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University executives need serious help to escape from the Cult of Efficiency. At what point do we dispense with the idea that the value of education and knowledge can be measured in business terms. This is truly insane. insidestory.org.au/the-jewel-in...
The jewel in the crown of the ANU • Inside Story
Celebrated by previous vice-chancellors, the Australian Dictionary of Biography and its fellow national project, the Australian National Dictionary, are threatened by university cuts
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July 22, 2025 at 4:11 AM
University executives need serious help to escape from the Cult of Efficiency. At what point do we dispense with the idea that the value of education and knowledge can be measured in business terms. This is truly insane. insidestory.org.au/the-jewel-in...
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MIFF 2025: our guide to the films not to miss | ScreenHub Australia - Film & Television Jobs, News, Reviews & Screen Industry Data
With an enormous program to wade through, we’ve made teeing up your MIFF 2025 schedule easier.
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July 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
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The pace of The Fantastic Four is a little slow, and I'm not sold on its take on protagonist Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), but I swear Marvel fans need to see Galactus on the biggest cinema screen that they can find.
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REVIEW: The Fantastic Four: First Steps (2025)
It has taken 17 years and 37 films, but the Fantastic Four – the so-called ‘first family’ of the Marvel Universe – have finally joined their fellow heroes in the Marvel Cine…
fictionmachine.com
July 22, 2025 at 11:57 PM
The pace of The Fantastic Four is a little slow, and I'm not sold on its take on protagonist Reed Richards (Pedro Pascal), but I swear Marvel fans need to see Galactus on the biggest cinema screen that they can find.
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I’ve taken a bit of flack for enjoying the I Know What You Did Last Summer requel, but the horror genre has room for trashy fun imho🪝 bit.ly/3GUeIHl
Who knew?
What are we waiting for with the I Know What You Did Last Summer reboot?
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July 18, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I’ve taken a bit of flack for enjoying the I Know What You Did Last Summer requel, but the horror genre has room for trashy fun imho🪝 bit.ly/3GUeIHl
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cursed with knowledge wish I didn’t know the film adaptation of a Rey/Kylo Ren fanfic with the serial numbers filed off just cast Daisy Ridley’s husband but now you do too
July 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
cursed with knowledge wish I didn’t know the film adaptation of a Rey/Kylo Ren fanfic with the serial numbers filed off just cast Daisy Ridley’s husband but now you do too
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New video. Two extremely obscure English science fiction movies. youtu.be/Yjz8y_Udkc8
Amazing Obscure English Science Fiction Movies You'll Like!
YouTube video by Terry Talks Movies
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July 18, 2025 at 11:16 PM
New video. Two extremely obscure English science fiction movies. youtu.be/Yjz8y_Udkc8
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MELBOURNE! Tickets to our women in horror secret screening at MIFF are selling super fast, you do not want to miss these 💜
1000 Women in Horror Surprise Double Feature
Follow up one of the documentary highlights of this year’s program with a terrifying double bill.
miff.com.au
July 18, 2025 at 11:39 PM
MELBOURNE! Tickets to our women in horror secret screening at MIFF are selling super fast, you do not want to miss these 💜
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My review of Christopher Landon's first date thriller Drop (2025) has, um, dropped. fictionmachine.com/2025/07/19/r...
REVIEW: Drop (2025)
When surrounded by Hollywood’s penchant for sequels, prequels, spin-offs, reboots, and adaptations, it is sometimes nice to come across an original, self-contained feature with an interesting…
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July 19, 2025 at 12:47 AM
My review of Christopher Landon's first date thriller Drop (2025) has, um, dropped. fictionmachine.com/2025/07/19/r...
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James Gunn's Superman is exactly the sort of bright, ridiculous, over-the-top joy that I want from a superhero movie.
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REVIEW: Superman (2025)
There is a scene in the middle of James Gunn’s Superman. The titular superhero sits in Lois Lane’s apartment, sharing a heartfelt conversation about the difficult situation in which he …
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July 17, 2025 at 5:35 AM
James Gunn's Superman is exactly the sort of bright, ridiculous, over-the-top joy that I want from a superhero movie.
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From ghost-blocking pups to giant sharks chomping WWII soldiers and on to very Excel-ent kids, here are some more choice options from this year's @melbfilmfest.bsky.social program bit.ly/4m0e7D0
The 10 best films to see at MIFF this year
Let us help you string together your schedule.
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July 17, 2025 at 7:46 AM
From ghost-blocking pups to giant sharks chomping WWII soldiers and on to very Excel-ent kids, here are some more choice options from this year's @melbfilmfest.bsky.social program bit.ly/4m0e7D0
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I’m a huge fan of Julia Holter so this was particularly exciting for me.
Nadine @nadinewhitney.bsky.social chatted with Julia Holter about her upcoming live score @melbfilmfest.bsky.social this coming August.
Read the chat here:
www.thecurb.com.au/julia-holter...
Read the chat here:
www.thecurb.com.au/julia-holter...
Julia Holter: Translating the Sublime in The Passion of Joan of Arc for MIFF - The Curb | Film and Culture
Let me tell you about/ faces I see/ The stately, the rugged…/ some fierce lady eyes, some warm gentleman eyes/ but some eyes/ that can’t look into mine Vasquez — Julia Holter I’m not usually bullish a...
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July 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
I’m a huge fan of Julia Holter so this was particularly exciting for me.
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Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama’s Têtes Brûlées is a coming of age story set in Brussels in a Muslim community. It’s wonderful, rich, funny and melancholy. I spoke to Maja about her film playing @melbfilmfest.bsky.social
www.thecurb.com.au/maja-ajmia-y...
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MIFF Interview: Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama on creating examples of healthy masculinity with Têtes Brulées - The Curb | Film and Culture
Subscribe to The Curb podcast via RSS feed, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or iHeart Radio. Download the episode directly here. Eya’s (Safa Gharbaoui) world as a 12-year-old Belgian Tunisian is filled with ...
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July 18, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Maja Ajmia Yde Zellama’s Têtes Brûlées is a coming of age story set in Brussels in a Muslim community. It’s wonderful, rich, funny and melancholy. I spoke to Maja about her film playing @melbfilmfest.bsky.social
www.thecurb.com.au/maja-ajmia-y...
www.thecurb.com.au/maja-ajmia-y...
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1960s epic Taras Bulba boasts a great performance by Yul Brynner, but also a terrible one by Tony Curtis.
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REVIEW: Taras Bulba (1962)
‘There’s only one way to put your faith in a Pole,’ declares the Cossack leader Taras Bulba, ‘put your faith in your sword, and your sword in the Pole.’ The titular wa…
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July 6, 2025 at 11:38 PM
1960s epic Taras Bulba boasts a great performance by Yul Brynner, but also a terrible one by Tony Curtis.
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Australian readers: here's seven excellent docos to stream, celebrating the culture and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Overseas readers: hopefully some of these are available where you live too
Seven days, seven docos: Indigenous documentaries to watch this Naidoc Week – and most are free
From an ‘electrically powerful’ look at the final chapter of Adam Goodes’ AFL career to a must-see portrait of Gurrumul, along with Australia’s ‘greatest protest movie’
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Australian readers: here's seven excellent docos to stream, celebrating the culture and history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Overseas readers: hopefully some of these are available where you live too
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I wholeheartedly believe the words in this headline. Perhaps I can convince you too...
Ang Lee’s Hulk is a bad movie, but it could’ve changed cinema
A split-screen revolution lost in a green blur: Luke Buckmaster explains how Ang Lee’s 2003 superhero movie could’ve been a game-changing production.
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July 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM
I wholeheartedly believe the words in this headline. Perhaps I can convince you too...
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And part one of my chat with It Was Just an Accident filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who won the top prize ab.co/3SJxtQ5
This filmmaker couldn't say he was coming to Sydney until he was on the plane
This world-renowned Iranian director was barred from making films in his own country. Now, he has come to Sydney under a veil of secrecy to promote his latest work, which is based on his interrogation...
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June 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
And part one of my chat with It Was Just an Accident filmmaker Jafar Panahi, who won the top prize ab.co/3SJxtQ5
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Songs Inside just won the Documentary Australia Award @sydfilmfest.bsky.social Here’s my chat with the film team ab.co/3G57Ar4
A documentary about a women's prison music program just won a $20k prize
Songs Inside is a music workshop program working with women in prisons, helping them access creative outlets and find purpose. A documentary telling their story has just won a prize at Sydney Film Fes...
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June 16, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Songs Inside just won the Documentary Australia Award @sydfilmfest.bsky.social Here’s my chat with the film team ab.co/3G57Ar4
Thank you to all the new and renewing member applications. The committee is working through applications now and will be in touch with those who applied shortly.
June 16, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Thank you to all the new and renewing member applications. The committee is working through applications now and will be in touch with those who applied shortly.
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Thanks to the lovely folks at the Rondos for posting my acceptance speech to YouTube. An honour to receive the 2024 award for Writer of the Year, and even more important was the ability to dedicate it to the late and dearly missed Australian horror icon Lee Gambin. You finally got your Rondo darlst!
June 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Thanks to the lovely folks at the Rondos for posting my acceptance speech to YouTube. An honour to receive the 2024 award for Writer of the Year, and even more important was the ability to dedicate it to the late and dearly missed Australian horror icon Lee Gambin. You finally got your Rondo darlst!
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Love a people power story, so was a treat to chat to Catalan director Marcel Barrena about Spanish Film Festival highlight El 47 ab.co/442j8U0
A bus driver takes a stand against fascism in this surprise hit Spanish film
The Catalan people were brutally repressed by fascism in Spain. Now a movie about a grassroots triumph is storming through the box office and winning awards. And it's made it to Australia.
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June 15, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Love a people power story, so was a treat to chat to Catalan director Marcel Barrena about Spanish Film Festival highlight El 47 ab.co/442j8U0
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For a long time, serial killer and shark movies were separate forms of cinema; never the twain did meet. In Dangerous Animals they’ve been blended into one foul fishy stew. My review
Dangerous Animals review – serial killer meets shark movie in this formulaic fizzer
Jai Courtney eats up his role as the crazed captain of a tourist boat – but he can’t quite wrestle this creature feature from its straitjacket
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June 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
For a long time, serial killer and shark movies were separate forms of cinema; never the twain did meet. In Dangerous Animals they’ve been blended into one foul fishy stew. My review
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June 15, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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June 15, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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June 13, 2025 at 4:04 AM
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