Forty years on from its release date in February 1976, Martin Scorsese’s Taxi Driver still thrives in our collective public … More
Category: Monsters
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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