Joanna Di Mattia

Joanna has a PhD in Women’s Studies from Monash University where her research focused on anxiety about masculinity in the films of the (Bill) Clinton era. While posing as an academic she published widely on gender and sexuality in American film, television and popular culture. Joanna writes about film culture over at In a Lonely Place: Cinematic Encounters in the Dark and her recent film criticism has appeared in Kill Your Darlings, Senses of Cinema and The Age. Joanna was a member of the inaugural Critics Campus cohort at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2014.