Where Are They Now?: Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Rachel Brook June 8, 2016 Features, Nostalgia, Where Are They Now? When Ferris Bueller’s Day Off was released in 1986 Roger Ebert described the eponymous hero as ‘a teenager who skips school so he can help his best friend win some self-respect’. Not everyone considered...
Best Films Never Made #31: John Hughes’ Oil and Vinegar Tom Bond March 1, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features John Hughes made plenty of perfect films in his time. There was the irrepressible charm of Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, led by Matthew Broderick, and the soulful rebellion of The Breakfast Club, Pretty in Pink...
Why Does The Big Short Break The Fourth Wall? Tom Bond January 29, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features What is it about bankers and the fourth wall? Just like the banking institutions they work in, the lives of ordinary people, and the global economy, they can’t help but break it. Writer/director Adam...
Welcome to the ’80s: Emulation and Allusion Rachel Brook December 10, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Welcome to the 80s 2 Comments For evidence of the enduring popularity of ‘80s screen stories one need look no further than the recent plethora of remakes like Fame and Footloose, and West End musical adaptations such as Back to the...
Welcome to the ’80s: We Don’t Need No Education Rachel Brook November 29, 2014 Features, Nostalgia, Welcome to the 80s 1980s high school movies are a mixed bag, with the plethora of cult teen films ranging tonally from dick jokes to contemplations on mortality (sometimes even within the same film). Of course the high-school...
Music of the Movies: John Hughes Andy J Smith May 14, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Music of the Movies 4 Comments A time of big hair, shoulder pads and synthesizer-doused elevator music, the 1980s is a relic of a decade in which so much happened in the worlds of fashion, film and music. Legendary filmmaker John Hughes,...
