• Lecturer (casual) at Sydney College of the Arts; Adjunct Lecturer Auro University, University of Sydney
Chidi (William Jackson Harper) attempts to teach ethics to Eleanor (Kristen Bell) in comedy series The Good Place. NBC/Ron Batzdorff/IMDB

Kantian comedy: the philosophy of The Good Place

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.
How can a Pope not believe in God? Jude Law as Pius XIII in The Young Pope. Wildside,imdb

An act of faith: watching The Young Pope

The TV series The Young Pope is a fascinating exploration of the ambiguities and doubts within Christian faith.
Unsimulated sex often breaks the natural flow of fiction, disrupting our enjoyment. Magnolia Pictures/ Christian Geisnaes

Von Trier’s Nymphomaniac and the oddity of real sex on screen

According to the American actor Shia LaBeouf, instead of having an audition for Lars von Trier’s Nymphomaniac, he was asked to email a photograph of his penis. While Labeouf supposedly leapt at the opportunity…