Introduction; Chapter 1: An authorial cinema; Chapter 2: A popular, commercial cinema: Mrs. Soffel, Little Women, Charlotte Gray, Death Defying Acts; Chapter 3: An Australian genre cinema: My Brilliant Career, Oscar and Lucinda, Starstruck; Chapter 4: A sensual cinema: Last Days of Chez Nous, Unfolding Florence: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst, Women He’s Undressed; Chapter 5: An ethical cinema: High Tide and The Story of Kerry, Josie and Diana; Conclusion: A collaborative cinema