Patricia Highsmith’s works have long proven cinematic goldmines from her debut novel Strangers on A Train becoming a 1951 Hitchcock classic through multiple iterations of Tom...
A couple of weeks ago, the Oscar nominations ignited the first real spark of public interest in awards season 2022. It centred around fans of Lady...
The Beatles ended because they needed creative and personal independence, not because Yoko Ono sat on an amp. Between their influences across visual art, social politics,...
Following his first two films, Wong Kar-wai left behind any influences and pastiches of Hong Kong filmmakers. What emerges is a postmodern world that is uniquely...
In a market where crime is the most sought after drama, Agatha Christie remains its supreme pioneer. The world’s all-time best-selling author, her novels have been...
The world of theatre has often taken inspiration from other mediums, sometimes even elevating them beyond their original form. Among the highest grossing musicals of all...
Valentine’s Day has always been polarising. I know people that truly embrace it, eagerly shopping for cards that rhyme, breakfast in bed, chocolates in red heart-shaped...
In a kitchen in Gerlan, North Wales, back in the early 2000s, my friend Tom’s TV could access German MTV somehow. It was too expensive to...
Any movie marinating in its love of cats can only make for a joyous partnership with the cinephiles of 2022. A relatively unsung gem of the...
Shakespeare and film have a long and varied history with many takes on the Bards works both in the English language and translated into a plethora...
Awards season is in full swing. Even if the major ceremonies haven’t started yet, the frocks and tuxes are being dry-cleaned as we speak, and the...
At one hundred years old, Japanese cinema remains totemic in its placement in film culture. Japanese cinema is steeped in the nation’s sense of tradition and...
Upon seeing Ghostbusters: Afterlife in the cinema, it was not something I was particularly looking forward to seeing. Like many, I did not want to find...
Wong Kar-wai’s second feature is exemplary of a filmmaker having fleshed out their style and authorial voice, as Days of Being Wild is a melancholic fever...
Wong Kar-wai is, first and foremost, a product, proponent, and perpetuator of the Hong Kong New Wave. From the capitalistic and greed-driven depiction of Hong Kong...
As children, our wardrobes are magical places that have the potential to be horrifying. Lying in bed at night, our imagination runs wild with what possibilities...
It is that time of the year where thoughts start to turn to the prospect of making an autumn getaway before the cosier wintry months. It...
Most grey-headed folk among us would have grown up with a number of memorable movies during their youth, with the Wizard Of Oz being a production...
