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Chalk lines to fairy tales: how animation learned to move – Late to the Movies

This month we take a slight digression from last month’s 1930s era of Hollywood's Golden Age to step back and look at the early years of animated film. Nowadays, of course, cartoons are big business - not just on screen, but in terms of theme...

“Pyrrhic victory at best, the annihilation of humanity at worst”: A House of Dynamite review

What better horror film for the Halloween season than a movie about nuclear Armageddon? Kathryn Bigelow’s apocalyptic political thriller, A House of Dynamite is a weighty procedural about America’s response to an ICBM launched from an unknown...

Yorkshire parkin and treacle toffee: traditional foods of Guy Fawkes Night

November is well and truly here, as the dark nights and grey skies relentlessly demonstrate. Tomorrow is Bonfire Night, where we see fireworks, the burning of Guys on top of bonfires, and an abundance of culinary treats. Two absolute classic Guy...

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