After a whirlwind March, marked by the unstoppable adrenaline of action films like the visceral War Machine or the frenetic Pretty Lethal, the big screen is gearing up for a much-needed change of...
If film noir introduced a new kind of moral ambiguity to 1940s cinema, the early 1950s brought a different, but equally significant, shift: a transformation in acting itself. The change was subtle at...
Who exactly are they? Are they your parents coming home from holiday early before you’ve had a chance to clean up that party? Are they that mythical collective used for rumours, misinformation, the...
To close out the film awards season, this month’s reading recommendations include books that also made the leap to the big screen. These works show how the same story can unfold differently in...
After a busy March, TV networks and streaming platforms are stepping up their game with stories ranging from pure suspense to returns that are already dominating the conversation on social media....
Millennial nostalgia creeps up on you slowly. One day, you notice that the music you used to listen to in middle school - and perhaps even thought of as transgressive - is playing at the grocery...
Frazer Lee, Brunel University of London The horror genre rose from the grave to win big at this year’s Oscars, with four films featuring prominently in the awards. Ryan Coogler’s period vampire...
This month over at Five Books For I've been looking at crime novels - not detective fiction exactly, and not quite thrillers either, but stories centred on the crime itself and, often, the...
The 2024 premiere of the adaptation of Como Agua para Chocolate (Like Water for Chocolate) marked a turning point for productions in the Latin American region, establishing itself as the the...
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley is bound like a demon behind the screen, expressionistic but held hostage to misfortune just the same. She could be possessed by Carl Theodor Dreyer’s The Passion of...
