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While there are a number of well-made films among this year’s best picture nominees, only one feels like a genuine contender.
Its staggering forms made monuments out of ordinary places frequented by ordinary people.
Most screenwriters need to be able to craft characters outside their own backgrounds and experiences. But it isn’t easy and often requires collaboration – with AI able to offer a helping hand.
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.
Bridget Jones may be a loveable character but her lifestyle was more of a health horror.
When Lynch’s films were first released, they seemed to be funhouse-mirror reflections of society. Not so anymore.
Why do we see German and Roman characters speaking like they’re from London? The blame lies partly with film directors – and more broadly with British imperialism.
More than 100 years ago, a master pearl diver in Broome set up what is now the world’s oldest still-running open-air cinema.
These films are perfect for those long holiday hours when time seems to stretch and warp.
Just a few years into his career, Dylan decided he wanted to subvert the expectations of his fans – and rebel against industry forces intent on pigeonholing him and his work.
The coordination and ideological rigor of The Order made them an outlier among white supremacist groups.
‘All We Imagine as Light’ disrupts popular notions of Mumbai and showcases the struggles and isolation migrants face in the city.
To early Christians, ancient gladiators were potent symbols of martyrdom, embodying virtue and bravery despite being enslaved.
A course explores how ancient apocalypses find their way into movies and TV shows.
Politicians like Cicero saw gladiators as vain and self-indulgent, while the true warriors engaged in wars of words.
How people feel about AI’s involvement in social interactions as depicted in science fiction can help shape policy governing AI in public spaces, including AI for environmental learning.
Disturbing ideas about motherhood are pushed into our collective unconscious, a film scholar writes. Little wonder they’re at the heart of several chilling films.
Horror movies allow us to confront our deepest fears through the safety of make-believe.
Warner Bros. assumed ‘Trick ‛r Treat’ would be such a bust that the studio released it straight to DVD in 2009. Here’s how it became a holiday classic.
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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