If, as playground mnemonics for remembering the order of the visible colors within the spectrum of light are accurate and … More
Category: Monsters
Surviving the Moral Narrative of ‘Taxi Driver’ 40 Years On
Forty years on from its release date in February 1976, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver still thrives in our collective public … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 1 – “A World Without God”
Through recent comic books (Frankenstein, Agent of S.H.A.D.E.), stage adaptations (The National Theatre’s Frankenstein), films (I Frankenstein and Victor Frankenstein), vlogs (Frankenstein MD), … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 1 – “Harbinger”
Adapted and presented as a sequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s 1886 novella: The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, … More
Rooting for Harry Lime: ‘The Third Man’ As Morally Ambiguous Heterotopia
With 2015 the centenary of Orson Welles’ birth year (1915), cinemas everywhere have been celebrating, commemorating, and exhibiting classic movies … More
Women Screenwriters: Leni Riefenstahl (1902–2003)
Helene Bertha Amalie Riefenstahl, or Leni Riefenstahl, was a German film director, producer, editor, actress and dancer whose career spanned … More
Critique: ‘Doom’ (2005)
Hollywood films adapted from video games tend to have one thing in common: the production teams for the film frequently … More
Critique: ‘Donnie Darko’ (2001)
Richard Kelly, the director of Donnie Darko, best describes the cultural journey of his film in the inlay notes for … More
Critique: ‘Blue Velvet’ (1986)
To contextualise Blue Velvet, it is useful to consider which film Lynch made before it. Released in 1984, Lynch’s film … More
“I let you be a part of my movie”: Christopher Molitsanti and the Reflexive Development of the Gangster Genre in ‘The Sopranos’
In analysing early gangster films, John McCarty and David E Ruth both describe how the actual and fictional Gangsters of … More
Hitchcock’s Final Steps on the Path to Destruction
“Once a man commits himself to murder, he will soon find himself stealing. The next step will be alcoholism, disrespect … More
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