Analysis

While critically well-regarded, Calvary hasn’t received much attention since its release in 2014. Similar to recent Oscar-winner Spotlight, the film deals with the issue of abuse within the Catholic...

Oh, fiddley Ridley, you’ve gone and done it again… Almost exactly one year after its initial theatrical run, October 3rd will see a second home release for The Martian, Ridley Scott’s critically and...

“I think that’s the joy of fantasy: the unpredictability. If the rules of the world don’t apply, what a fun playground to play in. You want to do things that are really out there, because otherwise...

Apparently I'm a millennial, along with 95% of the people who read and write for this website. I'm not entirely sure what any of this means, beyond being old enough to buy a TV but young enough to never...

Nearly all of us, if asked, could instantly point to a handful of films Tim Burton has directed, so distinctive is his style. Yet despite this distinctly privileged position, it's not hard to detect an...

Despite often being talked about as a great director, it’s fair to say that Brian De Palma is also a controversial one whose greatness occasionally requires reconsideration and qualification. Few would argue...

The Western was once one of Hollywood’s most important and bankable staple genres, but come the 1960s and the various changes that brought for the industry its popularity waned, never to recover save a few...

“The McDonald’s french fry is unbelievable. When you bite into it, you think: It’s so tasty, it can’t be real. As soon as it gets cold, it turns to lard and flubble. I mean, have you ever tried to eat...

Blue Jasmine starts the same way that any other Woody Allen film does. Yet that’s where most of the similarities end between his other works, and his greatest film in years. Blue Jasmine shares standard...

Issues of gender inequality are becoming ever more prevalent in the film industry. First there was the famous pay discrepancy highlighted by Jennifer Lawrence last year. And in recent weeks, two of our own...

For over a decade now it has been impossible for a mainstream film to be released without some form of visual effects (or VFX). Digital technologies have permanently changed the way films are made. This is...

If you’ve been paying even a little attention to the media circus around Suicide Squad, you’ll have heard about what Jared Leto’s been up to. Dead pigs, used condoms, boxes of bullets: you name it,...

The first three films made by the Coen Brothers are all great. Excellent, in fact. But Barton Fink is the first that really showed their genius; that they are two of the preeminent filmmakers of our time....

In the wake of the Ghostbusters reboot there have been a spate of announcements of gender-swapped remakes. Rebel Wilson is set to star in a new version of the 1988 film Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, and a new...

For decades now there has been an increasing symbiosis between TV and film. In the past there was a strong temptation to go bigger, and adapt a show for the big screen to reach a wider audience, condensing...