Cinema Papers was first published as a nationally distributed magazine in January 1974,[1] established by Peter Beilby, Scott Murray, and Philippe Mora.
[2] The name was derived, via a single issue magazine produced by students at La Trobe University in October 1967, from the influential French journal Cahiers du Cinéma.
[2] The magazine was published on a bimonthly[4] or quarterly basis, and had its headquarters in Melbourne, at 143 Thierry Street.
[5] One of the owners was MTV Publishing Ltd,[4] and it had financial assistance from the Film, Radio and Television Board of the Australia Council for the Arts as of 1976.
[2] Cinema Papers was regarded as "the premier Australian film industry magazine".