Top 10 Parody Films Calum Baker September 3, 2015 Analysis, Features, Top 10 What constitutes a parody film? This is an interesting question. If a film takes a set of tropes and engages with them academically, as in Paul Thomas Anderson's Punch-Drunk Love and Robert Altman's The...
Scene Stealers: Spike Milligan in Monty Python’s Life of Brian Patrick Taylor September 26, 2014 Analysis, Features, Scene Stealers Monty Python’s Life of Brian is fabled for many things. From poking fun at organised religion, to serenely encouraging us all to (always) look on the bright side of life, it is a film of many and varied...
Stories from the Set: Monty Python and the Holy Grail Tom Bond July 6, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Features, Stories from the Set 4 Comments The Pythons were on top of the world and falling apart. The first three series of Monty Python’s Flying Circus had earned them an adoring fanbase and the opportunity to move to the big screen, but internal...
