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Three sisters who all are dealing with the imminent loss of their father in very different ways.
Directed by John Sheedy and adapted from the book of the same name by Craig Silvey, Runt is will appeal to older children and young adolescents.
Driven by a powerhouse performance from a jacked-up McAvoy, Speak No Evil is certainly entertaining.
Director Paul Goldman’s film could have shone a new light on the more difficult aspects of Australian masculinity. Sadly, it ends up feeling contrived.
Kathryn Joy’s father murdered their mother. A new Australian documentary traces eight years of a journey of self-discovery, through Kathryn tracing their family’s violent history.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is keenly aware of its own status as something unearthed from the dead.
Jude Law joins the pantheon of great screen Henry VIIIs, up there with Robert Shaw and Richard Burton.
Australia’s Winx won 33 top-class races in a row. No other racehorse’s record comes close.
It’s a beautifully realised adaptation that’s just too nice to really scare.
The best things to watch, visit and read this week, as recommended and analysed by academic experts.
Three Gaelic-speaking lads become the unlikely face of an Irish language movement in Northern Ireland.
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.
As a researcher who has studied imaginary friends for over a decade, I found The Imaginary very heartwarming
Hyun-su’s sleepwalking is ruining his marriage but it might take more than a few pills to get it under control.
The rush and community found in biking communities is powerfully depicted in The Bikeriders
We’re finally getting stories about women who want to be more than mothers. So why does A Family Affair leave us so dissatisfied?
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.
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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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Professor of Film Studies, Royal Holloway University of London
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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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Research Associate in Cultural Studies. "Beyond the Books: Culture, value, and why libraries matter" will be published late 2024 through Wakefield Press., Flinders University
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Lecturer in Film Studies, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Edinburgh
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Researcher, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer (casual) at Sydney College of the Arts; Adjunct Lecturer Auro University, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Education; Curriculum Director, UQ Critical Thinking Project, The University of Queensland
