Screen What you should know before watching It Ends With Us The film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s best-selling novel It Ends With Us is out in cinemas now – and there are some things you should know before watching.
Screen Margot Robbie’s next Hollywood blockbuster: a film based on Monopoly Margot Robbie’s production company, LuckyChap, is partnering with Hasbro to create a movie based on the board game Monopoly.
Screen Motherhood and caregiving sit at the heart of this all-female production team’s new film Josephine Croft’s next and biggest project yet is her debut feature film, called The Returned, which boasts an all-female production team.
News & Views ‘Barbiemania’ clouded the truth: women’s representation in Hollywood is at its lowest in a decade Hollywood invested in predominantly male-centred movies last year, as the number of female leads in films reached its lowest point in a decade.
Screen ‘We are vibrant’: New short film amplifies the voices of women living with HIV ‘Thriving’ is a timely performance poem film as women and girls in Australia living with HIV make up 12 per cent of the population.
Screen Taylor Swift produces biggest opening concert-film of all time An undeniable hit with her devoted fans, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour film made between US$95m and $97m in its North America debut.
Screen Four films showcasing First Nations stories that everyone should watch As we reflect on NAIDOC Week 2023, it’s crucial we continue to engage and consume First Nations voices and stories.
Books ‘Suburban living did turn women into robots’: why feminist horror novel The Stepford Wives is still relevant, 50 years on In his 1972 novel The Stepford Wives, Ira Levin powerfully dramatised women’s suburban alienation and men’s resistance to feminist change. Michelle Arrow traces its enduring influence.
News & Views Jacinda Ardern says Christchurch terror attack film should focus on Muslim community, not her New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said any film about the Christchurch mosque attacks should centre the Muslim community.
News & Views The problem with Quentin Tarantino’s predilection for female violence In film the glorification of male power involves female suffering. Quentin Tarantino’s latest film continues to normalise the subordination of women.
Life Move over Hemsworth. Portman to assume the hammer in 2021 After the success of Captain Marvel and Wonder Woman, Natalie Portman will take on the reigns of the Thor franchise, playing the female Thor in 2021.
Life The Sapphires: Triumph of the female spirit The Sapphires is based (loosely) on the experiences of film writer Tony Briggs’ mother and three aunts, who formed an Indigenous Australian, all-girl soul-singing troupe of the same name in the 1960’s.
