Evil Does Not Exist: powerful Japanese eco-drama about one community’s fight against intrusive land development

Hamaguchi’s new film is a poignant tale of capitalist expansion and the ensuing loss of rural living and environmental decline.

Oli Mould, Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
April 2, 2024 • ~6 min

How ‘Dune’ became a beacon for the fledgling environmental movement − and a rallying cry for the new science of ecology

When Frank Herbert sat down in 1963 to start writing ‘Dune,’ he wasn’t thinking about how to leave Earth behind. He was thinking about how to save it.

Devin Griffiths, Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences • conversation
March 15, 2024 • ~10 min

War and Peace at the Oscars
VOA Learning English • voa
March 11, 2024 • ~5 min

Mavka: The Forest Song – Ukrainian animation echoes the ecocide of wartime

Sometimes I feel that after Chernobyl our land is cursed. Hearing about French children watching Mavka in a Parisian cinema, I felt hope.

Viktoriia Grivina, PhD Candidate, School of Modern Languages and Social Anthropology, University of St Andrews • conversation
Feb. 27, 2024 • ~7 min

Student Academy Awards Provide ‘Momentum’ for Young Filmmakers
VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 3, 2024 • ~8 min

Australian Filmmaker Shows Japanese Single Mothers, Children Face Poverty
VOA Learning English • voa
Feb. 1, 2024 • ~5 min

Climate disaster movies resonate in ways that news never will

This powerful new eco drama suggests “cli-fi” could play a crucial role in climate communication.

Oli Mould, Professor in Human Geography, Royal Holloway University of London • conversation
Jan. 24, 2024 • ~6 min

How movies use music to manipulate your memory

A sad song coupled with a happy movie scene can become strangely memorable.

Libby Damjanovic, Research Fellow of Psychology, Lund University • conversation
Nov. 20, 2023 • ~7 min

Meg 2: the truth about the extinct mega shark – and why even this ridiculous film could inspire future palaeontologists

A paleobiologist on why he appreciates the franchise despite its inaccuracies.

Jack Cooper, Doctoral researcher in Palaeobiology, Swansea University • conversation
Aug. 1, 2023 • ~7 min

Meg 2: a paleobiologist on why he appreciates the franchise despite its inaccuracies

Megalodons are extinct and not as large as The Meg makes them out to be but they were pretty impressive apex predators.

Jack Cooper, Doctoral researcher in Palaeobiology, Swansea University • conversation
Aug. 1, 2023 • ~7 min

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