Film
Actors are really worried about the use of AI by movie studios – they may have a point
Film and television actors in the US came out on strike on July 14, causing Hollywood productions to shut down. The action has also had an impact on US films shooting in…Read More >
An English Literature lecturer experiments with film, philosophy and…sniffing
I recently completed the production of my first film. I started work on it last year following a successful bid to a Centre for Film Aesthetics and Cultures (CFAC) funding…Read More >
Shulie, and the place of the feminist past in the feminist present
‘Sex class is so deep as to be invisible.’ So begins American feminist Shulamith Firestone’s 1970 global blockbuster The Dialectic of Sex. I remember vividly the first time I read…Read More >
A tale told in timecodes
On Friday 5 March, the Stephen Dwoskin Project, led by Rachel Garfield, head of the School of Art, will mount the first in a series of screening and discussion events,…Read More >
The Dig on Netflix: a refreshingly accurate portrayal – according to an archaeologist
Edith Pretty was convinced that the mounds on her land in Sutton Hoo, Suffolk, held important archaeological secrets. In 1939, on the eve of the second world war, she was…Read More >
‘I, Sheep’: a woolly perspective on the world
What can we discover from putting a GoPro on a sheep? Teresa Murjas and James Rattee tell us about their unusual animal-led film and poetry project (camera work: Jess the…Read More >
Jogging memories with sounds and pictures
It’s Dementia Action Week. Reading researchers are tackling the problem of dementia on all fronts, from investigating its causes to how we can improve care and quality of life for…Read More >
Bringing Tropicália to life at the Tate Modern
A series of Brazilian films, showing at the Tate Modern, London from 9-12 November, explores the role of cinema in the Brazilian Tropicália cultural movement, and will bring together a range…Read More >