Exploring the Great Empathy Machine – Grief and the Healing Powers of Cinema

Exploring the Great Empathy Machine – Grief and the Healing Powers of Cinema

How a cinema trip to see a dinosaur movie unravelled the grief surrounding a loved one’s death for Joseph Wade. This is the fourth edition of his blog series.

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Exploring the Great Empathy Machine – Cinema’s Most Romantic Moments Part 1

Exploring the Great Empathy Machine – Cinema’s Most Romantic Moments Part 1

In his third blog on The Great Empathy Machine we know as cinema, Joseph Wade presents part 1 of a miniseries of posts regarding Cinema’s Most Romantic Moments. He begins with ‘Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind’ and the line “what if you stayed this time?”

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Exploring the Great Empathy Machine: Blog 2 – Subjectivity in Criticism

Exploring the Great Empathy Machine: Blog 2 – Subjectivity in Criticism

In Exploring the Great Empathy Machine blog 2, Joseph Wade explores subjectivity in film criticism, analysis and fandom. Check out his thoughts and theories and let him know your “guilty pleasures” here.

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Exploring the Great Empathy Machine: Joseph Wade Blog 1 – An Introduction

Exploring the Great Empathy Machine: Joseph Wade Blog 1 – An Introduction

In the first of a new blog series, our editor Joseph Wade discusses the impact of ‘Interstellar’ on his life and how YouTube channel Like Stories of Old helped him to understand how so many of his favourite films are linked.

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