Australian teenagers have grown up with abundant choices in digital screen entertainment. But they aren’t watching much Aussie content.
- Lecturer in Screen Media, University of the Sunshine Coast
There is a long history of musicals in Australia, popular with audiences since the 1930s.
Renaissance is Beyoncé’s first solo album in more than five years, and her first fully dance album.
What exactly goes into that perfect “reality” television?
The new film In The Heights draws on almost 100 years of movie musical choreography. Here are some highlights.
It was a box office flop, panned by critics. But in using the songs of the Beatles to craft a story of Vietnam-era America, Julie Taymor reinvigorated the film musical.
Clueless turns 25 this year. The film, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen’s Emma, is a cult classic that has spawned books, a TV series, a musical and countless fashion tributes.
Dirty Dancing’s dance sequences are stand-alone properties, famous in their own right. But when they’re considered in isolation, the film’s messy class, race and gender politics are sidelined.
The MTV music video awards will be held on Sunday, putting this under-rated genre in the spotlight. Videos are inseparable from music in the digital age and the best examples deserve to be taken seriously as works of art.
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