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Looking for something to watch? Our curators and staff writers share their current obsessions

Screen characters who should have ended up together

We can always fantasise, dammit

Katrina Sedgwick's favourite rom coms

Who knew our Director and CEO was a sucker for romantic comedies?

Oscars 2020: The winners we want

The Oscars are here! Here’s who we have our eye on today.

Encountering Bertolucci

Revisit Christos Tsiolkas' 2011 essay on the Italian maestro before Melbourne Cinémathèque opens its 2020 season with "The Spider's Stratagem"

Girl, Interpreted: The joys and pains of bilingualism

Exploring a new comedy web series about living in between cultures and languages

Are memes worth preserving?

How and why museums are saving and cataloguing social media content for future generations

The most anticipated videogames of 2020

Immerse yourself in the best upcoming games, handpicked by ACMI staff

The most anticipated TV shows of 2020

Stories about superhero killers, Nazi hunters and starship captains are all on our watchlists this year

The most anticipated films of 2020

Welcome to the era of kickass female heroes and villains, and serious Adam Sandler

ACMI staff picks: best films of 2019

Dancers, gangsters, and people on fire made the cut for this year’s list

ACMI staff picks: best TV shows of 2019

Nuclear scientists, antiheroes, tweens and fleabags starred in some of our favourite series of the year

ACMI staff picks: best videogames of 2019

All hail the Goose

Stream Wars: Is it worth getting Disney+?

We explore classics, crowd-pleasers and hidden gems stored in the vaults of Disney’s new streaming service

Must-watch representations of First Nations Australians on TV

10 trail-blazing and groundbreaking Indigenous screen stories

Seeking Shell Beach: Idyllic Oz, Sunstruck & Age of Consent

Film critic Luke Buckmaster explores vistas of idyllic Australia in cinema

Stream Wars: Is it worth getting Apple TV+?

We flick through some original content from tech giant Apple’s new online streaming service

Little Monsters and Abe Forsythe’s “optimistic” zombie accident

We talk to director Abe Forsythe about his career, zombies and Australian genre films

Subtle chills

10 moments in horror films that terrify us without showing blood, violence or gore

Picks of PAX 2019

Our staff went to PAX 2019 and here’s what they saw (and loved)

Smart, funny and sensitive

A list of must-see films, docos, TV series, and videogames that destigmatise mental illness

Old stories, new tech

Proud Yarrer Gunditj woman and RMIT student Phoebe Watson and Gamefroot (NZ) founder Dan Milward discuss how games can inspire young people to engage with Indigenous stories

What is a playable city?

Playable City Melbourne asks how technology can reconnect us to our cities and bring urban play to everyday life

The art of caring

Educator, game designer and researcher Dr Colleen Stieler-Hunt discusses how videogames can teach students to care for fictional and real worlds

ACMI Kids Re/commend

We asked our kids what they're watching and playing

Mobile gaming all the way to mindfulness

Skyward Journey is a serene new way to stress less

Tasers & tragedy: why the Veronica Mars reboot misses the mark

A fan's take on the latest season of our favourite teen mystery series

Foot in the door

Explore a four-part interview series with early-career screenwriters about breaking into the industry, what entry-level jobs looks like and where (ideally) they might lead.

Australian highlights at Venice Film Festival

Featuring Ben Mendelsohn, Essie Davis, a Melbourne-made stop motion VR and an evocative short film

Spotlight on Australian animators

From rising stars to seasoned masters, Australian animators are leaving their mark

Gemma Pepper on starting out in creative tech

An interview with a graduate from our ACMI Xcel business accelerator

The uncompromising works of Carlos Reygadas

Jason Wood dives into the physical, spiritual and existential in the films of Mexico's foremost cinematic poet, Carlos Reygadas

Christian Petzold's cinema of haunted figures

Film historian and filmmaker Dr Claudia Sandberg explores the work of Christian Petzold, the most exciting auteur to emerge from the '90s Berlin School

Living in an oppressive system

Joanna Di Mattia examines the work of Christian Petzold

Making it in Melbourne's film industry: A student's guide

Previous Top Screen participants share what they've been up to since high school

"You want to talk about boards? I want to talk about how some women can't get a job." and other provocations from #IWD2019

Things we learned this International Women's Day

What to watch if you loved The Clock

The best mash-up works and artists to view online and in gallery

"What's the time?"

We explore how Christian Marclay experiments with cinematic temporality in The Clock

AIDC's Alice Burgin on making a career in the world of non-fiction film

"It’s a way in for those who have a passion for social justice, but maybe aren’t going to become traditional producers or directors"

5 mins

An introduction to Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma

Seen the film of the year but need some context?

Xanthe Dobbie: Internet art to heal your queer heart

The Queertech.Io new media artist shares their favourite works that you can watch and play at home right now

Editor's note: Nayuka Gorrie on Cleverman

"It is magic, it is real, it is history, it is future"

“Well, nobody’s perfect”: Billy Wilder's cynical, classic cinema

We examine how Billy Wilder's oeuvre helped define genres, classic Hollywood and an American era

Five tips for rising above the haters as a woman in games

Author Leena van Deventer gives us her top tips for surviving and thriving

8 mins

Imperfect reflections: a defence of bad queer representation

Is bad representation worse than any representation at all?

Screen It to Steam: interview with Bradley Hennessey

The Screen It 2017 Senior Video Game winner talks about his game, An Aspie Life

Looping on repeat

Assistant curator Jim Fishwick looks back at the golden age that was Vine

Narrative prosthesis: how disability as metaphor is shaping on-screen casting diversity

Writer and comedian Alistair Baldwin interrogates representations of disability on screen

Recorded talks: Dystopia on Screen

Catch up on our conversation exploring screen dystopias

Forgotten Rebels: From Book to Screen

Watch Outlander writer Anne Kenney talk adaptation with historian and award-winning writer Dr Clare Wright

Recorded Talks: Mainstreaming Disability and Appearance Diversity on Screen

Did you know that twenty percent of Australians live with disability?

107 mins

Recorded Talks: The Decolonising of Aboriginal Representation on our Screens

For Reconciliation week, we ask how Aboriginal people can take back control of their stories and identity

90 mins

Recorded Talks: The Pleasure of Pixels

Indulge in the aesthetic pleasures of experimental and art game

80 mins

Recorded Talks:Electric Girlhoods and Alices Past and Future

Academics and cultural critics delve into different conceptions of femininity and meaning throughout Alice's history

90 mins

Recorded Talks: Art, Politics and Protest

Three exceptional artists discuss their provocations in film and video art

90 mins

Recorded talks: Preserving the Artefacts of the Future

How can museums preserve digital objects?

90 mins

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