M (Judi Dench) is nothing if not pragmatic. Before the opening credits of Skyfall have even rolled, she has allowed not one, but two of her…

James Bond has been in the spying business for such a long time that he really ought to be up for a long-service award. But the…

David Cronenberg built his reputation on making challenging, boundary-breaking films which explore sexuality, violence and death. So…

Some thoughts about the film Prometheus and the human search for meaning.

According to the Romans, ‘bread and circuses’ were the key to keeping a population content. As long as their immediate physical…

I watched The Grey the other night, and thought it was disturbing, haunting, devoid of hope and the best film I'd seen in a long time. The…

How do you begin to tell stories about a war which claimed more than fifteen million lives? For children's author Michael Morpurgo, the…

In The Writing on the Wall, Maggi Dawn sets about doing what John Stott called "double listening" – "it means that we’re called…

Pete Atkinson considers the difference the Christianity made to the Roman Empire. 'Are You Not Entertained?' – The Gladiator Who…