While the 2019 ‘Aladdin’ is a big improvement from the 1992 version, it still recycles some old tropes.
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A new movie highlights the importance of radical hope and courageous action in responding to the climate crisis
Cinema is the most popular firm of cultural participation, but rising ticket prices threaten that.
Slow movies have until now been largely confined to arthouse cinema, for film aficionados only. Not any more.
The vast majority of stories told in movies, in books and on television conclude with happy endings – and this has real-world political consequences.
When the ‘Captain Marvel’ movie opens on March 8, coinciding with International Women’s Day, it will be Marvel Studios’ first female-superhero led film.
Audio description began as an accessibility aid but has developed into an art form.
While the film introduces viewers to women who were important political figures in British history, it doesn’t quite capture just how much power and influence these women actually wielded.
The film wowed critics and fans. But its hidden power may be black lead characters who are accomplished scientists – just the thing to help inspire future generations to follow in their footsteps.
Olivia Colman has a funny story to tell on Wikipedia about the age displayed in her biography in the online encyclopedia. The opportunity for a Wikipedia fact-checking.
The famous British nanny is already a hit in China – an official release of the sequel would be perfect.
For decades, advertisers and marketers struggled to predict the consumption of leisure products such as movies and books. Now, big data reveals how people really spend their leisure time.
The hit film about a lesbian Queen Anne is the latest in a wave of films, TV series and books which make woman on woman sexuality a central theme.
Oscar winning performances released straight to your home.
The lamps that once lit London’s streets have come to symbolize a certain time and place in British history.
Some of the best examples of horror and fantasy genre films have emerged from Australia. Unfortunately, The School is not one of them.
As fictional inventors make terrible choices on the big screen, real-world tech innovators can learn from their example how not to make the same kinds of ethical mistakes.
Born Farrokh Bulsara, Mercury came from a Parsi family that practiced Zoroastrianism, a religion that influenced Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
There are various techniques that can soften the fear factor of a scary film: from talking about it to providing facts that contextualise the plotline.
For decades, academics have been portrayed as brilliant, heroic men on our cinema screens. It’s time to tell the story of more heroic female scholars. Here are some suggestions.
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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 Studies, Bangor University
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Professor of Film Studies, North Carolina State University
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Associate Professor of Theatre, College of the Holy Cross
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Professor of Media Studies, Penn State
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Associate Professor and Cinema and Screen Studies Discipline Leader, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, Adelaide University
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Assistant Teaching Professor of Critical Sports Studies, University of Colorado Boulder
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PhD Candidate, Humanities, York University, Canada
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Professor of Religious Studies and Cinema and Media Studies, by special appointment, Hamilton College
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Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Texas State University
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Professor of Economics, Scripps 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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Professor of History, Wesleyan University