Filmme Fatales issue #7 

As anyone who's seen Police Academy: Mission To Moscow will attest, film franchises are always at the top of their game by the seventh instalment – so why shouldn't it be the same for film fanzines?  
 
Feminist flick freaks Filmme Fatales have themed their latest indispensable zine-journal around 'Space'. And aside from the odd foray into discussing intergalactic movies – Sinead Stubbins's erudite sci-fi primer, for instance – it's mostly a reminder that 'space' isn't just the big cold thing that made Sandra Bullock cry.

There's an interview with director Maya Newell, whose documentary Gayby Baby was banned in NSW schools last year for daring to interview the children of same-sex parents. Alexandra Donald assesses the negative tropes that befall lesbian characters in cinema while Eloise Grills's discussion on being a woman alone in the theatre illustrates problems still prevalent this side of the fourth wall. 
 
Former FF interviewee Mae Whitman (the person we're meant to pretend is unattractive to maintain the plot integrity of The Duff) gives a rundown of her favourite movies, while Nina Serova extols the beauty of the eponymous friendship in modern French classic Max & Lenny. Plus, for fans of grouse post-punk Melburnia with tenuous relevance to canine astronaut Laika, there's also a tribute to the living arrangements in Dogs In Space.