia Pictures; Bron Creative; Higher

               Ground Productions; Free Association; Temple Hill Entertainment.


 

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Still from Workin' Moms, series one. 2017

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