Lecturer in Media Studies, University of Notre Dame Australia
I received a PhD from the English department of the University of Sydney for my thesis, Action! America: The Impulse to Action in American Literature and Film.
Oct 25, 2024 12:04 pm UTC| Entertainment
Investing in film and TV productions is a risky venture. Even the best directors and producers are just a flop away from ruining their careers. So if a company owns the intellectual property to a popular material, or if...
Jun 20, 2024 05:39 am UTC| Entertainment
This years Sydney Film Festivals rich offerings of films more than compensated for the minor technical issues that led to some screenings being interrupted. Out of the 40-odd films I saw, here are my top five, along...
Classic Aussie cinema and new twists on old classics: our picks of December streaming
Dec 04, 2023 12:33 pm UTC| Entertainment
At a time when it feels like it can be impossible to keep up with all the different streaming platforms both in time and in money the appearance of a new platform that breaks through the noise is something...
Monolith considers the cultural and social implications of new technology, without overdoing it
Oct 27, 2023 15:07 pm UTC| Technology
This review may contain spoilers. One of the socially redeeming features of mass media has always been its communal aspect, the fact people are drawn together into a shared experience based on network programming. Of...
All the cinema (and sequels) we have to look forward to in 2023
Dec 30, 2022 10:21 am UTC| Entertainment
Well, this might be because it is at least when it comes to the American cinematic media ecology, with the majority of the most-hyped Hollywood films for 2023 being sequels and reboots. One would be forgiven for giving...
From Dune to The Power of the Dog: our predictions for the Oscars 2022 best picture
Mar 27, 2022 14:11 pm UTC| Entertainment
There were some extraordinary films released in 2021: Ninja Thybergs Pleasure, an electric neon romp through the porn world, Ildikó Enyedis period epic, The Story of My Wife, Paul Verhoevens nun-film,...
Strippers on film: battlers, showgirls and hustlers
Nov 04, 2019 11:27 am UTC| Insights & Views Entertainment
In her landmark 1975 essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema, Laura Mulvey argues classical Hollywood style is built upon the fetishisation of the female body. Female characters are frequently photographed in wide,...
Tiny laboratories that fit in your hand can rapidly identify pathogens using electricity