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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,…
Deadloch flips the Nordic Noir crime genre on its arse and makes it funny
Everyone is a suspect in this female-centric Tasmanian community – and it just couldn't get any better.
Will Spider-Man help the Oscars take animated films seriously?
The Oscars have had a storied history of engaging with animated cinema – but maybe that's about to change for…
The Office Australia could be great – if it gets our humour right
Hopefully the writers and producers are willing to pull The Office apart, and then rebuild it for a new time,…
How Jurassic Park changed film-making forever
Not many knew in 1993 that Steven Spielberg's Jurassic Park would change filmmaking, and the public perception of dinosaurs, forever.
Sailor Moon: why the series is still enthralling 30 years on
As we approach the final instalment of the Sailor Moon Crystal reboot, why are we still obsessed with fighting evil…
Succession: why I deeply love the music of the hit HBO show
Succession’s soundtrack has elevated the compositional benchmark for what's possible, musically, in television.