Inside Cinema Shorts Episodes Available now
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Akira Kurosawa
From Seven Samurai to Rashomon, Jasper Sharp celebrates the films of Akira Kurosawa
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The B Word
The B in LGBTQ+ sometimes gets shortchanged in cinema - Catherine Bray asks why.
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Welcome to Jackass
Do not try this at home! Charles Bramesco digs into the cultural phenomenon of Jackass.
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Winona, Interrupted
How very! Charting the spectacular rise, fall and comeback of Gen-X icon Winona Ryder
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The Gay Best Friend
The GBF: limiting, outdated, stereotype - or potentially empowering representation?
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Boss Ladies
What does it take to shatter the glass ceiling and rule the boardroom on the big screen?
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Hollywood's Eastern Futures
Zing Tsjeng asks why does Western cinema's vision of the future look so East Asian?
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The MacGuffin
These objects really tie a film together, but what precisely is a MacGuffin?
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Heavyweight Drama
Championing the big screen fight, what exactly makes boxing films such a knock-out?
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All About Bette
Fasten your seatbelts: how iconic Hollywood trailblazer Bette Davis broke the mould.