Snowden – Review Stephanie Watts December 10, 2016 Reviews Snowden, Oliver Stone’s latest big ol’ Hollywood release, tells the story of Edward Snowden, the CIA whistleblower who released hundreds of NSA documents to the public in 2013, revealing that the American...
Best Films Never Made #35: Oliver Stone’s Return of the Apes David Brake November 29, 2016 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features With Snowden thudding resoundingly at the US box office - Oliver Stone’s lowest opening in 20 years - let’s distract ourselves, ahead of its UK release, with an outstandingly mad concept. What if...
Best Films Never Made #17: Oliver Stone’s MLK Chris Davies June 21, 2014 Behind The Curtain, Best Films Never Made, Features From his marble throne Abraham Lincoln looked out across Washington, D.C. 250,000 men, woman and children were gathered before his memorial under the banner of equality and freedom, regardless of the colour of...
O Father, Where Art Thou? – Part 1: The Combat Film Chris Davies May 5, 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...
A Beginner’s Guide To… Oliver Stone Chris Davies February 7, 2014 A Beginner's Guide To..., Analysis, Features 1 Comment Controversial American filmmaker Oliver Stone has regularly impressed audiences and critiqued American history in such powerful films as Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, Wall Street and...
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...