One thing that certainly did not happen was a warrior mounted on a rhinoceros (even a non-computer-generated one) charging at a group of gladiators.
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Body horror is particularly appealing to creators who would have previously found it difficult to make a living in the world of commercial film-making.
If you see one exhibition this year, make it Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery in London.
Directed by John Sheedy and adapted from the book of the same name by Craig Silvey, Runt is will appeal to older children and young adolescents.
Even after departing this world, artists have plenty of legal tools to protect their creative vision.
Amid increased competition for viewers’ attention, cinemas may be returning to earlier histories by attending carefully to people’s multi-sensory experiences.
Driven by a powerhouse performance from a jacked-up McAvoy, Speak No Evil is certainly entertaining.
In a world where pink is ubiquitous, it can be empowering to choose black.
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is keenly aware of its own status as something unearthed from the dead.
It’s one thing to ensure women, gender-diverse and non-binary people can get a job in the film industry, and another matter to ensure they are not marginalized after they do.
Students can play to their strengths in this anthropology course designed to teach them how to present research findings in ways other than a peer-reviewed paper.
Those who visit parallel worlds come back traumatised and changed, perhaps even becoming the monsters they once hunted or tried to escape.
The choices of author and illustrator Crockett Johnson during the printing process – as well as his civil rights advocacy – make it entirely within the realm of possibility.
New Australian documentary, The Blind Sea, follows vision-impaired surfer Matt Formston preparing to surf the notoriously dangerous Nazaré beach break.
Over the past half-century, American media has usually proclaimed that Black men and white women can be great presidents. But they have to be one or the other: a Black man or a white woman.
There’s something for all fans of mysteries, from closed community stories to dysfunctional families.
Even though I’ve seen these films many times, and listened to their soundtracks countless times too, I am still willing to pay to revisit them with a live orchestra.
‘Twisters’ selectively depicts aspects of reality by showcasing the raw, destructive power of tornadoes – but don’t look to it for safety advice.
Indian cinema has portrayed dementia in various ways, with some films offering accurate and sensitive depictions, and others tending towards romanticization.
Underneath the over-the-top slapstick and super-violent comedy, there’s a sad air of nostalgia to the movie.
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