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The Poland of the 1980s is a cold, austere and unforgiving place.
When a politician’s son is kidnapped, he is forced to make decisions that could ruin his campaign.
Set across 1932, 1937 and 2017, new Spanish film La Bola Negra follows three gay men whose lives become connected across generations.
The two dance sequences – a hop and a ball – capture the spirits of Dashwoods more than they evoke the atmosphere of the period.
This curated reading list includes gripping narrative histories, immersive fiction and digital archives.
The Social Reckoning follows Zuck to the Valley, but summons a very different beast.
Our research has traced the background of hundreds of people connected with the revolt.
Digger’s hat is borrowed from Major ‘King’ Kong (Slim Pickens), a character in Stanley Kubrick’s film masterpiece.
From expanded vision to immortal bodies, these screen depictions have all stretched our understanding of what technology could do to humans.
Marie Antoinette was released into a cultural moment dominated by consumerism as empowerment, when ‘girl power’ was used to sell music and fashion to young women.
North Sea, Nature Untamed signals a shift in wildlife filmmaking.
Cruise’s presence is the most interesting thing about a film that is otherwise much too full of itself.
Slasher films have notoriously played into homophobic and transphobic tropes. But queer and trans fans love them anyway, and ‘Camp Miasma’ addresses that tension head-on.
The film reflects a truth that gen Z are painfully aware of: romance and property are often inextricable.
Government corruption and misspending inspired the medieval rebels depicted in The Uprising.
Streamers are increasingly treating established online fan communities as part of the adaptation process itself.
Practical Magic 2 and an Australian horror film are among our recommendations this week.
The film presents a welcome lesson in the importance of speaking truth to power, regardless of the pressure that results.
From talking bodiless heads to flirty phone conversations, this technique goes back to the earliest days of cinema.
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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 Studies, Bangor University
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Professor of Film Studies
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, Adelaide University
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Lecturer, Department of Film and Television Studies, University of Warwick
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Lecturer, Department of Literature Film and Theatre Studies, University of Essex
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Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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Professor of Cinema, RMIT University
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Professor in Digital Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Senior Lecturer in Film, University of Roehampton
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Lecturer in Creative Production and Performance, Western Sydney University
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Researcher and Sessional Tutor in Screen and Cultural Studies; Secretary for the Melbourne Cinematheque, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Film and Television, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Senior Lecturer, Media Studies and Production, University of Southern Queensland