Film and Television

Boccaccio’s fourteenth-century masterpiece, now a Netflix series, shows the universality of human responses to a pandemic (along with some sex)

Carrie, Pennywise and other Stephen King horrors endure because his stories are grounded in an authentic depiction of suburbia

The government’s ‘Be That Teacher’ campaign aims to help address Australia’s teacher shortages, but film and TV stereotypes tell a different story

Engineering needs more diversity, but there are almost no role models for women engineers in popular culture

There’s no need to be overwhelmed by the movie schedule at the Melbourne International Film Festival with these hot tips

Now that it’s over, let’s discuss why it’s so good

A new report highlights discrimination and inaccessibility for disabled film and television workers, creating missed opportunities for the industry

Apple TV+’s best picture win for CODA crowned a night of important firsts at the Oscars, but what a streaming win means for the future of cinema is still to be seen

Despite recent on-screen incidents, Australia doesn’t have national legislation governing animal welfare in film and television, so how can we protect the animals that entertain us?

Unfolding spacecraft, artificial gravity, and space disease all feature on Netflix’s series ‘Away’, but how much of the action is true to life?