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Since 2020 there has been exponential rise in ‘virus fiction’ by a new COVID generation of authors who came out of isolation having experienced a pandemic in real time.
Despite his mental anguish, Van Gogh produced some of his greatest paintings in the last few months of his life.
This powerful new eco drama suggests “cli-fi” could play a crucial role in climate communication.
Many ordinary people in the UK who made it their business to help the hundreds of thousands of people at risk.
The problem with the Mean Girls musical film is that it is a pastiche of a pastiche.
Saltburn’s soundtrack showcases an infectious iPod-shuffle of pot-luck noughties pop.
Mae D Huettig, Romana Javitz and Shirley Graham DuBois were instrumental in their respective media fields but very few of us will be aware of their individual contributions.
Thanks to AI, the future of music is not just about listening, it’s about experiencing.
Pomegranates were popular signifiers of fertility and motherhood, used to inspire “good” behaviour in women during the Renaissaince.
The pages of The Book of Kells certainly contain some of the elements that have been used to identify drug use in modern and contemporary art.
It is important to learn about these musicians in order to undermine the idea of an exclusively white and male canon of western classical music.
The deeply flawed but intriguing Tony Soprano opened up a whole new world of complicated relatable characters that drew audiences in their millions.
Philosophers of art have, at times, entertained quite seriously the claim that art can come to an end.
Could filmmaking become the new shipbuilding for Northern Ireland?
The show’s creators have gone beyond cheap and overused stereotypes to allow for a more realistic depiction of contemporary indigenous lives.
Like the exemplars of social realist cinema, Mr Bates vs The Post Office follows stories of individual plight facing a social problem filmed in a naturalistic manner.
Abramović’s foray into the wellness industry is not particularly surprising. As of 2024, she positions herself as an artist-life-coach.
Placing the people and emotion centre in the story helps docudramas communicate the real impact and seriousness of the facts behind social issues.
Soundtrack music is a big part of the video game experience and is now being celebrated in popular musical concerts that reach new audiences.
It is important that Deaf actors play Deaf characters in TV and film, so that audiences engage with authentic depictions of disability.
In sci-fi depictions, extraterrestrial habitats have evolved tandem with scientific understanding of conditions on planets
More discoveries are being made with the use of technology, but that’s just the start of the investigation.
What is remarkable about Annie Nightingale is that she renewed her specialism with each new musical scene.
Researchers have found that music with a fast tempo, written in the major mode evokes a sense of happiness.