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The Turner Prize: A Brief Introduction to Film and Video (and Disappointment in 2016)
In between the commencement of this year’s Festival de Cannes — arguably the most important showcase for European film and … More
Hardcore POV: ‘Hardcore Henry’, the POV Shot, and ‘Let’s Watch’ Cinema
Ilya Naishuller’s unconventional action shoot-em-up film Hardcore Henry (2015) has polarized opinion. At the time of writing this, it has … More
Who Teaches the Daleks?: ‘Doctor Who’ and Fulfilling the BBC’s Remit for Educational Programming
Operating as a public broadcasting station since 1927, the BBC has been required by Royal Charter to serve the public … More
‘Culloden’ and ‘The War Game’ Don’t Rewrite History, They Rewrite How We Can Learn From the Past
On the moors of Culloden 1746, through the smoke of cannon fire and the fog of war, we see two … More
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
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episodes 8, 9, and 10
Before we get into the meat and bones of Jekyll and Hyde‘s final three cadaverous episodes, one thing should be addressed … More
The Best TV of 2015: Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Adapting Susanna Clarke’s novel, which Neil Gaiman called “unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last … More
The Best TV of 2015: Humans
Adapted from the acclaimed Swedish sci-fi drama Real Humans, Humans is like a modern day I, Robot, Blade Runner, or Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence where … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 6 – “Lost and Found”
In the season finalé of The Frankenstein Chronicles, we finally have our monsters, the residential mad scientist is finally revealed, as … More
Jekyll and Hyde: Series 1, Episode 7 – “The Reaper”
This week’s mid-season episode, “The Reaper”, is for the first time in the series a sequel episode, giving it the … More
The Frankenstein Chronicles: Series 1, Episode 5 – “The Frankenstein Murders”
Four people are in a candle-lit laboratory; two of them are the Shelleys (Richard Clements and Anna Maxwell Martin), one … More
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