The third season of Mike White’s White Lotus is concluded, and both the nuanced think pieces and complaints have rolled in. White has felt compelled to defend the show in its third season - and...
Vincent Straub, University of Oxford; Joanna Nadin, University of Bristol; Michael Joseph Richardson, Newcastle University; Robert Walker, University of Stirling, and Sarah Moore Fitzgerald,...
Welcome to the future. Welcome to 1983. Welcome to Beyond the Black Rainbow. The digital year unfolds like the credits from Alien one number at a time, deliberate and sinister. Videotape is inserted,...
2024 brought some literary pleasures into my life: a posthumous Gabriel García Márquez book was published, and some of my favorite books by Latin American authors were brought to the screen in the...
Ah, Jilly Cooper’s Rivals. Have you seen it yet? Have you read the book? If not, then run, don’t walk - the book is brilliant and the recent Disney+ adaptation is the most fun you can have with...
Marvel and DC's cinematic journeys may have been a bit bumpy during 2024 yet, without a doubt, there were pleasant and shocking surprises on the small screen. In both comic book adaptations and...
This month over at Five Books For, we've been exploring wintry books that are perfect for reading on cold nights, especially if you're wrapped up warm in front of a fire. With that in mind, this...
Everyone wonders how an elderly gentleman can climb down chimneys every Christmas and deliver all those presents in one night. The answer is simultaneously simple and implausible: magic. Although...
Let's face it: Christmas wouldn't be complete without holiday movies. We already know that the holiday season is all about family, loved ones, good food and presents. But it's also worth getting...
With the behemoth that is Netflix in our lives, it can be easy to forget that Apple TV+ makes some amazing television. I am one of many people who is eagerly awaiting the return of Severance, for...
