Frances McDormand’s inspirational Oscars speech could lead to more diversity in the industry. But you can’t be inclusive at the top if minorities can’t gain a foothold in the first place.
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Speaking up and telling the truth is important, but we need to be mindful that it is risky, far from safe for all victims and survivors.
The banned film Inxeba certainly deserves more than to languish in the mire of South African scandal.
Throughout its history, the Academy Awards has picked some questionable winning films. But there are signs the Oscars are more often recognizing quality filmmaking.
A new virtual reality film showing at the Australian Museum immerses viewers in remote Indigenous communities. Such films can be a path to reconciliation and understanding.
Sound, color and special effects transformed the moviegoing experience. These inventions decidedly did not.
Juxtaposed against this year’s other nominees, Call Me By Your Name reveals just how heavy-handed, self important and downright silly much popular cinema has become.
It is not the first time that a Bollywood film such as Padmavaat has sparked controversy and tensions among diverse communities in India.
The new Black Panther film has a lot in common with medieval romance tales.
During her lifetime, Zelda Fitzgerald’s creativity and contribution to her husband’s work were woefully undervalued. Two new films will tell her story.
In 1983, a made-for-TV film about the consequences of nuclear war was watched by 100 million people – and became a cultural lightning rod.
Desire haunts every sun-drenched frame of the Oscar-nominated film starring Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer.
Journeys to the Underworld – Greek myth, film and American anxiety
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Our new podcast, Essays On Air, features the most beautiful writing from Australian researchers. Today, classics expert Paul Salmond explores how modern cinema directors borrow from Greek legends.
The British Academy Awards are a trial-run for the Oscars – but also a win-win situation for both US and British film producers.
Kevin Spacey’s star has fallen, and his role erased from a new film. Could he challenge this?
Vladimir Nabokov merged writing and cinema, bringing the art forms together like no one before or since.
The story of jazz in the ANC army-in-exile, Umkhonto we Sizwe culture is far more nuanced – and positive – than depicted in a new film.
Charlie Chaplin changed the worlds of film and comedy forever. He deserves a lasting tribute and London’s Cinema Museum – the UK’s only Chaplin museum – must be rescued.
Star Wars’ robots are much-loved characters, who can shed light on the future of automation. In the films, they exist mostly to assist rather than replace humans - and like us, they are prone to errors.
Oliver Stone’s 1987 film Wall Street turns 30 this month. Its infamous character’s mantra, “greed is good”, seems oddly prescient with greater inequality and an even more rampant culture of greed.
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor, Film Studies, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Department of Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Professor of Screen and Design, Deakin University
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Visiting Research Fellow University of Chester, University of Chester
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Researcher and Sessional Tutor in Screen and Cultural Studies; Secretary for the Melbourne Cinematheque, The University of Melbourne
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Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Film, University of Roehampton
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Professor of Film and Television, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Executive Director, Compton School
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Professor of Film and Screen Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Senior Lecturer in Film, UNSW Sydney
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Lecturer in 20th and 21st Century Literature, University of Exeter
