Expert Comment
Dr Alice Pember on box office success for Barbie and first female director
The phenomenal box office success of Greta Gerwig's big screen deconstruction of ‘Barbie world’ gender norms is by no means an incontrovertible ‘win’ for feminism.
Age ratings for Netflix content may see other streaming services follow suit: Tom Hemingway comments
Netflix has announced that it will include age ratings on all its content, following the success of a trial with the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC). Tom Hemingway from the Department of Film and Television Studies gives his view on the impact this will make for viewers and for streaming services.
Expert comment on the work of Richard Donner
Dr James Taylor from Warwick's Department of Film and Television comments on the work of Richard Donner, the director whose work included Superman and The Goonies.
Regulating streaming giants could create "homogenised television landscape"
The UK government has proposed tighter regulations for television streaming giants such as Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Disney+. Ministers also today announced that there will be a consultation into whether to privatise Channel 4.
Tom Hemingway, from Warwick's Department of Film and Television Studies, offers his expert view.
BBC 4's 'valuable contribution ' to arts programming - expert comment
With several media outlets reporting that there are allegedly plans to close BBC Four, sparking a social media campaign in support of the channel, PhD Candidate and Associate Tutor in the Department of Film and Television Studies Leanne Weston comments on its impact.