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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.
New Australian film The Rooster is a small character study of two fragile men, and a powerful examination of isolation and moving on.
While there is nothing particularly surprising in Five Blind Dates, it is nevertheless a really refreshing film.
A harrowing portrayal of banal evil, a nuanced look at black fiction, a historically accurate TV series, a story about the power of love and a seriously cute exhibition.
I come from a Dalit background and I research Dalit representation in film. So I know first hand Origin’s importance to Dalit people.
A beautiful fantasy drama about grief and love and reclaiming the past.
Meaningful engagement with diverse writers is still a struggle for the publishing industry.
The film depicts the everyday life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his family – yet, industrialised, genocidal violence moves along, continuously, in the background.
This adaption of Alice Walker’s 1982 novel is an emotional yet joyful exploration of black womanhood in the early 20th century South.
The problem with the Mean Girls musical film is that it is a pastiche of a pastiche.
A film adapted from a radical piece of Scottish Literature, powerful dramatisations of abuse and miscarriages of justice and a game show about deception
Sofia Coppola’s biopic is adapted from Priscilla Presley’s memoir and exposes the dark side of her marriage to Elvis Presley.
With meticulous attention to food and how it is prepared, the film’s plot embraces simplicity.
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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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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
