Netflix's Chief Content Officer has said the streaming service is the future of film. But cinemas have survived many other threats to their dominance.
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As streaming services become increasingly dominant, the relevance of the existing local content quota system is declining.
This is what happens when we stop assuming audiences can't handle female-led sci-fi films.
The new Queer Eye has viewers hooked on its emotional ride through men's lives, aiming to embrace diversity and counter toxic masculinity. Yet its focus on consumerism threatens its lofty ideals.
Netflix hit, Black Mirror, follows in the footsteps of other forward-thinking sci-fi storytellers.
Science fiction has a more important job to do – it allows us to see ourselves in a new light.
The new Netflix sci-fi series, with a gumshoe cyborg as its chief protagonist, mines a host of contemporary anxieties and aesthetic influences.
The history of human-machine collaboration suggests that AI will evolve into a "cognitive partner" to humankind rather than as all-powerful, all-knowing, labour replacing robots.
Seven rules for break up in the digital age.
Hollywood has long had a problem with diversity. But thanks to services like Netflix women have found a place for their stories, compelling Tinseltown to change.
Spike Lee's updated his breakthrough movie, She's Gotta Have It, and made a more political drama for the times.
In the coming year, media companies will be adjusting to a new reality – one that ultimately leaves consumers with fewer choices.
The makers of the wildly popular Netflix show, Stranger Things, have a political message as they allude to Trump with their hairy, orange Shadow Monster. But what are their actual politics?
Errol Morris's new series is not a traditional documentary, but it's doggedly committed to discovering what happened to Frank Olson.
True crime drama focuses on the inequality and degradation of working-class women in service in the 19th century.
Disney recently announced a forthcoming streaming service, leading some to wonder if the company is gearing up for a battle with Netflix. But not all streaming services are locked in a death match.
Should you be worried that tech giants are making huge investments in cultural content?
The Good Place is a high concept comedy about what it takes to be a good person. One of the show's charms is the way it draws on real philosophers and philosophical dilemmas.
Stranger Things 2 finds its monsters in Reagan-era capitalism. It is required viewing for socialists this Halloween.
No happy endings in this dark fantasy about lost children.
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Lecturer in Screen Media, Victoria University
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Fellow, Peabody Media Center; Professor of Media Studies, University of Michigan
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Senior Lecturer, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Research Fellow, UNSW
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Reader in Film Studies, University of Portsmouth
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Lecturer in Contemporary Literature and Culture, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Journalism, Media and Communication, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer, Media and Politics, School of Social and Political Sciences; Honorary Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow in the Centre for Advancing Journalism, University of Melbourne
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Laureate Emeritus Professor, University of Melbourne
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Honorary Research Associate of the School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Senior Research Fellow - The Swinburne Institute for Social Research, Swinburne University of Technology
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Founding Editor of Griffith REVIEW; Professor, Griffith Centre for Social and Cultural Research, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Creative Industries, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Notre Dame Australia
