A Short History of the Period Drama, Part Three: Tear Up the Script (or, the present day) David Brake June 15, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Long before the superhero movie took the words "gritty reboot" and revolutionised a genre, period drama was working quietly away in the background doing exactly the same thing. As the '90s gave way to a...
O Father, Where Art Thou? – Part 2: The Historical Epic Chris Davies May 7, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features 4 Comments From Ancient Greece to Star Wars, the Bible to Breaking Bad, throughout history the father figure has been a major feature in dramatic storytelling. This is especially evident in film, but in post-9/11...
Stories from the Set: Spartacus Chris Davies March 18, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Stories from the Set 5 Comments “I am not a political activist. When I produced Spartacus in 1959, I was trying to make the best movie I could make, not a political statement.” – Kirk Douglas Dalton Trumbo balanced his typewriter on a...
Best Films Never Made #7: Martin Scorsese’s Alexander the Great Chris Davies January 8, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features 3 Comments During the 1990s and early 2000s a series of rival projects about Alexander the Great were decorating the desks of Hollywood’s biggest names. Oliver Stone emerged victorious with Alexander (2004), a...
