Great Adaptations: The Hobbit on screen
Over at Five Books For this month, we’ve been talking about 20th century classics that are truly enjoyable to read - not necessarily fun exactly, but each of this month’s books have something...
Author: Kate Lillie
When cinema learned to sing: the birth of the movie musical – Late to the Movies
Welcome to this month’s Late To The Movies, where I try to educate myself on cinematic history one film at a time. This month, I thought I’d take a look at musicals - how they emerged as a genre...
Great Adaptations: How To Hold A Grudge as a podcast
Over at Five Books For this month, I thought it would be interesting to explore something I've never yet covered: books to change your life. I'm not talking about great works of fiction either...
How Christmas became a movie genre: Late to the Movies
Since it's December, I thought it might be a good idea to take a look at how Christmas films became an established genre, starting with the very earliest Christmas film and seeing how things evolved...
Great Adaptations: Lupin on screen
There’s something irresistibly satisfying about a gentleman thief. The perfect crime, executed with grace and wit, has an elegance that brute force just can’t match. Arsène Lupin, Maurice...
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...
Great Adaptations: Carrie on screen
Over at Five Books For this month, I've been thinking about a different type of Halloween read: the kind of book that leaves you feeling deeply unsettled, so much so that you have to keep putting...
The dawn of a Golden Age: Late to the Movies
I've been so excited about this month's column, because I've now reached the Golden Age of Hollywood and the earliest talking movies. Since the golden age of Hollywood spans such a long period of...
Great Adaptations: My Child And Other Mistakes and Cravings by Ellie Taylor
Normally in this column I take a book that’s been turned into a TV show or film, and see what happens in the shift from page to screen. However, this month over at Five Books For I've been looking...
Learning to see through shadows and machines in German Expressionism: Late To The Movies
When I first started this history cinema project, I mostly expected films to be about stories - plots, characters, events unfolding. But with German Expressionism, I’ve learned that sometimes films...