Harvey Keitel as Charlie in Scorsese’s seminal Mean Streets.
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From Mean Streets to The Exorcist and Badlands, 1973 was a year that showcased the audacious talent in Hollywood that was experimenting with darker themes and new film techniques.
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You can be connected across lifetimes in so many different ways, from lovers to passerbys.
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Fondly known as the King of Bollywood, Khan’s cinematic influence on Indian cinema is a story that transcends borders and generations.
Cakase Kruiper, a San elder, explains her connection to the cosmos in the film !Aitsa.
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To the ǀXam and San people, being in the world as a person includes “the sky’s things” - an understanding of and deep connection with the cosmos.
Director Wes Anderson notes that the concept for the film ‘Asteroid City’ was how we contend with things outside of our own control.
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Wes Anderson’s film ‘Asteroid City’ encompasses an environmental grief that manifests as failure to accept an uncontrollable reality.
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Like other recent queer rom-coms that pitched to the mainstream, Red, White & Royal Blue explains gay contexts to non-queer audiences.
The Barbie movie has a lot of folks upset about the patriarchy. Here Barbie (Margot Robbie) referees a standoff between two Kens (Simu Liu and Ryan Gosling). Ken’s friend, Allan (not shown) is depicted in the film as a more suitable ally.
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The Barbie movie has caused a media storm, even before the photo of the pink-clad Canadian PM and his son circulated on social media. Much of the conversation has zoned in on men and masculinity.
Generative AI used to recreate Drake’s voice was trained on many copyrighted songs featuring his voice. Drake appears on screen during a tribute to Lil Wayne at the Black Music Collective on Feb. 2, 2023, in Los Angeles.
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As a composer who has used creative AI in my music, I see that many artists will need to renegotiate terms of their labour, but there are also opportunities for different forms of collaboration.
William Friedkin, far right, with his Oscar for best achievement in directing for The French Connection.
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New Hollywood filmmaker William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, has died at 87.
In ‘Scream 6,’ interior private spaces like apartments offer only the illusion of safety.
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Horror filmmakers are wrestling with space in cities and what it means to share it.
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A paleobiologist on why he appreciates the franchise despite its inaccuracies.
There’s a difference between the fulfilling relationship mothers can have with their children and the patriarchal institution of motherhood.
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Being a mom can be heartbreaking, empowering, scary, fulfilling and everything in between.
A crowd outside a cinema in Mumbai. A recent low-budget film about a discredited anti-Muslim conspiracy has sparked national debates and unrest.
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A controversial low-budget Indian feature film about a discredited anti-Muslim conspiracy theory has been causing a political storm, going all the way to India’s Supreme Court.
Robert Oppenheimer (third from left front), Leslie Groves (middle), and other scientists and officers after the Trinity nuclear test in 1945.
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Atomic Power was pioneering in communicating the history behind Robert Oppenheimer’s work.
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In bringing Barbie to life, Gerwig, Robbie and their team have created a smart, enjoyable, feminist film.
Visitors at the Trinity Site National Monument in Socorro, N.M.
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The Christopher Nolan film ‘Oppenheimer’ is set to become a summer blockbuster. But one of the featured sites in the movie is a sobering reminder of the horror of nuclear war.
Picketers carry signs outside Paramount in Times Square on July 17, 2023, in New York.
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The Hollywood actors’ strike is a watershed moment for the entertainment industry, marking a turning point for the future of labour in the arts.
Alfred Molina and John Lithgow in Love is Strange (2014).
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The hard-won legal rights for LGBT+ people have slowly shifted some public perceptions and begun to filter through into the media around us.
Stanley Kubrick’s science fiction masterpiece was released in 1968.
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If you haven’t seen Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 sci-fi classic, then it’s likely you will have seen other films influenced by it.
Airbnb’s Barbie DreamHouse.
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The DreamHouse blurs the lines between doll and human along with the boundaries between the real, monochromatic world of California and the fictional realm of the magical dollhouse.