The author Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein when she was 18. A new film investigates the gender politics of the novel’s creation.
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The final scene of The Godfather, Francis Ford Coppola deploys a technique known as parallel montage to great and rhythmic effect.
The Sydney Film Festival’s 2018 program was outstanding. Movies to watch out for include a WWII-contemporary mash-up set in Paris, a doco about mammoth hunters, and Spike Lee’s racially charged cop movie, BlacKkKlansman.
Activism increasingly relies on strong visuals that can be shared online, and – somewhat surprisingly in a digital world – physical billboards still play an important role.
Upgrade, the latest film from Saw creator Leigh Whannell, is one of the best Australian films of the 21st century.
The first time computer-generated characters interacted with humans on a movie screen was 25 years ago, in ‘Jurassic Park.’ Since then, technology has improved, giving directors more choices.
Film could benefit China’s soft power. It highlights the country’s deep pockets and potential for wider audience appeal.
In this episode of Close-up, Bruce Isaacs contrasts the unsettling musical score from Hitchcock’s Psycho with Howard Shore’s score for Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring.
The social structures that once enabled male artists to exploit and abuse women must be cast into the past. But castigating their work to the scrapheap is an act of cultural suicide.
In Cargo, zombies roam Australia and Aboriginal people living off the land are best equipped to repel them. The first half hour is brilliant but the film becomes far less satisfying.
We’ve never needed Oculus Rift to provide immersive experiences – they’ve been around for as long as we have.
The aliens of A Quiet Place track their prey by hearing something outside the norm.
A new film examines the gender imbalance in Australia’s music industry. The women interviewed tell some confronting stories but the documentary points to a better future.
Netflix’s Chief Content Officer has said the streaming service is the future of film. But cinemas have survived many other threats to their dominance.
Planet Earth II Live fuses footage from the BBC series with live orchestration. Despite some narrative flaws, it’s a stirring call to look after our environment.
Society expects journalists to report objectively. But a documentary filmmaker has an opinion.
With A Quiet Place and Far Cry 5, sci-fi influenced media is once again turning a mirror on society’s anxieties.
Anyone who thinks that Bond women can’t fight back have not been watching closely enough.
Mary Magdelene film props up a view of Judaism as archaic, unchanging and out of date.
Jesus and Mary are white, while an unsympathetic Peter is played with a cod ‘African’ accent.
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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
