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In many ways, Western Horizon seems to aim to be a 21st-century equivalent to the pageant-like 1962 blockbuster How the West Was Won.
Life on the rez isn’t easy but there’s joy in this heartwarming film about female familial bonds and the importance of Indigenous culture.
As a researcher of how boredom shapes social media use among young people, I was particularly intrigued by the character of Ennui.
Inside Out 2 shows that anxiety is a normal feeling and can have a positive purpose – so long as it doesn’t take over.
Arcadian manages to be both highly derivative and also quite unusual. It is part thriller, part creature feature and part horror.
The future is teased in the tenth film of the Apes franchise.
Two vengeful women in love, a daughter on a mission to save her father, female spies and two ambitious wives.
This chaotic queer romance thriller is at once absorbing and repulsive.
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’
An album of easter eggs, a film about a woman with worrying dreams, a series about an unknowable man, new Welsh music and the last chance to see a design great.
Fran (Daisy Ridley) has a complex and creative inner world that she escapes into in order to feel real.
While Back to Black succeeds in avoiding harmful representations of addiction, viewers don’t get a deep insight into its realities and complexities.
The MonsterVerse is a slick, well-defined giant monster mythos that has further globalised Godzilla – and King Kong along with him.
Hamaguchi’s new film is a poignant tale of capitalist expansion and the ensuing loss of rural living and environmental decline.
If you like action films, and you have your tongue firmly in your cheek, then you’ll probably like this.
For its many strengths, the film may divide audiences with its chaotic, surreal final act.
The film is part soap opera about neighbourly conflict, part cosy teatime detective story. And it’s also a showcase for some delightful swearing – my area of expertise.
Out of Darkness attempts at historical accuracy are a welcome surprise, and what’s more, it is fun to watch.
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Research Fellow, Robotics & AI, Queensland University of Technology
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PhD Candidate and Sessional Tutor, Screen and Cultural Studies, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in Media, University of Adelaide
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Professor, Indigenous Studies and Director of The Centre for Global Indigenous Futures, Macquarie University
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Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Professor of Political Science, University of Connecticut
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Lecturer in Screen Media, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Adjunct associate, Flinders University
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Lecturer (casual) at Sydney College of the Arts; Adjunct Lecturer Auro University, University of Sydney
