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The eight-episode series follows a range of fictional characters as they live through true events that took place in Australia in 1979.
Whether you’re after romance, documentary or mystery, this month’s selection is sure to help enhance your viewing experience.
The series tries to tackle the twisted case of the Menéndez brothers who murdered their parents, but it ends up turning a family tragedy into a cheap spectacle.
What do our re-viewing choices tell us about ourselves? And is it OK that we keep returning to old favourites?
Due to conflicts over music rights and the high cost of adapting the show to HD, the series had become overshadowed by its spiritual successor, ‘The Wire.’
Documentaries both old and new shine in this month’s pickings from our experts.
Research shows Australian children struggle to find and identify local content on streaming services.
Six ways to meaningfully and effectively integrate financial literacy into high school learning without high-stakes testing.
Lady Jane Grey only ruled for nine days so the show makers had to take a lot of artistic licence in creating this new series
As an ex-Bachelor contestant framed as an ‘undercover spy’, and an author who has written a novel on the subject, the two of us are intimately familiar with reality TV ‘villains’.
We’re finally getting stories about women who want to be more than mothers. So why does A Family Affair leave us so dissatisfied?
Australian teenagers have grown up with abundant choices in digital screen entertainment. But they aren’t watching much Aussie content.
The subject of Prime Video’s new show My Lady Jane is England’s ‘nine day queen’. What do we know about her story?
So much is going right for soccer in Australia at the national level and in grassroots participation. But the A-League is struggling to convert its opportunities into wins.
These four tips will help you to regain your autonomy, try new things, and avoid getting stuck in an algorithmic loop.
Netflix’s new series is about the scheming, menacing and murderous courtesans of Heeramandi. Here’s their real history.
It seems to be a time of old favourites: this month we have new seasons, adaptations, and a documentary on childhood television memories.
Commentators have been asking for years when the streaming giant will turn profitable – that time may now have come.
Indigenous media have rapidly expanded over the last 30 years with Indigenous media makers gaining greater control of their narratives.
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Lecturer, Digital Communication, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, Film Screen & Animation, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Screen Media, Victoria University
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Senior Lecturer in Screen Studies, Adelaide University
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Senior Lecturer in English and Cultural Studies, University of Canterbury
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Professor & Dean, School of Media and Communication, RMIT University
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PhD Candidate in Film Studies, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Communications and Media, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Associate Professor in Media, University of Technology Sydney
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Lecturer in English, University of Canterbury
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Professor of Media Studies, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of English Literature, University of Southern Queensland
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Dennis Altman is a Friend of The Conversation.
Vice Chancellor's Fellow and Professorial Fellow, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
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Senior Lecturer in Media, Adelaide University
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Vice-Chancellor's Research fellow, RMIT University