Australian TV has changed significantly over the past 15 years, with a boom in queer stories since the 2010s. New research sheds light on how these changes happened.
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In 1955, director Charles Laughton crafted one of the darkest, strangest fairytales ever to come out of Hollywood.
The Australian Taxation Office thinks scriptwriters are employees and should be paid superannuation. Australia’s film producers disagree.
Great film directors can create and convey philosophical concepts through imagery, just as great philosophers do through language.
For decades, cinema has given us sexy women in bikinis stalked by sharks. Now Netflix and Ocean Ramsey want us to think women in bikinis can save sharks.
One standout from this month’s list is Steven Spielberg’s Jaws, an awe-inspiring thriller that changed the film industry forever when it was released 50 years ago.
The killer robot is far from a simple villain. It is a mirror held up to cultural questions we have about human autonomy and responsibility in the digital age.
Directed by Kriv Stenders, using reenactments, archival footage and contemporary interviews, the film portrays Bjelke-Petersen as a complex and polarising figure.
Jaws was only the second feature film for the 28-year-old Steven Spielberg – and it would become a cultural smash.
From unsettling horror thrillers to intergenerational social satires, here are the top five films of this year’s Sydney Film Festival.
It’s hard to overstate the importance of Sunday Too Far Away for the fledgling South Australian Film Corporation.
Panahi received the 2025 Palme d'Or, the highest honour at the Cannes Film Festival. He’s also the focus of the 2025 Sydney Film Festival retrospective.
It is impossible to think of an actor other than Nicolas Cage who could make The Surfer so enjoyable to watch.
Hollywood has a long history of making films in Australia – to both the benefit and hurt of the local industry. What will Trump’s potential tariffs bring?
In Thunderbolts* we finally see a male superhero ask for help with his mental illness. But, as is common in Hollywood, women are cast as emotional supports for men.
There is a difference between factual television entertainment and documentary expose. Here’s what filmmakers have to consider.
From the new seasons of Andor and Black Mirror, to The Narrow Road to the Deep North – May’s must-watch TV proves time flies when your options are this good.
Almost half of respondents experienced bullying in the past year, while 35% encountered sexual harassment or discrimination.
The 1972 concert film Pink Floyd Live at Pompeii, back in cinemas this week, would change the way many thought of Pompeii.
As authoritarian governments and conflicts loom large, the final season of Andor is perfectly timed to articulate anxieties close to home.
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