Peter O’Toole: The Human Heart of an Epic Henry Gatrell December 14, 2018 Features, Love Letter, Nostalgia Lawrence of Arabia is often remembered for its immense scale, staggeringly large and well-coordinated set pieces, and other such enormities – like the 258-day shooting time. But a less-often mentioned aspect...
Anne V. Coates – A Retrospective Carmen Paddock May 13, 2018 Analysis, Features, One Off Patton Oswalt once made a joke about the creators of some of his favourite films: I love movies. And any movie that you love, chances are it was directed by a man, edited by a woman, which means a woman...
What The Dickens! Cinema’s Love Affair With Charles Carmen Paddock December 10, 2017 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Films based on popular source material often perform well at the box office; therefore, it makes sense that Charles Dickens – one of the most iconic English language writers of all time – has drawn in his...
Second Chance: Pearl Harbor Eddie Falvey March 26, 2015 Features, Nostalgia, Second Chance It is fair to say that Pearl Harbor’s turkey credentials are now the stuff of legend. A question remains, however: is Pearl Harbor really so bad as to deserve being lumped together with such...
A Short History of the Period Drama, Part One: Faith to the Text (or, the 1940s) David Brake June 1, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Period piece. Costume drama. Historical epic. Any way you slice it, it's been around about as long as cinema itself. Of course, in those days what we now consider quintessential period drama was practically...
