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10 years of homegrown horror: Talk To Me signals a golden age
Are we witnessing a new golden age of Aussie horror? Jessica Balanzategui says yes.
Is Ken a Men's Rights Activist in Barbie?
Ken’s rights? Research shows Barbie is surprisingly accurate on how ‘men’s rights activists’ are radicalised
How Barbie reimagines a childhood icon through a feminist lens
Greta Gerwig's Barbies have agency, but Barbie ultimately recognises the agency of a doll is limited.
Watching Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer in Ukraine: his tragedy is our reality
While daily life in the war-time state constantly fluctuates between feeling like a farce and a Greek tragedy, Oppenheimer emphasises…
2001: A Space Odyssey has left an indelible mark on culture
Kubrick's film was an almost immediate critical failure but more than 50 years later, nobody would question its ultimate success.
Five unsung films that put America’s union history on the silver screen
Battles between Hollywood unions and the studios have taken place since the 1940s, and films about labour movements have a…
Gold Diggers, ABC: what would history look like if women were the main characters?
In the past, historians entrenched male-centred and mythologised Australian histories – how might a show like Gold Diggers help?
Streaming services are removing original TV and films – will they be lost forever?
Physical copies of many new shows are not available – so what happens when a streaming service decides to remove…
Why Vietnam banned the Barbie movie over a map
What is the ‘nine-dash line’ and what does it have to do with the Barbie movie?
Indiana Jones and the Hollywood experiment with AI de-ageing technology
Actors used to just play characters of their own age when reprising earlier roles – but that is now changing,…