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The Challengers fuses sex and sport to explore our competitive instincts.
Though she appears to be a child, we soon learn Abigail is centuries old, and has developed a habit for ‘playing with [her] food’
The Homelessness World Cup is a real tournament that has helped hundreds of people all around the world.
Fran (Daisy Ridley) has a complex and creative inner world that she escapes into in order to feel real.
The film leans too heavily on the tabloids’ damaging visual narrative instead of venturing to create its own.
The star of the 1920s silver screen who appears on Taylor Swift’s new album abruptly left Hollywood at the height of her success – a middle finger to the men whom she had made rich and powerful.
POV shots can be extremely effective, presenting an entirely new way of looking at a character, or their motivations.
While Back to Black succeeds in avoiding harmful representations of addiction, viewers don’t get a deep insight into its realities and complexities.
One hundred years after her birth, Hideko Takamine’s films deserve to be more widely seen outside Japan
The MonsterVerse is a slick, well-defined giant monster mythos that has further globalised Godzilla – and King Kong along with him.
If you like action films, and you have your tongue firmly in your cheek, then you’ll probably like this.
I have spent the last two years researching the cultures and practices of cinema-going. Here’s what people tell me.
Our top picks of the best films, TV shows and exhibitions to see this week.
This quirky, nebulous, joyous then rueful story is not for those who like their love stories simple.
For its many strengths, the film may divide audiences with its chaotic, surreal final act.
It’s been nine years since #OscarsSoWhite called out a lack of diversity at the Oscars. Has anything changed? Prof. Naila Keleta-Mae and actress Mariah Inger unpack the progress.
Artdocfest 2024 was a showcase for films that show the reality of the war in Ukraine, and the spread of Russian politics to neighbouring countries.
The success of ‘Oppenheimer’ at the Academy Awards presents an opportunity to think about critical criteria for viewing historical film — and what we are owed by historical filmmakers.
Composer Jerskin Fendrix’s first-time film score is a hoot.
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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
