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Total Recall is being re-released on its 30th birthday. With its economical, fast-paced narrative embedded in a spectacular cinematic world, it is a masterpiece of late 20th century Hollywood.
Some horror films explore women’s struggles for empowerment, sexual freedom and self-fulfilment. Six movies show the ghost, bride, mother, vampiress, witch and monster as guises of vengeful women.
As a child, there is unbound magic in a garden and during COVID-19 many of us adults discovered their importance anew.
A new wave of productions are proving that there is power and possibility in the menopause
The return of actors like Karate Kid Ralph Macchio and Bill & Ted’s Alex Winter sees them older and wiser. Fewer role revivals remind us of character growth related to womanhood.
A battle is raging between distributors with expensive blockbusters and cinemas with empty seats.
The unsung heroes of screen production, storyboard artists are employed to create a shared visual script.
From run by gangster and drug-ridden to a place of sexual freedom and opportunity, a spate of new screen productions are rehabilitating Dublin’s image.
Rocks exposes the realities of social care, where children feel left out of decisions that shape their lives.
The Inventor: Out for Blood in Silicon Valley is compelling viewing – but why have there been more films about Steve Jobs alone in the past 30 years than about successful female entrepreneurs?
Dangerously seductive, Goodfellas is perhaps the defining work of Martin Scorsese’s career.
Both Black Panther and Beyoncé’s Black is King represent a utopian vision of empowerment and connection to Africa.
Latin American filmmakers wanting to alert the world to human rights abuses are turning to the supernatural to tell compelling stories
In the lead-up to Nolan’s new film Tenet, Inception is being re-released in cinemas. Even after ten years, the movie still holds surprises..
In a chapter of my latest book, I highlight some of Indonesia’s most innovative and culturally significant films and directors over the past 70 years.
Anti-black violence exists against the backdrop of the political and cultural dehumanization of Black people. How did this happen and where do we go from here?
Studios have endured pandemics and the threat of home viewing before. Will the current crisis lead to disaster or opportunity?
The 1993 cult classic, in which the same day repeats over and over, contains wisdom for those of us living restricted lives.
Babe combined cutting edge visual effects with a moving story of success in the face of adversity that still resonates today.
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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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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, University of South Australia
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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
