Metro is Australia's premier film and media quarterly journal. It is independent, outspoken and passionate about film, TV and new media from Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific region.

It provides readers with comprehensive coverage of the region's screen industries, and features writing by some of the foremost academics, critics and industry members.

Metro No. 199 includes coverage of the feature films Storm Boy, Hotel Mumbai, Ladies in Black, Acute Misfortune and Jirga; small-screen programmes Nanette and Dead Lucky; Asian titles 3 Faces, Mirai and Ash Is Purest White; and the documentaries Ghosthunter, Island of the Hungry Ghosts, RocKabul and Journey Beyond Fear. The issue also includes essays on Hirokazu Koreeda's The Third Murder and Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters; on recent Australian virtual-reality documentaries; and on the Australian masterpiece Shame; as well as an in-depth analysis of how the `triumvirate' of director, cinematographer and production designer impact on a film's overall visual style.