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Home and Away 24 hours a day? The rise of FAST TV in Australia
On FAST TV you can watch a channel entirely dedicated to Home and Away, or another that plays Border Security…
Bloopers are super – and here's why
There's nothing funnier than people stuffing up on screen and seeing the funny side ...
Is Tom Ripley gay? Netflix's adaptation keeps it ambiguous
The Ripley villain in the Netflix series is just as unknowable as Patricia Highsmith wrote him.
The Gentlemen on Netflix: why do ‘gentlemen’ still fascinate us?
Guy Ritchie's latest crime series draws on a powerful male archetype. Psychology explains how it works.
Disney+: Shōgun reimagines 1980 series for a new generation of viewers
From novel to 1980s miniseries, and now a prestige remake for FX and Disney+, Shōgun has had quite the journey.
Why Australians love going to the cinema
'I love the cinema experience. It’s a bonding experience, if it’s good it’s an emotional and cathartic experience.'
Dune: is Denis Villeneuve’s film a white saviour narrative?
It’s tempting to consider Dune’s narrative, settings and costume design as an appropriation of Islamic and Arab culture.
Studying two decades of queer representation on Australian TV
Gender-diverse and sexually-diverse stories in Australian TV have changed a lot over two decades.
Four Daughters is a Tunisian masterpiece – what makes the film groundbreaking?
Delve into the story behind Four Daughters – a critically lauded documentary about a family versus an extremist group.
Dune Part Two: how Hans Zimmer created the dramatic soundtrack
The ins and outs of Hans Zimmer's soundscapes in Dune: Part Two.