Dr Diana Sandars

Lecturer, Screen and Cultural Studies, School of Culture and Communication, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne

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Arts & Culture

Family movies, for the soul

The holidays are here, the family is around, so what feel-good movies should you watch together to reconnect with the meaningful? Relax, here are ten for you

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Arts & Culture

Why the lost daughters of Picnic at Hanging Rock still haunt us

As the new TV adaption of Picnic at Hanging Rock premieres, the story still draws us in with enduring themes of female empowerment, lost children and the deep mystery of Australia’s brutal landscape