Popular Culture

What big data tells us about the rising popularity of South Korean ‘Hallyu’ culture around the world

The Melbourne International Film Festival showcases hundreds of films from around the world – here are five highlights to get you started

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 Korean Wave is a global phenomenon, but there’s a dark side to South Korea’s soft-power strategy that we need to talk about

As two giants of Hollywood’s culture-defining studios turn 100 this year – Warner Bros. and Disney – test your knowledge about their creative history

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

The staging of the musical ‘Fun Home’ in Melbourne is part of a broader embrace of issues around how we deal with death

This year celebrates the 100 year anniversary of architect Robin Boyd’s birth. He was well-known for his scathing assessment of Australian popular architecture and design, but did Boyd eventually change his mind?