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Brian McFarlane

Brian McFarlane is an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Health, Arts and Design at Swinburne University of Technology. His many books include The Encyclopedia of British Film and, most recently, Making a Meal of It: Writing about Film.

Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 9 August 2012 Brian McFarlane reviews a hard-to-classify account of the influence of Graham Greene
Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 1 May 2012 Impossibly remote in many ways, the late fifties are portrayed with verve and nuance in John O’Grady’s bestselling novel, writes Brian McFarlane Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 15 February 2012 Brian McFarlane on the life and work of the formidable American critic, Pauline Kael Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 18 January 2012 Brian McFarlane reviews a huge collection of the correspondence of the very prolific P.G. Wodehouse Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 22 August 2011 On its fiftieth anniversary Brian McFarlane rereads Joseph Heller’s classic anti-war novel
Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 14 June 2011 Brian McFarlane reviews a new collection of critical essays about contemporary novels
Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 27 January 2011 Brian McFarlane reviews a novel by an Australian, set in Britain and first published in India Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 16 September 2010 Maria Edgeworth’s last novel shows the influence of Jane Austen but also foreshadows Elizabeth Gaskell’s broader social range, writes Brian McFarlane Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 9 June 2009 It hasn’t happened yet, but Nineteen Eighty-Four has enough threads of prescience to keep us alert, writes Brian McFarlane Books & Arts Brian McFarlane 4 May 2009 No matter how bad the adaptation or how silly the praise, Jane Austen’s novels contain some of the truest insights into human behaviour ever committed to the page, writes…