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The average shot length in Moulin Rouge! is under two seconds. While acceptable for an action movie, nothing like this had ever been done in a musical.
Host Conan O’Brien kept the political references to harmless jokes.
Between the glitzy celebration of cinematic escapism, and constant reminders of our dark and complicated world, this year’s ceremony felt somewhat disjointed.
A series of confessions, obtained under torture have shaped the order’s legacy in film.
Arco shares an audio-visual heritage with Studio Ghibli films.
Are people once again hankering for a quality cinematic experience? The 2026 nominees suggest so.
From sticking to prestige themes, to carefully timed releases, to millions spent on publicity – there’s plenty of politics behind Hollywood’s greatest accolade.
New film The Bride! brings the character to life in moody 1930s Chicago.
The accent has been distracting for some because it sounds different to modern Mancunians.
Emerald Fennell’s film is not interested in the racial commentary many critics have found in Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights.
The Moment is a semi-fictionalised mockumentary account of the post Brat summer comedown.
The film is an extraordinarily intense, probing experience that requires an actor of Rose Byrne’s calibre.
A film about religion that eschews all of the accepted thinking of what makes such a film revelatory.
Fennell’s Wuthering Heights turns a gothic tragedy into erotica for the TikTok generation. It’s terrifying for all the wrong reasons.
The turn to CGI has sidelined many of the dogs, bears and horses of yesteryear. But ethical questions aside, there’s still some magic in filming and seeing the real thing.
A group of American high school friends discover an Aztec death whistle and, for reasons best known to them, give it a blow at a party.
Through colour and perspective we learn who Amélie is as she does.
A proper adaptation of Wuthering Heights, a guide to love, games for love, a regency swoonfest and a modernisation of revenge tale.
Whether depicting solitude, decay, adversity or romantic, destined love, rain in movies emotes as much as a character would.
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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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Professor of Film and Television, Goldsmiths, University of London
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