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Jars Full of Snakes: How The Royal Hotel Puts Toxic Masculinity Under the Spotlight

Summertime Sadness: How Saltburn Slices Into the Upper Crust

I Like the Stock! How Dumb Money Scratches That ‘Eat the Rich’ Itch

Fierce and Furious: How Nyad Says “F**k That!” to Ageing Quietly

The Story of Oil & Greed Behind Scorsese’s Finest Epic Tragedy

This Time, it’s Different: the New Aussie Music Film that ‘Gets’ Cancer

Healing the Broken: How ‘The Healing’ Explores an Emotional and Inspiring Alliance

The Deeply Personal Story Behind Shayda

Scrappy Charm: the Cheeky New Film about Grief that’s Winning Audiences Over

Un-Bio-lievable! Why ‘Biosphere’ is the Most Wildly Unconventional Climate Movie Ever

Siren Song: How ‘Past Lives’ Gloriously Redefines the Romantic Drama

Dead and Berried: How Ego and Ambition Blew Up the World’s First Smartphone

Gamer to Pro Sportscar Racer: is ‘Gran Turismo’ the Most Meaningful Racing Movie You’ll See?

Talk to the Hand: the Aussie Horror Hit Unpacking Grief and Loss

Destroyer of Worlds: a Legacy Put Under the Lens in Oppenheimer

Life in Plastic: How the Barbie Movie Punctures the Patriarchy

An Impossible Mission: Does ‘Dead Reckoning’ Live Up to the Hype?

Crazy Risque Asians: is ‘Joy Ride’ the Most Riotous Minority Comedy Ever?

Things Are About to Get Real: the FBI Whistleblower Movie that’s Ripped from the Headlines

Hard and Fast: is No Hard Feelings the Modern Millennial Comedy We’ve Been Waiting For?

Healing is Hidden in the Past: the Stolen Generations Story Every Australian Should See

The Spirit of Survival: the New Australian Documentary Asking Humanity, Are We the Endangered Generation?

Sweet & Sour: How ‘Sweet As’ Explores Indigenous Coming-of-Age Through a New Lens

Part of Your World: Does Disney’s Culturally Diverse Reboot of The Little Mermaid Get Racial Inclusivity Right?

At a Standstill: 
How Aussie Mystery “Limbo”
Uses a Mining Town to Explore 
Grief, Connection and Justice

If We Leave, They Win: 
How The Inspection Uses Defiance and Pride to Tell a New LGBTQIA+ Story

Don’t Be Afraid… Joaquin Phoenix Goes Extreme to Bring an Anxiety Dream to the Screen

The Gentle Giant… is Bob Brown the most revolutionary Aussie politician we’ve ever had?

I Wanna Be Like Mike… is AIR the Greatest Sports Story You’ve Never Heard?

Going for Broke

Coming of Age

Get Busy Living

How Art Fought Greed… and Won

Let There Be Light

Here Comes the Sun

Talking Points

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How movies, TV and other forms of entertainment make real impact on our world

Impact Entertainment

Finding Purpose: An Impact Response Guide to The Healing

Take Another Look: How Dirty Dancing Took the Conversation around Safe Abortion Out of the Corner

Dig Deeper: Here’s Our Impact Picks at the 2023 Sydney Underground Film Festival

Best of the Fest: Our Impact Picks at the 2023 Sydney Film Festival

The Impact of Your Ticket: Causes Supported by Good Tix

Shattering the Silence: 
the Female-Led Investigation that Brought an Infamous Predator to Justice

Community Centred - 5 Great Movies that Prove Home is Where the Heart is

Popcorn Planet: Five Movies that Changed the World For Good

Cause and Effect: How ‘Goods’ is Changing the Game of Giving

Sudden Impact: How Stories Are Changing Our World For Good.

A fresh look at movies that inspire us to care for the earth

Earth & Environment

Like Father, Like Son:
Retracing the Oar Strokes of the Greatest Aussie Enviro Protest Ever

Enviro-Rewind: 5 Great Environment Movies That Are Worth Your Time

Clearer Waters - Did Waterworld Wake Us Up to Climate Change?

Let Us Prey - How Nature and Culture Reinvigorated a Popcorn Franchise

The Tonic of Wildness - Five Movies where Nature is the Star

Natural Selection - How Studio Ghibli Heroes our Environment

A guide to movies that explore mental health in unique ways

Mental Health

Bravo Pedro! The Spanish Filmmaker Who ‘Gets’ Mental Health

Head Strong - 4 Classic Movies That Were Surprisingly On Point About Mental Health

Happy Mind, Happy Life - Three mental health movies that are way more entertaining than you might think

Who Run the World? 3 Zeitgeisty Female-Led Flicks with a
Fresh Take on Mental Health

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