The first major Hollywood animation centred on Filipino culture speaks to the experience of migration that has become so deeply embedded in Philippine society.
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The new documentary Tina Arena: Unravel Me celebrates the groundbreaking Australian performer’s 50 year career.
The Academy has decided to ban AI actors and scripts from the Oscars. But machine learning systems are actually used in cinema more often than most people realise.
For more than a decade, self-professed cinephiles have flocked to the studio for edgy content. But how long can it retain its cult status?
Four of the big winners at this year’s Oscars were horror films – is the genre finally getting some respect from the industry?
From exhilarating political thrillers and blues-soaked vampire tales to thoughtful meditations on trauma and the horrors of human psychology.
US industries have traditionally consolidated into 3 to 5 main players. When it comes to streaming, Netflix, Amazon Prime and Disney are the top trio.
Bond films have leaned into and shifted away from the allure of hi-tech gadgetry at different times over the years.
Two new superhero films reassert a message which comic books have long championed: that community, support and acceptance are strengths.
With blockbuster films costing hundreds of millions of dollars, the way two musical notes manipulate tension in ‘Jaws’ serves as a reminder that less can be more.
The Dark Knight trilogy explores the discomforting idea that institutions may be flawed but necessary – and that stability sometimes requires myth, not truth.
Historical writers of colour and writers from other marginalised communities are continually excluded from school curricula, literary anthologies and TV adaptations.
Almost half of respondents experienced bullying in the past year, while 35% encountered sexual harassment or discrimination.
Again and again, Bonhoeffer substitutes conventionalised melodrama for difficult history.
Marvel movies like ‘Black Panther’ and ‘Infinity War’ are the starting point for this ethics seminar.
Even before the lead actress’s racist tweets were unearthed, the film was sagging under the weight of the director’s flippant approach to Mexican language and culture.
Film is a powerful tool that can be used to influence audience beliefs and behaviour.
The Aardman studio’s latest Christmas offering appears to be a pointed reflection on the virtues of the handmade against the acceleration of AI.
The coordination and ideological rigor of The Order made them an outlier among white supremacist groups.
In a world where algorithms increasingly shape everyday life, many works of art are beginning to reflect how intertwined we’ve become with computational systems.
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Professor of Film Studies, Bangor University
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Senior Lecturer in Film, University of Roehampton
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Professor of Film Studies
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Lecturer, University of Nigeria
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Senior Lecturer in Liberal Arts and Visual Cultures Education, Department of Interdisciplinary Humanities, King's College London
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Honorary Associate in Creative Writing, The Open University
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Professor in Digital Arts, Royal Holloway, University of London
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
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Lecturer in Contextual and Critical Studies for Visual Effects and Motion Graphics, University of South Wales
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Reader in Modern Political History, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in American Literature and Film, Loughborough University
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Associate Dean, The University of Melbourne