Amid increased competition for viewers’ attention, cinemas may be returning to earlier histories by attending carefully to people’s multi-sensory experiences.
It’s one thing to ensure women, gender-diverse and non-binary people can get a job in the film industry, and another matter to ensure they are not marginalized after they do.
Students can play to their strengths in this anthropology course designed to teach them how to present research findings in ways other than a peer-reviewed paper.
The choices of author and illustrator Crockett Johnson during the printing process – as well as his civil rights advocacy – make it entirely within the realm of possibility.
New Australian documentary, The Blind Sea, follows vision-impaired surfer Matt Formston preparing to surf the notoriously dangerous Nazaré beach break.
Peter Kastor, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
Over the past half-century, American media has usually proclaimed that Black men and white women can be great presidents. But they have to be one or the other: a Black man or a white woman.
Even though I’ve seen these films many times, and listened to their soundtracks countless times too, I am still willing to pay to revisit them with a live orchestra.
Indian cinema has portrayed dementia in various ways, with some films offering accurate and sensitive depictions, and others tending towards romanticization.
New Aussie horror Birdeater feels like it’s a new entry in this New Wave, filtered through an anarchic Australian sensibility. But after 40 minutes it fizzles out.
You could argue that this film itself is something of a promotional vehicle for Nasa at a time when such publicly funded projects are viewed with scepticism.