Horror and 3D
Rachel Helen Smith considers two recent developments in film: horror and 3D. Karl Marx famously claimed, "Religion is the opiate of the…
Whydunit?
Why does crime fiction fascinate so many people? What might this show us about people's concerns today.
Good Old Days
What can we learn from the current obsession for nostalgia?
Locke: cracks in the foundations
An examination of a life falling apart in the film 'Locke'.
A Vogue for Vincent
Vincent Van Gogh is now a solid fixture in our cultural vocabulary. I need only mention sunflowers or a bandaged ear to conjure up his life…
The Writing on the Wall
In The Writing on the Wall, Maggi Dawn sets about doing what John Stott called "double listening" – "it means that we’re called…
Brontes' "Eternal Powers"
The most recent strain of Brontemania, at large throughout 2011, included major film versions of Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights and the…
“I’m being taken over”
“It takes a worried man to sing a worried song.” So croons popular singer Paolo Nutini in a song on his latest album Sunny Side…
Get Real
Reality TV now seems to be everywhere. What does it tell us about what is real and what is true? And what does it say about God?