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.
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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.
Two queer teens find themselves stalked by their desire in this rural Australian horror film
Even though we’re all sad about Dolly this week, we still have her wonderful songs to listen to.
The crudely animated film Niu Lai seemed destined for oblivion when it was released earlier this month. Now the whole world knows about it.
For Willem Dafoe’s Ed, being part of an artistic coterie after decades as a forgotten poet is like the pleasurable twitch of a phantom limb.
Forty years on, James Cameron’s transformation of Ridley Scott’s horror classic remains a masterclass in how to make a sequel.
In 2026, Korean film is considered some of the most innovative and highly regarded of world cinemas. in 2016, it wasn’t quite the same.
The 1986 science fiction thriller features everything from robotic exoskeletons to terraforming.
The characters become immersed in a psychosexual frenzy of self-discovery.
Stop! That! Train! is a lot of fun, so long as you’re someone who doesn’t take yourself too seriously.
You may have never consciously noticed a match cut before, yet this simple editing technique completely transforms how we experience a film.
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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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