The Sergio Leone directed Spaghetti Western ‘A Fistful of Dollars’ left an indelible mark on the film industry in a lot of ways, but how it reshaped the male hero may be its biggest. Article by Stephen Vega.
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“By locating the figure of the (European) vampire in a Mexican setting, these films express an anxiety about outsiders, immigrants and colonisers.” – The Golden Age of Mexican Horror by Paul A J Lewis.
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How Christopher Nolan hit ‘Inception’ “mark[ed] the turning of the tide – planting the idea of the more intelligent blockbuster”. Article by Aaron Bayne.
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‘You Have to Accept It’: Fate and Power in Fernando di Leo’s Milano calibro 9 (Calibre 9, 1972). Review by Paul A J Lewis.
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How the music composed by Jonny Greenwood for ‘You Were Never Really Here’ borrows from Aphex Twin to create a dialogue between character and narrative. Essay by Cole Clark.
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How Anthony Minghella’s ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ borrows from Hitchcock and Film Noir to create a phenomenal and tense final sequence. Analysis by Sophie Cook.
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Mark Herman’s memorable 2008 holocaust drama ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas’ is a movie with a “hard-hitting and emotional narrative”, “a deserved classic for future cinephiles”. Bethen Blackabee reviews.
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“It’s been twenty years since Billy Elliot burst onto cinema screens, and its portrait of the North East remains just as moving and inspiring today.” Angel Lloyd reviews ‘Billy Elliot’ (2000).
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Eliza Hittman film ‘Never Rarely Sometimes Always’, succeeds at telling the tale of a teenage girl seeking abortion in the United States through empathy and authenticity. Pagan Carruthers reviews.
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Austin Butler is to lead a new film from Sony Pictures and 'Powers'