Spotlight: Brad Bird Nick Evan-Cook May 21, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight Brad Bird’s wide-ranging career so far is most remarkable for two reasons. The first, and most obvious, is that despite only having directed four feature films (and only one of these live-action), he has...
Spotlight: Carey Mulligan Rachel Brook May 1, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight This May, Carey Mulligan once again returns to the genre that launched her into acting: the period drama. Having brought some of Jane Austen’s most vivid characters to life, Mulligan will now try her hand at...
The Young and Prodigious Xavier Dolan Janz Anton-Iago March 21, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 2 Comments Unless you've recently been binge-watching all of the hot messes involved in Hollywood's Annual Grand Carnival of Self-Congratulation (aka the Oscars), subsequently rendering you incapable of seeing real...
Isao Takahata: The Unsung Hero of Studio Ghibli Andrew Daley March 20, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 2 Comments The names of Hayao Miyazaki and Joe Hisaishi are synonymous with the iconic Japanese animation company Studio Ghibli; that of award-winning director Isao Takahata, however, is one less known and more often...
Spotlight: Brie Larson Rachel Brook January 30, 2015 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 1 Comment Spotlight is a new feature dedicated to actors who continually turn in impressive performances yet fly under the radar, often not receiving the recognition they deserve. Spotlight aims to be both a tribute to...
Katharine Hepburn: Hollywood’s Headstrong ‘Red’ Tori Brazier December 3, 2014 Analysis, Features, Spotlight “Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.” Katharine Hepburn: spirited, independent, sharp, one-of-a-kind… a cinema legend. With a career spanning...
Hollywood’s Brightest Star: Channing Tatum David Brake July 29, 2014 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 2 Comments He weighs in at 83kg, 185cm tall and he’s the male acting equivalent of Anne Hathaway. A figure that’s often derided by critics for his apparent absence of talent, Channing Tatum is a by-word for “tries...
Mary Pickford: The Rise and Fall of America’s Sweetheart Tori Brazier April 7, 2014 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 1 Comment She was the first star of the silver screen, the undisputed Queen of Hollywood and one half of its ultimate power couple, a pioneer of screen acting and a savvy businesswoman. Known as ‘America’s...
The Sad Story Of The Silent Star: Bela Lugosi Patrick Taylor March 19, 2014 Analysis, Features, Spotlight The name Dracula looms like an overlarge bat in the cinematic pantheon. Any history of the horror genre is duty bound to recognise its significance. Yet it is doubtful whether as much significance would have...
James Badge Dale – The Most Underrated Actor in Hollywood Chris Davies February 11, 2014 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 3 Comments James Badge Dale. Heard of him? Probably not. But you should have. With The Departed, Shame, World War Z, Flight and Iron Man 3 Dale has been racking up credits in both big budget blockbusters and...
A Tribute To Philip Seymour Hoffman David Brake February 2, 2014 Analysis, Features, Spotlight 1 Comment Fuck. That was my initial reaction to today's sad news. I never met Philip Seymour Hoffman. Unless you float in the circles of film and Broadway, it's unlikely you did either. We won't get the chance...
