Avengers: Age of Ultron, released this week, is one of many superhero films destined for the multiplex in the coming months and years. What’s behind this trend? And what kind of villain would be powerful enough to stop it in its tracks?
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The Hobbit trilogy can be seen as one of the lowest points of the blockbuster culture.
We know the transformation of global media technologies pose particular challenges to local filmmakers – and that the rewards are still slim. But there are good reasons to be optimistic about the future of the industry.
We just can’t have enough of all things Arthurian – the legend and its many possible permutations never cease to fascinate.
The government has announced its latest method to stop the boats: a telemovie with storylines about asylum seekers dying at sea. Is it really the role of government to fund propaganda pieces like this?
Scientists in the new Jurassic World movie have taken scary to a new level with genetically modified hybrid dinosaurs. But is any of this possible?
Bowie and the Bible have long been tied together in the work of director Ivo van Hove.
The original book is one of the most influential French crime novels, but the film is an utter flop.
Andrey Zvyagintsev’s film Leviathan explores the ‘symphonia’ of church and state in Vladimir Putin’s Russia. In doing so it taps into a tradition in Soviet and post-Soviet cinema.
The curators of queer film festivals undertake a challenging task, assembling as best as possible a cinematic selection that reflects what is a very diverse community. Too often, lesbians are left out.
Without labouring the point, Xavier Dolan’s new film explores the hemmed in existence of the mobile generation.
From serving newborns to treating hospice patients, music can be used in medical and psychological treatment with surprising – and real – results.
There is an emerging push for greater transparency in the industry about how films are funded and the profits they return. But can sharing information can help a financially risky industry into the black?
It’s okay, even desirable, to let the fashion “poker face” slip every now and again.
Still Alice tells a story that is worth telling: any debate is better than none.
Should robots be treated with the same concern as any other intelligent being? Or are they unnatural, dangerous, to be eliminated?
The film, widely championed for raising awareness about the disease, misses some key elements.
The camera, situated in the middle of the foyer of a public building, looks through large windows into the street and city beyond. The protagonist couple of Eastern Boys – affluent Frenchman Daniel (Olivier…
Aspects of Whiplash are implausible – but it does reflect the real and insidious bullying culture that exists in music education.
Many are decrying the film as merely conservative propaganda. But American Sniper – as with many of Eastwood’s films – has a more nuanced approach that addresses modern anxieties.
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