The Hand That Holds the Pen: The (Un)Importance of Cinematic Historical Accuracy Carmen Paddock January 14, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion Roughly a third of the way through Colette, currently in UK cinemas, Keira Knightley’s titular author muses that ‘the hand that holds the pen writes history.’ This line – featured prominently in the...
Why Period Films Are So Underrated Sarah J January 9, 2019 Analysis, Features, Opinion It is the beginning of Pride and Prejudice. The protagonist, Elizabeth Bennett (Keira Knightley), is reading a book as she walks through the English countryside. The house comes alive not because it’s been...
One Hundred Years of World War I on Film David Brake November 11, 2014 Analysis, Close-Up, Features A hundred years on from the outbreak of war in 1914, the mark it left on its descendants is still felt deeply across Europe. The loss of one million men, with thousands of them still buried somewhere in the...
